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	CIA allegations by Democrats in Congress.  (A threat to human intelligence)
	Social Insecurity (Government Ponzi Schemes - conning the masses)
	Stimulus Bill: Know their names.  "You will know their names.  I will make them famous".

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I'm sick and tired of people telling us we have to be reasonable and negotiate away what we believe. It's time to stand and fight for what we believe. The Democrats chose this brinksmanship game, thinking that they had overwhelming, unchecked power to do as they please. It's time to remind them in 2010 that they don't.

We need to stop talking about whether the 2010 election will change things, and start doing the hard work to make sure that it does. That means getting engaged in volunteer work and fundraising to support better candidates early in the primary process, and to make sure between now and August that they have such a commanding lead through widespread and enthusiastic popular support that we flip the balance of power in both the House and Senate in November - and so that the Dems already see it coming by July 4 like an unstoppable train that is going to blow them off the rails in a truly horrific, unprecedented, crushing election defeat.. We need to make sure that the comparisons are not to 1980 or 1994, but rather that future generations will remember 2010 as the turning point.

Stop talking about it, and go for it in your own district! Make it your job to ensure their defeat.

September 10, 2009 - Top US official: Climate bill urgently needed - Comment: Pay attention to what is being done to replace the Kyoto agreement in the Copenhagen summit this December.  Special envoy Todd Stern (bio here) has been leading the State Department discussions with China and India behind the scenes in recent months.

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Use our Conservative Search tool to see what others have been saying about Daniel Hannan.  For example, Rush Limbaugh commented on March 27 and earlier on his March 25 program

End result?  More people turned out for Tax Day Tea Parties than signed their simplistic pledges to support Obama's plans.  Make sure that your member of Congress knows that !

There were 800+ Tax Day Tea Party protests on April 15, with a 600,000 - 800,000+ turnout.   See our Chicago Tax Day Tea Party photos.  They did it again in many cities on July 4, and plans are in progress for large 9/12/09 Tea Party protests in Washington, DC.

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Why am I reminded of Professor Harold Hill of "The Music Man"? Remember the scene about the new pool table in town being serious, serious trouble? This has the same feel - that we are all being stirred up to have irrational fears so that we can be conned and then fleeced.

Black lawmakers grow impatient with White House - Waiting impatiently to cash in.

There'll be a price to pay in November 2010, too.  Political career death panels.

Let states and local governments deal with their own environmental concerns without this growing federal bureaucracy.  Do we really want to keep supporting 18,000 employees at the EPA, and grow that further?  If the federal bureaucracy had grown at the same pace as the US population over the last century, that would be roughly the total number of federal employees today - rather than well over 1 million.  We pay for 40 times more federal workers per capita than we did after the Civil War.  It's time to just say no - and cut many government jobs, rather than just private sector jobs.

Why can't he do the honorable thing, and refuse to accept the prize?  It is, after all, gross interference in the internal political affairs of another nation - by a committee of legislators in Norway trying to make a statement about American foreign policy.  He should tell them to stay out of American politics.

Meanwhile, nobody has listened to the Republicans, or to the many angry voters who will have no voice until the 2010 midterm election.

Obama urges major new stimulus, jobs spending - Now the talk is of spending $150 billion, rather than $75 billion, even though none of the TARP funds should be redirected to spending programs.  The only new jobs which this will create will be for the volunteer work to help defeat every Democrat who votes for this legislative atrocity in 2010. The "stimulus" bill in February was outrageous enough, but this is truly insane - doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

Maybe he likes to employ the "straw man" argument so much because he suffers from the same problem as that character in the Wizard of Oz.

Stop meeting in places like New York, Geneva, Rome, Copenhagen, Brussels, etc. to discuss the problems of the world. Go live and meet in the places where daily life is most miserable or dangerous.

December 6, 2009 - UN climate chief: Hacked e-mails are damaging - Comment: earlier version

An interesting twist is the high level of Iranian investment in Dubai, and how that may play out.

It may be enough to escape prosecution (especially when friends of ACORN rule at the Justice Dept), but in the court of public opinion, they're "Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!" - to borrow a popular phrase from the Watergate era.

