Perry will be targeted by Ambulance Chasers

American Thinker  "...Rick Perry telegraphed which issue may separate him from the herd of Republican candidates if he enters the presidential race: tort reform... Perry stated, then reiterated, that successful tort reform had played a major role in the Texas economic renaissance by establishing that state's reputation as a business-friendly environment. He pointedly mentioned the important role medical technology and research were playing in Texas' economic growth, an industry that is frequently victimized by ambulance chasers. He then rang the Liberty Bell of Legal Doom by saying that tort reform nationwide is essential in any successful campaign to turn the American economy around."
Emphasis added

What Is Tort Reform?  "While each tort reform law is different, they all share one or more of the following goals:"

•To make it more difficult for injured people to file a lawsuit.
•To make it more difficult for injured people to obtain a jury trial.
•To place limits on the amount of money injured people receive in a lawsuit.

Federalism and Tort Reform  "In this post*, I explained why federally mandated tort reform is, in most cases, both constitutionally dubious and unnecessary. The better way to restrict abusive tort suits is through interstate competition combined with constraints on states’ ability to regulate conduct outside their borders."....

*Even Alabama, notorious for being the nation’s worst tort “hellhole” in the 1980s and 90s, has to a large extent cleaned up its act. Alabama ultimately replaced its pro-plaintiff state supreme court justices with ones that took a dimmer view of tort litigation. State leaders worried that Alabama would lose business if they did not. In most cases, “voting with your feet” is an excellent solution to the problem of runaway state tort law.

Liberals and the Arabs

Epic Fail: Obama Supporters Try to Defend His Middle East Policy   "What fascinates me is that on the rare occasions when Obama supporters defend his policy against real and informed criticism, they cannot come up with anything good. Only by forgetting history, distorting it, or leaving out huge chunks of reality can they make a case.
"The only way they can “win” arguments is in media, where the other side is basically not permitted to speak at all." Barry Rubin, who also wrote The Myth that the MSM Understands the Middle East

Andrew Sullivan Formally Joins the Arabist Crowd  "Why is it logical that the US vote for Palestinian statehood, since the Palestinians, from the start of Israel’s existence, have made it quite clear that they have rejected any chance given them over and over to actually form a state that would live in peace side by side with Israel? Instead of supporting negotiations with the Palestinians that would result in an actual two-state solution, Sullivan accuses the U.S. of being an “enabler of Israeli intransigence.”"  Ron Radosh  is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at The Hudson Institute, and a Prof. Emeritus of History at the City University of New York. He is the author or co-author of 14 books

LAPD Dep. Chief Downing: ‘We should not demonize the Muslim Brotherhood’  "Downing’s claims that “we should not demonize the Muslim Brotherhood” are particularly curious since the leader of the international Muslim Brotherhood declared war on the United States during a press conference last October (a transcript of his comments is available at MEMRI). It seems the Muslim Brotherhood does a good job of demonizing itself."

http://www.mideasttruth.com/cartoons.html

Who Can Beat Obama?

Phyllis Chesler  "Given the extraordinary pathology of Bush Derangement Syndrome, and short of Armeggedon, I do not believe that enough Americans will, without doubt, elect another white male Republican. No matter what his politics may be, he himself will be seen as retrograde, anti-woman, anti-gay marriage, anti-abortion, pro-racism, pro-war and as both dull and evil. The media, combined with Soros and Saudi monies and our intelligentsia have poisoned the minds of millions.
"Hence, I offer a desperate but interesting idea for a desperate and interesting time."

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/henrypayne

 

Media versus the Republicans

Smart GOP Would Cancel All MSM Debates and Stage Their Own  "***UPDATE: The DNC just released a video that makes my case perfectly. CNN asks a series of dumb questions that have little to do with the important issues of the day and the DNC exploits this with a viral-video mocking our candidates for ignoring the most important issues of the day.
"If you think this is by accident, you haven’t been paying attention."

Sound Bite For the Day: Shame On You For Answering the Debate Questions  "The real issue is who is choosing the venue for the debates? Why in the world would the RNC use CNN or the Alphabet networks for their debates? ....The RNC should sit down with these networks and lay out a clear agenda of pertinant(sic) questions that should be addressed, they should make the list of topics and questions they requested available well before the debates available to the public via the social networks of the internet. By doing this they would make it more difficult for the lamestreet media to tailor the debate for the benefit of their benefactors the Democrat party." From the comments to this post. 

CBS Badgers Republicans on the Economy; Went Easier on Obama  "Bob Schieffer, Erica Hill, and Rebecca Jarvis pressed Reps. Paul Ryan and Allen West, Senator Tom Coburn, and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to consider tax hikes to deal with the deficit. Schieffer also specifically accused the three members of Congress of "doing nothing" to fix the economy." Apparently these so-called "professional Journalists" cannot even be shamed into having integrity.

