Stand Up Notes From Flyover Country: Pressure ‘Law & Order’ Advertisers

Big Hollywood "There is also a mocking reference to the “Tea Parties last summer.” When the “conservative’s” friends show up to protest his wrongful arrest they are depicted as a group of gun toting, flannel shirt wearing, poorly educated, rednecks.".... "Here are two big ad buyers on NBC; McDonald’s and American Express. Let’s start by dropping an e-mail to both companies politely asking them to stop buying ads on NBC and see what kind of response we get."

George Will: When the Charm Rubs Off

RealClearPolitics "So Republicans can win in 2009 by stopping the bill, or in 2010 by saying: Unpopular health legislation passed because of a 60-40 party-line decision to bring it to a Senate vote. Therefore each incumbent Democrat is responsible for everything in the law." No more "act locally"; Local elections must be tied to their effect on a national scale. Pelosi's election has certainly been more than just a San Francisco Issue.

WHO IS SCARING AMERICA NOW?

Boortz "Think rationally about this. How in the wide wide world of economics can you tell an insurance company that they must accept every applicant, no matter what preexisting condition they may have, and not have to raise rates to cover the extra costs? What world are these ACORN Administration people living in? "

Karl Rove: The President Is No B+

WSJ "Barack Obama has won a place in history with the worst ratings of any president at the end of his first year: 49% approve and 46% disapprove of his job performance in the latest USA Today/Gallup Poll. There are many factors that explain it, including weakness abroad, an unprecedented spending binge at home, and making a perfectly awful health-care plan his signature domestic initiative. But something else is happening."

Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones

WSJ "Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations. Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed insurgents intercepted the video feeds by taking advantage of an unprotected communications link in some of the remotely flown planes' systems. "

Change, Weakness, Disaster, Obama; Victor Davis Hanson Answers the Questions

Victor Davis Hanson "“VDH” are three letters that may appear random to the general public, but for conservatives they have definite meaning. They signify the person of Dr. Victor Davis Hanson [1]. The scholar [2], professor [3], and political pundit [4] is especially well known to readers of Pajamas Media. His blog [5] consistently enriches the homepage and enlightens friend and foe. Dr. Hanson’s latest book, How the Obama Administration Threatens Our National Security [6], illustrates the peril that America’s leftist, superficial commander-in-chief has produced. Both President Obama’s ignorance and ideology now endanger the nation’s autonomy along with the world’s peace."

Less Health Care for More Money

Ann Coulter "Even if national health care puts the screws to doctors and pharmaceutical companies by reimbursing them below cost -- so all future doctors will soon resemble DMV employees and no new drugs will ever be invented -- the government is still going to have to cut services and pay for the system with massive tax hikes. Which is exactly what happened with Oregon's "Brave Medical Experiment." "

Even without the public option, reform still stinks

Rick Moran "With even Howard Dean now saying the bill should be deep-sixed, the future of reform looks rather iffy in the senate, although there is still a ray of hope. Of course, Dean's reasoning is a little different; Dean thinks there isn't enough government involvement so it doesn't constitute "true" reform. Either way, it looks like health care reform - no matter how stinky - will somehow make it out of the senate and into a conference committee."

Russians drop another Climategate bombshell

Clarice Feldman "On Tuesday, the Moscow-based Institute of Economic Analysis (IEA) issued a report claiming that the Hadley Center for Climate Change based at the headquarters of the British Meteorological Office in Exeter (Devon, England) had probably tampered with Russian-climate data."

Stupid People, and Other Arguments for Limited Government

Clayton E. Cramer "Wild, bizarre, unbelievable conspiracy theories are a huge problem in every society. This isn’t a new problem, either. It is one of the stronger arguments for limited governmental power. If most of the population buys into bizarre, strange, or even profoundly dangerous foolishness, there is a limit to the amount of damage that the majority can cause if the government’s power is limited."...."The strongest argument for a government of limited powers is that you should never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."

IT'S A CULTURE CRISIS, NOT A HEALTHCARE CRISIS

Neal Boortz "It is a crisis of culture [-] a culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance. A culture that thinks "I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always take care of me"."

Classy Chuck Schumer Cusses Out Flight Attendant – Calls Her a B*tch

Gateway Pundit If Schumer were a Republican and called a flight attendant a b*tch he’d be forced from office by this time."