Jan 022010

The Dozen Sacrifices Demanded by the Dems’ Pagan God of Health Care Reform

from RedState by Dan Perrin

The reason that health care reform has previously never passed, is that the smart Democrats stopped themselves when the political costs of health care reform were weighed against their gains

 

Hijacking the Private Sector, the SEIU and Blago Way

from Big Government by Liberty Chick

The current state of the economy has placed a large burden on private business, especially on small businesses and the self-employed.

 

The Cornhusker Concussive

from Power Line by Scott

One of the disgusting features of the Senate’s Obamacare bill is the payoffs extracted from taxpayers and directed to the states of senators wielding key votes

 

ObamaCare: Should Republicans Have Negotiated on Health Care Bill?

from Big Government by Dan Mitchell

Writing for Forbes, Bruce Bartlett puts forth an interesting hypothesis that healthcare legislation could have been made better (hopefully he meant to write “less destructive”) if the GOP had been willing to compromise with Democrats

 

Is Obama Prudent or Incompetent?

from NewsReal Blog by Michael van der Galien

Judging by the initial reaction of the administration – our clueless DHS Secretary telling us the system worked and that the bomber was a lone extremist – I would say that someone has to focus on criticizing the administration and it may as well be Cheney

 

Spencer: Earth sans greenhouse effect – what would it be like?

from Watts Up With That? by Anthony Watts

What If There Was No Greenhouse Effect?

by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D

Jan 012010

Suicide bomber kills 75 at volleyball game in Pakistan

from The Long War Journal

A Taliban suicide bomber killed 75 Pakistanis and wounded scores more in an attack in a town in Pakistan’s insurgency-infested northwest.

No Rise of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Fraction in Past 160 Years, New Research Finds

from ScienceDaily

Most of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activity does not remain in the atmosphere, but is instead absorbed by the oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. In fact, only about 45 percent of emitted carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere.

As a reminder: this was covered back in November by Anthony Watts at the amazing climate and science blog “Watts Up With That”.

Pollyanna MSM Quick to Defend Obama and Napolitano

from NewsReal Blog by Michael van der Galien

“Although I should’ve expected it, I’m afraid I have to admit that the mainstream media’s passionate defense of Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano took me by surprise.”

Indiana Press Notices Bayh’s Health Care Lies

from RedState by Brian Faughnan

We all know the names of the Democratic Senators who face tough re-election runs in 2010: Lincoln, Reid, Specter, Bennet, Dodd, and maybe Gillibrand and Dorgan and a few others. One of the names that’s not usually on the list is Indiana Senator Evan Bayh

Letter to the Editor: Enough Redbaiting, what is Conservatives’ Plan to Save the Middle Class?

from NewsReal Blog by David Swindle

Ignore who Obama got his ideas from. To do otherwise is "redbaiting."

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