CNN Gives Maher Platform to Accuse GOP Candidates of 'Horrible Society-Killing Ideas,' Call Cheney 'More Psychotic' Than Weiner   Anderson Cooper to Bill Maher: "You've been pretty hard on the field of GOP candidates so far. I think you said at one point that you've seen, and I quote, “more appealing lineups on an episode of Law and Order Special Victims Unit.” Did you change your mind at all after last night's debate?"   What a set-up.

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If there is civil unrest, it's because of the GOP  Video from MSNBC-naturally.

Pause and give thanks unto President Obama

Thanks Obama!  "Among those who have been hit the hardest are black Americans … 96% of the black vote in 2008 went to Barack Obama.   When Obama was inaugurated, the unemployment rate among blacks stood at 12.6%.  How are things looking in May 2011?  The unemployment rate for blacks is 16.2%." Neal Boortz

And While We're Thanking Obama   "Let’s all give pause to consider some of the other wonderful things this great man – a man who actually Terry Moran of ABC News said had to “step down” to the presidency; a man who Evan Thomas of Newsweek referred to as “Sort of a God;” … let’s take a look at some other headlines and stories he has brought to us:"....
"This guy is a disaster … but he’s going to get the vote of people who think that he’s the best because he looks like them … and the support of those who vote for a living; the moochers. Will there be enough producers to step forward and save our Republic from this anti-free market socialist menace?"
Boortz gives this warning about a TEA Party candidate.   Neal Boortz

If You’re Worried About Crime, You’re a Racist

Pajamas Media  "Michelle Alexander and Ruth Wilson Gilmore spent more than 800 words in the June 5th Sacramento Bee to make the point I just made in my headline with eight. But whether laid out pithily in eight words or belabored for 800 — or 8,000 for that matter — twaddle is still twaddle.
"The authors begin their piece as follows: “The fearmongering responses to the U.S. Supreme Court declaring California’s prison system ‘cruel and unusual’ in violation of the Eighth Amendment were predictable.”"....
“Jack Dunphy” is the pseudonym of an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. The opinions expressed are his own and almost certainly do not reflect those of the LAPD management.

Is This Obama Cartoon Grotesque and Racist?

"We’ve had numerous discussions here about the unique difficulties that come into play when your exaggerating features and caricaturing the nation’s first black president. Is Press right about this Darkow cartoon being “grotesque and racist,” or is he just being too sensitive to race and the art of a political cartoonist to exaggerate the features of his subject, in this case President Obama?"

This is what political cartoonists do, dummy.  As with George Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, More here; All of them on one page.  Good grief.

About that 3am phone call: "Iranian Official: ‘We Will Use Our Missiles To Protect Other Muslim States’"

Reza Kahlili  "Will the West take this threat seriously, or will we allow the jihadists to expand their power? Delusional leaders bring nothing but destruction and pain to the world; it is certain that the Iranian leaders are delusional. They believe the Islamic prophecies, the Hadith, say they can bring about the Islamic conquest of the world by destroying Israel and America. They intend to try.' "
Maybe it's time for Obama to send the Iranians another friendly video. What a terrible time to have a juvenile-ish amateur in charge of our foreign policy.

http://isurvived.org/Iran-holocaust_contest.html

Is the US deliberately harming Israeli covert ops in Iran?  "The Stuxnet story shows the problematic flipside of trade embargos against rogue states like Iran. The less access you have to enemy markets, the less ability you have to gather information about enemy targets and the less capacity you have to sabotage enemy targets. The more access you have, the more capacity you can build to infiltrate, gather information and sabotage enemy targets."  Caroline Glick

EPA illustrated by Mike Ramirez, Commented upon by Alan Caruba



townhall.com/michaelramirez

If Elected (A Fantasy)  "I would make shutting down the Environmental Protection Agency a priority. It is a rogue agency that appears to think it is not accountable to Congress or the American people. It is filled with fanatics who have no regard for real science. It is costing the nations jobs and thwarting our energy needs. If I was President there would be no further mention of “global warming” or “climate change.” The climate is always changing; it’s called “the seasons” or “warming and cooling cycles.” There will be no regulation of carbon dioxide. That’s a scam." Alan Caruba, blogging at Warning Signs

Those Republican Debates

GOP hopefuls target Obama at first big debate  "For two hours, GOP hopefuls vied to introduce themselves to voters, break out of the pack and score points in a kinetic forum that careened from one topic to another. There were relatively few differences on issues and limited shots at one another as the candidates joined in bashing the Obama administration."
Expect this: Thin-skinned Mr. Obama will chafe at any criticisms and schedule a follow-up lecture in front of smiling admirers in some big room. There he will rebut any points made against him with sarcasm and phrases like, "think about it" and "let me be clear", along with his other Obamisms. Look for this to happen after any attacks on him by candidates and consider the logistics of planning security, aircraft and travel arrangements for his entourage so he can make these appearances.

