Daniel Henninger, WSJ — Obama’s Godfather Speech
Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post — Obama’s campaign for class resentment
Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard — Bobby, We Hardly Know Ye: Governor Jindal’s unheralded success story
“Conservative ideas don’t just sound good,” he says. “They actually work. That’s the secret of our success.”
In an opinion piece at CNN, Sally Kohn defends mob seizure of private property. Don’t act so shocked. OWS and its media pimps have shown precious little regard for the wanton destruction of property—public and private—and damage to local business that have characterized the movement. This is but the next logical step in the collectivist mind of the entitlement throng.
Help people stay eviction notices? Sure. Help them fend off foreclosure? Great idea. But in a society of law, you can’t just take what you want—even what you need—from others without ushering in anarchy. I’m increasingly afraid that’s exactly what they want.
No real surprises here. Yet another hit piece to brand Christian Conservatives as knuckle-dragging bigots. There’s nothing quite like sprinkling your piece with phrases such as,
So long as a candidate makes bland, predictable affirmations of religious faith, he or she has adequately punched the religion card.
to make your bias crystal clear. And the author’s portrayal of many Christians’ view of Mormonism betrays his ignorance of Christianity. Mormonism is a cult, and Mormons are not Christians. You can decry that statement as “utterly distasteful” but that won’t change its inherent truth.
Ben Shapiro, Townhall — Where Have Our Cojones Gone?
WSJ — Debit-Fee Cap Has Nasty Side Effect
When will the Left quit meddling with the market? (My best guess is: never.) The law of unintended consequences strikes again. Liberals in Congress rammed through the Dodd-Frank financial bill, one part of which capped card fees. So what do the card issuers do? Read on…
Real Clear Markets — We Pay for “Free” Health Care, Obama Gets the Thanks
Money quote:
From our perspective-the perspective of those unseen folks who pay the bills-it looks an awful lot like President Obama just bought her vote with our money.
Spot on.
Fox News — Lawmakers Blast Administration For Calling Fort Hood Massacre “Workplace Violence”
And well they should. This was not just a day at work gone bad—it was a terrorist act, pure & simple.
InfoWars — Could FBI’s New Definition of Rape Outlaw TSA Pat Downs?
Hot Air — New e-mails: ATF officials discussed using Fast & Furious to … push gun control
Pat Buchanan, Townhall — Did FDR Provoke Pearl Harbor?
Not one to quote Buchanan as a rule, this piece isn’t an opinion piece…more a book review of George Nash’s just-released “Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover’s History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath.” I’m definitely going to have to give it a read.
WSJ — Obama and the Hezbollah Terrorist
Fox News — North Carolina Principal Forced to Retire After Suspending Nine-Year-Old for Calling Teacher ‘Cute’
And good riddance. Sorry, but if you can’t display better judgment than that after a 44-year career, you simply shouldn’t be anywhere near kids, much less a principal.
Fox News — Indiana 2008 Presidential Primary Election Fraud Probe Heats Up
Now what happens if it can be proven that Obama illegally appeared in the Indiana primary? It’s not like he cares about ethics enough to resign.
American Thinker — ATMs v. Obama’s Economic Ignorance
A new survey shows Britons ‘less willing to pay for taxes to help others’. Among other interesting findings,
Britons are less willing than ever to pay higher taxes to support the National Health Service, schools or the environment, a new survey suggests.
The National Centre for Social Research’s 28th annual British Social Attitudes report also found increasing numbers blaming poverty on “laziness”.
Maybe the U.K. is coming around. Funny, but the BBC reports this as if it’s a bad thing. We need more of that on this side of the pond.
Ed Morrissey, Hot Air — US approved large escalation of legal gun sales to Mexico
So Fast & Furious helped the administration cover up the even larger loss of government-approved guns sold to Mexico. [Originally reported by CBS.]
Jonah Goldberg, Townhall — The Problem With China Envy
Yahoo! News — Woman denied food stamps kills self, shoots children
A tragic example of the ultimate end of the entitlement mentality. Note the office had an unarmed guard—in other words, no security at all. Every employee and applicant was at her mercy. Gun-free zones don’t exist despite the law, and her children are paying the price.
NY Times — Filibuster by Senate Republicans Blocks Confirmation of Judicial Nominee
I really don’t understand each party’s tantrum-throwing when judicial nominations are blocked in the Senate by the other side. The Dems did it to Bush; the GOP is doing it to Obama. It’s the only protection we have against having a President pack the courts with pure partisans.
Fox News — NAACP Taking Complaints About U.S. Voter Laws to United Nations
And what, exactly, are the Useless Nabobs going to do? Not only do they lack any kind of jurisdiction, but many member nations have stricter voter ID requirements than any of our states.
Frank J. Fleming, PJ Media — We “Lazy” and “Soft” Americans Don’t Deserve Obama
American Thinker — NFL hypocrites hire the Venereal Girl
David Harsanyi, Real Clear Politics — Obama vs. Capitalism
George F. Will, Washington Post — Choking on Obamacare
BBC — Woman ‘kept away from dying mother’ in Leeds care home
An official called it an “isolated series of errors and misjudgements.” But if you follow the news out of the U.K., stories like this crop up with alarming frequency. And this is the health care system Obama’s outgoing Medicare chief is head-over-heels in love with. But that’s not the worst of the NHS in today’s news. This is nothing short of chilling:
Telegraph — NHS must come clean over use of ‘death pathway’
Michael Brown, Townhall — Two-parter on the outrage that is modern sex-ed:
Dennis Prager, Townhall — A Response to Oregon’s Governor on Capital Punishment
Daniel Botkin, WSJ — Absolute Certainty Is Not Scientific
Fox News — Farmers Worry New Agriculture Labor Rules Will End Teen Jobs
Really think the feds are for the little guy? More regulations that give big corporations even greater advantage over small businesses.
NY Times — Some Cities Object to Being Carved Up by Redistricting
…when urban and metropolitan areas are broken up and combined with rural areas, mayors say, fewer voices are left to vigorously push an urban or metropolitan agenda in Washington.
Read “liberal agenda” there. Cry me a river. Funny how Dems justified their gerrymandering when they were ascendent, but would deny the GOP its turn when they’re on the losing end.
WSOCtv — Mother says son was suspended for calling teacher ‘cute’
Cute = sexual harrassment? Our schools are being run by idiots and they wonder why we resist paying them more?
Neal Boortz, Townhall — Newt on Immigration
WSJ — Sales-Tax Measures ‘to Cost Us Big’
Think the Dems in the Senate are on the side of the little guy? Why do you think Amazon supports this? It will drive smaller competitors out of business.
Fox News — Food Stamps Used for Starbucks Frappuccinos
Your tax dollars at work. This is one good argument for going back to physical, paper food stamps which can only be redeemed for groceries. What a scam.
CNN — Gun-themed purse delays teen flier
File under “You have got to be kidding!”
LA Times — Jobless rate falls to 8.6%, sending mixed message on economy
Not really much of a mixed message. 120,000 new jobs – 315,000 people giving up is not a reduction in unemployment…it’s resignation and despair. The way the official unemployment number is calculated is a complete joke. By this logic, we could get to 0% unemployment if everyone would simply stop looking for a job.
BBC — What happened when US forces left Afghan hotspot?
Mark Steyn, IBD — America Has Squandered Its Opportunity To Lead
Hot Air — Bad news from Saudi Arabia: Letting women drive will dry up the virgin market
Grant Cunningham — A short history of Unix, and a caution for the future.