Modernizing Miranda: A New Consensus

Charles Krauthammer "Nonetheless, this administration seems intent upon using the civilian legal system rather than designating caught-in-the-act terrorists as enemy combatants. I think it's a mistake, but they will be in power for almost three more years, possibly seven. In the interim, therefore, we have to think about how to adapt this administration's preferred domestic-judicial model to the real world. The way to do it, as Holder has come to understand, is by modifying Miranda." Let the record show one attaboy for the attorney general. 

Green Jobs Destroy Good Jobs

Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives "A focus on green jobs discourages overall economic growth by redistributing private sector wealth to uncompetitive and unsustainable energy providers. Higher electricity prices hurt small businesses, resulting in fewer jobs. The plan to heavily subsidize “green” energy sources while simultaneously mandating their use is a prescription for economic decline rather than prosperity."   Katrina Currie is a Research Associate for the Commonwealth Foundation (www.CommonwealthFoundation.org), a public policy education and research institute located in Harrisburg. H/T to Heritage.

‘The Mentalist’: A Case Study in How Hollywood Maligns Conservatives

Warner Todd Huston "This was a quick, hard to notice shot at Ronald Reagan but for what reason? Couldn’t they just as easily have said that the con man was a close personal friend with Jimmy Carter? How about Bill Clinton? No better con man ever set foot in the White House than Bill Clinton! Yet these TV writers had to reach back decades to slag Ronald Reagan! This episode’s slap at Reagan is a perfect example of the quick, anti-right slant that Hollywood wallows in every day in ways small as well as big."

Henry Winkler Jumps The Shark — Trashes Palin’s Family

Big Hollywood "Behar’s interview with “The Fonz” is a prime example of Hollywood liberals placing their political ideology first and a chance to reach out to those who don’t live in New York, L.A. or Darfur last. How many American families who loved Sarah Palin’s book would be moved to buy Winkler’s books after comments like that? Not many in this political climate."

The Immigration Issue Is Not About Racism

Phyllis Chesler "Can American(sic) continue to allow legal and illegal immigrants who wish to conquer us either through legal and economic jihad or through military acts of terrorism against civilians and soldiers on American soil? These are the issues we must contemplate."

Obama - it's all about him

Stu Tarlowe in AT   "Barack Obama sees America as an arrogant, imperialist, racist, oppressive, exploitative, warmongering nation. But of course, now that he's running things, he'll see that America gets its comeuppance. As with his health care plan, it doesn't matter what America wants; all that matters is what Barack Obama wants."

The government bubble is ending.

American Thinker "To me, the saddest part of what Henninger discusses is that it required the (coming) economic collapse of virtually an entire continent to awaken most of the US. Are we that economically illiterate? Unfortunately the answer is an easy "Yes." Our educational system and our "American-Idol" society have made most of us oblivious to anything beyond the latest Tiger Woods scandal."

A New Nowhere Debate?

Victor Davis Hanson "And Mexico has become far more violent than Iraq, suggesting to most that the border should be less, not more, porous. Simply enforcing the law — finish the fence, keep fining employers, increased patrols on the border, push for verifiable IDs — will stop the flow. Those newly arrived, or in trouble with the criminal justice system, will at some point come to the attention of authorities, if the latter wish it. And long-term, illegal residents can apply for legal residency in ways the Congress at its leisure can fight over — once the border is secure and the powers of assimilation, integration, and intermarriage are allowed to work at last on a static, and soon to be shrinking, population. An amnesty bill at this time would be about the most divisive move imaginable."

Terror Charge Upheld Despite ‘Torture’ Claims

Andrew C. McCarthy "The decision will dishearten Bush-bashers. There are, of course, many people who believe — quixotically, but in good faith — that civilian prosecutions of enemy combatants would somehow improve our security by reaffirming “our values.” By contrast, hardcore leftists want these trials in civilian court for the reckoning. They figure civilian due-process rules will make it easier for terrorist defendants to obtain discovery about, and sensationally litigate, Bush counterterrorism tactics — which these leftists regard as “war crimes.” "

As Polls Show Overwhelming Support for Arizona's Law, Nets Focus on 'Uproar' and 'Spreading' Boycotts

Newsbusters  "...CBS and ABC promoted the cause of activists in the minority. Both devoted full stories to the “uproar” and “emotional civil war” over the law and moves by a few liberal local government bodies to enact boycotts, only getting late in their stories to those who like the law."
BUYcott Arizona "...I reject and refuse to participate in any boycott of the great State of Arizona.
I call on the United States government to start doing its job according to the Constitution: Secure the Borders, Enforce the immigrations laws, Protect its citizens."
  Patriot Groups Will Kickoff National Arizona BUYcott at Winning Back America Conference: "While protestors have launched a sit in calling on the Governor to veto the bill launching the Country’s first major state enforcement efforts on illegal immigration, protesters like Al Sharpton are asking for a Boycott of the State. In response, Patriot groups around the country want to support the rights of the people of Arizona and are calling for a BUYcott of the State."

No! Not Texas! Say it ain't so, please.

China, here we come

Gateway Pundit "The Obama Environmental Protection Agency moved this week to crack down on the evil American manufacturers and producers. The AP reported:

"The Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to more tightly control air pollution from large power plants, factories and oil refineries, a step to limit emissions widely blamed for global warming." More...

Expect an Angry Obama [Friday]

Political Wire  "President Obama "is angry about the oil spill, its magnitude, BP's stalling and tomorrow, he is going to let his frustrations spill out at a late-morning press availability after he meets with senior officials," Marc Ambinder reports. The New York Times reports the oil spill "could easily be four or five times the government estimate." "