Chicago thug tactics

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/08/chicago_thug_tactics.html "Expect a lot of this, folks. Expect to fight for your right to speak freely. They are co-opting the heartfelt outcry of great Americans as a propaganda trick. They will pack town halls this summer with their paid street thugs and video the proceedings with shaky cameras so that their media shills and whores will happily run the video as the "American street.""

Pelosi and Hoyer call reform opponents 'un-American'

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/08/pelosi_and_hoyer_call_reform_o.html ""Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American" is very interesting coming from a Democrat. Is that why congressional Democrats only answer pre-selected questions from their audience of union supporters and take no serious questions about reform from opponents? Is that why congressional Democrats are denying entrance to their "open" town halls to people who are opposed to reform? "

The sound you hear is the public option swirling down the drain

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/08/the_sound_you_hear_is_the_publ.html "The Democrats are stuck with this albatross and there really is no way out. They will get no GOP votes if they include it, and few liberal votes if they don't. Obama is counting on Republicans to give Democrat's some cover and the price may be the loss of the public option. "

Israel recalls diplomat who warned about US ties

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.5cdf98d629ddb56e12142e9e7c634729.521&show_article=1 "Israel has recalled one of its senior diplomats in the United States after the leaking of a warning he gave about the damage to ties caused by the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."

Timeline shows Bush, McCain warning Dems of financial and housing crisis; meltdown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1 "This video clearly shows that George Bush warned Congress starting in 2001, that this economic crisis was coming, if something was not done. But Congress refused to listen, along with ...Barney Frank." Hat tip to Ric Clyne.

Barry, Barry, Quite Contrary

http://townhall.com/columnists/MikeAdams/2009/08/10/barry,_barry,_quite_contrary "A few days ago, I sent you several dozen questions about the bill. You did not answer a single one of them. Instead, you keep sending me form emails. I’ve cut and pasted your last form email below with some comments in between key paragraphs. I hope you’ll not ignore this response in the same way you have ignored my previous questions."

Death panels? What death panels? Oh, those death panels

By Michelle Malkin http://michellemalkin.com/2009/08/09/death-panels-what-death-panels-oh-those-death-panels/ "One reason given to me by a cold-hearted consultant was that ‘these babies put a strain on the NHS’. My daughter was stillborn and when pregnant again, I refused all tests apart from a scan. It’s not society who are looking for the ‘perfect baby’, it’s the medical profession.”"

A War Grows in Afghanistan; Does Obama have the courage to win it?

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/820nkztg.asp "Obama proclaimed in a major foreign policy address on July 15, 2008. "And that's why, as president, I will make the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban the top priority that it should be. This is a war that we have to win." "

Let’s Talk Astroturf

http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/08/09/lets-talk-astroturf/ "Turns out there are hundreds, if not thousands, of advertisements seeking “activists” who will be paid to support Obamacare. That’s right CNN. That’s right Olbermann. You want astroturf? It’s out there by the dozens. In support of, not in opposition to. I’m going to post a few screenshots from that horde below, but remember its only a sampling:"

And this isn’t “Astroturfing”?

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/09/and-this-isnt-astroturfing/ "Supporters of President Obama formerly signed up as members of “Obama for America” received an email today from Mitch Stewart, the director of the group’s current incarnation, Organizing for America, to show up at town halls and congressional offices as a counter to the protestors against the president’s health care reform push."

A tale of two professors and Sarah Palin on Obama's 'death panels'

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/A-tale-of-two-professors-and-Sarah-Palin-on-Obamas-death-panels-52832687.html "If the critics, who hold themselves in the highest of intellectual esteem, had bothered to do something other than react, they would have realized that the approach to health care to which Palin was referring was none other than that espoused by key Obama health care adviser Dr. Ezekial Emanuel (brother of Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel).""

Transparency Groups Urge Obama To Involve Public In Executive Order Revisions

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/06/transparency-groups-urge_n_252901.html "Aftergood, while pleased with some of Obama's changes, still isn't happy with the status quo. So far, "the rule seems to be aggressive secrecy" with Obama, he said, referring to "state secrets privilege, or the names of visitors to the White House, and a whole host of other things.""