Why Won't Obama Waive the Jones Act?

FoxForum "This, of course, is the primary criticism of the Obama administration's handling of the spill. While the president says he "will not settle for inaction," his failure to waive the Jones Act -- even if for the sole purpose of sending a message to our allies -- suggests he's not doing everything he can." Via Heritage

WH: Obama never told Kyl he wouldn’t secure the border; Kyl: Yes he did

Hot Air "Would the White House lie? Sure, they might lie about offering Sestak and Romanoff jobs in order to get them to quit the primaries. And they might lie about certain core planks of ObamaCare. And they might lie about the acceptability of nuclear weapons in the hands of Islamist rogue states. But surely they wouldn’t lie about a hugely damaging admission on a hot-button issue made during what they thought was a confidential conversation, would they?"

Oakland: More than 500 Block Israeli Ship From Unloading

Logan's Warning " “Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.” (The Martyr, Imam Hassan al-Banna, of blessed memory)."

The Incredibly Wonderful World of Our Sensitive Elites

Victor Davis Hanson   "I also heard that the reset button foreign policy is working, especially in the case of the Mideast and Russia.

"I did not glean that Russia likes us the more we sign one-sided arms control pacts; abandon the concerns of the Poles, Czechs, Georgians, etc., and assume that Iran will become a nuclear power with Russian help. In other words, if I were a foreign opportunistic player, and I learned that the U.S. was borrowing $2 trillion a year to lavish more entitlements on its citizenry while emphasizing that between 2001-9 the U.S. caused most global tension and was now sorry for it, and that outreach, bowing, apologizing, and praise of foreign cultures were now the norm, then I might, if I were one of the following, do the following:"...

The wheels come off the liberal juggernaut, but it’s still dangerous.

Fred Barnes "There are two time slots for passing [cap and trade, a value-added tax (VAT), and who knows what else.] ,both difficult. The first is between now and whenever Congress recesses in the fall. Prospects look bleak in this time frame for approving anything except the final version of the financial reform bill. The second is when a lame duck Congress, filled with defeated and retired senators and House members, convenes in December. Lame duck sessions don’t ordinarily enact major policy changes, but this one could be an exception."

Arizona GOP cutting anchor baby chain, no more “jus soli” their success is America’s victory

Collins Report "Selling American citizenship. The Marmara Manhattan hotel is offering a special new tourists’ package that sells American citizenship. It provides “an exclusive package for new mothers that wish to give birth in the USA”, which of course brings the extra bonus of an American birth certificate and grants the newborn child American citizenship."

New York hotel pioneers birth tourism  "The hotel, which is part of the Turkish hospitality chain, exploits the 14th amendment to the US constitution, which states that all children born on American soil “are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside”. " H/t to Laura Ingraham .

Obama's Thuggery Is Useless in Fighting Spill

Michael Barone "But the Constitution does not command "no person ... shall ... be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law except by the decision of a person as wise and capable as Kenneth Feinberg." The Framers stopped at "due process of law."
"Obama doesn't. "If he sees any impropriety in politicians ordering executives about, upstaging the courts and threatening confiscation, he has not said so," write the editors of The Economist, who then suggest that markets see Obama as "an American version of Vladimir Putin." Except that Putin is an effective thug."

Glenn Foden, Townhall

Time to Stand Up to the National Standards Agenda

Heritage "Proponents tout national standards and tests as a way to improve academic achievement. For half a century, the federal government's role in education has continued to increase significantly with no positive impact on student learning. Yet, national standards proponents see this new federal role in standards and testing as the answer. But proponents are wrong to conclude national standards would improve American education. Here's why: "...

An NCO recognizes a flawed Afghanistan strategy

George Will "Returning from a mission, his unit took casualties from an improvised explosive device that the unit knew had been placed no more than an hour earlier. "There were villagers laughing at the U.S. casualties" and "two suspicious individuals were seen fleeing the scene and entering a home." U.S. forces "are no longer allowed to search homes without Afghan National Security Forces personnel present." But when his unit asked Afghan police to search the house, the police refused on the grounds that the people in the house "are good people." "

Neal Boortz: Democrats will kill school reform

Atlanta Journal-Constitution "May I offer two scenarios for your consideration? See which one fits you best:

1. The government seizes your money and sends it to a specific school to be spent educating your child. You are then commanded to send your child to that very school. That assignment is made on only two factors: The age of your child and your ZIP code.
2. You choose a school you wish to educate your child. You base that choice on any set of criteria you wish, including test scores, the competence of the faculty, reputation for excellence — or your ZIP code. You then send your child to that school, notify the government, and the government sends the check.
If you chose No. 1, you need to check your mail. Your subscriptions to People and US Weekly are about to run out."

World Sees Obama as Incompetent and Amateur

US News  "The reviews of Obama's performance have been disappointing. He has seemed uncomfortable in the role of leading other nations, and often seems to suggest there is nothing special about America's role in the world. The global community was puzzled over the pictures of Obama bowing to some of the world's leaders and surprised by his gratuitous criticisms of and apologies for America's foreign policy under the previous administration of George W. Bush. One Middle East authority, Fouad Ajami, pointed out that Obama seems unaware that it is bad form and even a great moral lapse to speak ill of one's own tribe while in the lands of others."   Mortimer B. Zuckerman

OBAMA AND LEADERSHIP .. OR LACK THEREOF  "Obama is all style and no substance. This is actually pretty fitting for our American Idol generation, which ultimately tipped the scales in favor of Obama. They wanted the hot bod and cool campaign slogans, but couldn't tell you the first thing about his policies or his qualifications to be president." Neal Boortz.

But, but, hundreds of rock musicians, movie stars and TV talk show hosts can't ALL be wrong.