The High Price of Ben Nelson's Low Vote

Marc Sheppard , AT "But there’s one state that today was guaranteed immunity from such a budget-annihilating burden -- Nebraska. While 49 other states will be forced to scramble and cut and tax and reappropriate in order to meet the new mandates, Nelson’s home state won’t. That’s because Nelson sold his vote for Reid’s assurance that the feds will pay 100% of any new Nebraska Medicade costs -- forever."

Why we need tort reform

Ralph Alter , AT "In the context of a lawsuit, the deep pocket is often the target defendant, even when the true (moral) culpability is with another party because the deep pocket has money to pay a verdict. For example, a lawyer may comment that he or she sued the manufacturer of a product rather than the seller because it is the deep pocket, meaning it has more money than the seller with which to compensate the victim."The latest target of greedy lawyers hankering for cash? Cell phone service providers: "

But Obama wanted to keep Saddam in place.....

Atlas Shrugs "Mass graves across Iraq have been turning up with some frequency since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam's regime. The latest discovery was made at a former military detention camp used by Saddam's forces in Tubzama, just west of Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, said Karim. The grave was discovered after people reported seeing bones and bits of clothing at the camp, he added. The remains were believed to be those of Kurds killed between 1988 and 1991, Karim said..."

Terror test runs on airlines?

John Leonard , AT "An experienced reporter working on these stories suggested I turn my attention backwards to seeing whether any dots could be connected to incidents on flights in the past." Consider these: ...."Two possibilities that come immediately to mind are either these incidents are orchestrated as a ploy to create a scenario to litigate for profit like the imams from US Airways Flight 300, or something more sinister is in the works. In the aftermath of Fort Hood, can we afford to ignore warning signs of abnormal or pattern behavior any longer?"

The childish Constitution and the mature Constitution

American Thinker "Sure, today we have difficulty defining what it means to be American, as the very kernel of our traditions is under assault. Yet, if being an American means anything beyond mere citizenship and if any element of such a definition should be obvious, it's that being an American involves abiding by the founding documents of America. To say otherwise is like asserting that you can be a Confucian while rejecting the words of Confucius, a communist while rejecting the tenets of communism or a golfer while rejecting the rules of golf." Or a Christian who rejects the authority of the Scriptures.

Sarah Palin: Dumb Like Reagan?

Pajamas Media "...his deep tax cuts, and his dealings with the Soviet Union from a position of strength (instead of a position of Carter-like weakness), it would be a mistake to overlook the important role common sense played in his huge victory. In other words...his possession of a tremendous amount of common sense made him a president to whom the people could relate."...."When Palin talks, people from all walks of life listen. When she says we need to be cutting taxes instead of raising them, fighting terrorists instead of babying them, supporting our military instead of second-guessing it, and backing off the seeming endless push for global warming legislation until all the ramifications of Climategate are clear, conservative Americans hear a common-sense approach that sounds very much like Reagan."

Senator Mitch McConnell on the “Absolute Outrage Being Perpetrated on the American People”

Lonely Conservative "In this next video Republican Senators implore the American people to get off the sidelines because they say they cannot win this fight without us. " Also here:GOP Senators Release Video: Ask Americans to Stop Health Care Takeover Gateway Pundit

[Garrison] Keillor's Christmas curse

Powerline Blog "I don't know how to read those paragraphs either, but they're appalling even if intended to be taken humorously. Is Keillor a devout Christian? Maybe so; it's the first I've heard of it. In any event, I can't imagine that he speaks for a single Christian other than himself if he seriously thinks that "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "White Christmas" and so on have somehow ruined Christmas. And why anyone would view the fact that these wonderful contributions to our culture were penned by Jews in anything but a positive light is inexplicable."

A French Infantryman's view of American Soldiers (Unsubstantiated)

WorldAffairsBoard ( Translated From the French)"And combat ? If you have seen Rambo you have seen it all - always coming to the rescue when one of our teams gets in trouble, and always in the shortest delay. That is one of their tricks : they switch from T-shirt and sandals to combat ready in three minutes. Arriving in contact with the ennemy, the way they fight is simple and disconcerting : they just charge ! They disembark and assault in stride, they bomb first and ask questions later - which cuts any pussyfooting short."H/t to Paul Van Alstine.

Video: Jack Webb Schools Obama on Democracy....

Weasel Zippers Interesting. But we regret the language you will see elsewhere in this link. Be advised.

It Has Begun… Green Activists Want a Ban On Soft Toilet Paper

Gateway Pundit "Time to roll off the big number: If each American family would buy one recycled roll just one time, it would save 400,000 trees, allegedly. The problem, though, is that each time paper is shredded during the recycling process, its fibers get shorter. The shorter the fiber, the less soft the tissue. And Americans, though indicating in surveys that they embraced green initiatives, also said they don’t want to sacrifice comfort."

Global warming and the 'settled science' baloney

Claude Sandroff in AT "To appreciate how unsettled global warming science really is, the book Unstoppable Global Warming, Every 1,500 Years, by S. Fred Singer and Dennis T. Avery is an indispensible and relentless handbook. Published in 2007 and stuffed with over 500 references, it shatters almost every common global warming myth." ...."What these books remind us is that whenever the phrase "settled science" enters a policy debate, especially when complicated planetary effects are involved, an instinctive shudder should rifle through our nervous system. Because almost always that loaded phrase masks an attempt to prematurely force conclusions and end all further argument. Those who want the science settled in a flash are those who will benefit most once the science is settled. Either that or they have something to hide or protect. Settled science is dangerous science."