The strong conservative field solidifies.  "King also failed when he insisted the candidates engage in a lengthy discussion of same sex marriage and how each of the candidates would deal with the repeal of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy." ....
"Indeed, raising the issue in a GOP debate only makes sense if the objective is to derail a campaign or produce a “Gotcha” moment, hardly the job of a non-partisan, neutral moderator. In fact, it makes about as much sense as asking candidates in a Democratic presidential debate to discuss their position on abortion."

As usual, Republicans will be grilled as suspects by liberals in the press, so they can get attaboys from fellow libs at their cocktail parties. This headline will tell you all you need to know about those who will be interviewing Republicans.

"Yeah, “wingnut” is such an objective, descriptive term, isn’t it?  It’s not incendiary in the least."

Who was the night’s biggest winner?  "Frankly, none of them turned in an inspiring or inspired performance, although all of them did at least a competent job.  I spent two hours looking for a breakout candidate or a charismatic performance that would stand out and frame the rest of the primary race." Ed Morrissey
Several columnists commented on interviewer CNN's John King and his moderating of the debates.

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/jerryholbert

Mark Steyn weighs in on the debates  "Hmm. What I learned is that John King makes Tim Pawlenty look like Lady Gaga. Other than that, I also got the distimct impression that this season’s debates seem unlikely to be effective forums even for acknowledging the profound and existential crises facing the nation, never mind addressing them."

Debate thoughts: Bachmann and Romney win... "The reality of modern politics is that it takes a large personality and presence to win the Presidency. Merely being right won’t do it. Last night, Romney and Bachmann showed they had the personality and presence to beat Obama, while the others mostly did not."

Bloomberg: Republicans Hammer Obama on Economy, Jostle for Edge at Candidate Debate
"Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney stressed his opposition to the federal health-care law even as he defended a similar state measure he helped to enact. Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty defended his economic plan, which presumes a high U.S. economic growth rate. Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, who at the debate’s start was the only participant yet to announce a presidential bid, used the occasion to say that she would run."

At last night's debate, one audience member raised the issue of energy infrastructure:  "...while eminent domain is appropriate when the government needs land for roads and highways, eminent domain should not be used to condemn land "for purposes of a private enterprise." And then he pivoted to the question of American energy security more broadly, calling on the nation to produce more oil, natural gas, and clean coal."

Palin's emails, uh, I mean, PALIN'S EMAILS!

http://terrellaftermath.com/

 The real news about Obama that's fit to print   "LA Times Won't Release Obama-Khalidi Tape But Posts 24,000 Sarah Palin Emails"
"In 2008 The LA Times withheld a video that contained footage of Barack Obama celebrating with a group of Palestinians who were openly hostile towards Israel. Barack Obama reportedly even gave a toast to a former PLO operative, Rashid Khalidi, at this celebration. This was something the LA Times hid from the American public before the election. The media refused to release the
video". Ethel C. Fenig   TD found this post to be bold-worthy.

 Can we get Obama's emails to and from the NLRB?  "The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a complaint against Boeing for building a new plant in South Carolina, a right to work state. In the past, union strikes have cost the company billions of dollars, but in good faith they tried to negotiate with the union to build the new plant in Washington state. After the union made ridiculous demands, they decided to open a plant in South Carolina, but they haven’t closed the Washington operation. They created about 1,000 jobs in South Carolina, but the NLRB doesn’t care about workers. They disregard Congress and carry water for the unions. It’s disgusting."

PALIN'S TRIG EMAIL MIGHT BE ONE OF THE 5 GREATEST THINGS EVER WRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN POLITICAN

The Astute Blogger  (The title is all-caps only because I cut and paste the text for accuracy and that is the way it came; not because of my "crazy".)
The AB calls it a "must- read"; that he read it twice and it brought tears to his eyes each time. He adds that if the letter doesn't affect you, youre a post-modern leftist.

Why ObamaCare Is Losing in the Courts

WSJ Opinion Journal  "ObamaCare's defenders have sought to manufacture another limiting principle. They claim that health care is unique because everyone will use medical services, health-care costs can be financially ruinous for uninsured individuals, and others will then have to pick up the slack by subsidizing consumers who do not pay their medical bills. Yet any number of national markets, including the housing market, share these same characteristics."

Messrs. Rivkin and Casey served in the Justice Department in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. They represent 26 states in one of the lawsuits challenging ObamaCare's constitutionality.