Baucus isn't up for election again until 2014. By then, he will be irrelevant in the minority party again after pushing the health care legislation this year.  Maybe he can retire then and work with Daschle.

December 4, 2009 - Obama shifts Copenhagen visit to boost deal

It's time to put all cap and trade plans and other climate change regulatory actions on hold. The science should not just be reviewed by this UK panel if the whole world is going to be transformed by government actions. There needs to be a truly independent US research effort which challenges the science models before we vastly expand government taxes, spending, and transfer of wealth initiatives.

US services sector survey drags world stocks down - reality check - double dip recession ahead?

AP Analysis: Afghanistan pullout date not definite - Dare we say dithering again?  If the goal is to put pressure on the Afghan government to step up to the plate in the expectation that we will start to leave in 2011, then it doesn't sound like much pressure at all.  More like wishful thinking or political cover for domestic purposes.  The exit strategy is to be ready to weasel out of whatever happens for domestic political purposes.  Take credit if it goes well, and change strategy again if it doesn't.

FTC explores future of journalism in Internet age  By what Constitutional authority does either the FTC or Congress regulate freedom of the press, or freedom of speech on the Internet?

The West Point cadets had to applaud politely on cue and try to stay awake or stifle yawns and appear respectful during the speech, but Rumsfeld is under no such constraints now - like Cheney.

Gates: US cannot cede Afghanistan to Taliban

earlier version - Seniors' lobby backs Dems on Medicare cuts - Comment:  Wake up, seniors!  AARP is not protecting your interests - they're advancing their own insurance sales interests.  Cut up your membership cards and send them back.  Join a different seniors group which actually defends you.  Check out American Seniors Association, as mentioned in this August 18 Fox News story about the AARP losing 60,000 members already.  Another option is the 60 Plus Association   Welcome to market competition, AARP!

US recognizes Honduras president-elect's 'ample' victory

updated version of the same story on November 30

Watch for more public demonstrations in Iran on December 7.  This regime is on the defensive.  It remains ruthless and dangerous, and will probably continue the crackdown on dissent.  Tyrants can be most dangerous as their power collapses, because they will stop at nothing to keep their power.

Am I missing something?  Is this where we want to go in America?

Even horses with blinders on can see where they are going, and won't run off a cliff.  For those who are too clueless to get it, 1982 - 1984 is not comparable unless Obama is prepared to follow Reagan's solution.  Would Reagan do another "stimulus plan" at this point?  Aren't these the same fools who kept quoting Einstein's definition of insanity all the time in the Bush years to pretend that Bush was stupid whenever he "stayed the course" with a policy which worked, but which they didn't like?  Now they are "doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results".  Insane.  The evidence is staring them in the face.  Their policies are failing.  They need to reverse course now.

No wait!  Maybe it's Mortimer Durand's fault!  If he hadn't split the Pashtun tribal area when setting up the modern border between Afghanistan and Pakistan in 1893, maybe none of this would have ever happened.  That's right!  It's the fault of those scheming British imperialists!  It's not Obama's problem!

Afghanistan was a sovereign state in 2001 under the Taliban rule. Kerry obviously thinks we should have invaded quickly with more forces to get Osama bin Laden, despite the predictable condemnation among his friends in Europe, the UN, and elsewhere of any such invasion. Perhaps, by this logic, he would now favor Obama sending massive forces over the border into Pakistan to try to hunt down OBL and others there? No - he's reluctant to see our forces increased at all. He wants the Afghans and Pakistanis to solve this problem somehow, so that he can go back to ignoring it. Hypocrite! Weasel!

US eyes Afghan drawdown starting by 2013: report - Giving the Taliban a chance to plan ahead.

That's the failed approach which immigrants tried to leave behind when they came here.  For example, many Tea Party supporters are immigrants who fled tyranny and economic failure elsewhere.  You don't see a Statue of Liberty in Havana, or immigrants flocking there to pursue the Cuban Dream.  Statists only care about immigrants as a way to perpetuate their own political power, as reflected by this article if you think carefully about it.  How are their policies actually helping immigrants?

Asia markets slide on Dubai debt fears

UN atomic watchdog chief 'disappointed' by Iran - deeply disappointed, just like Obama.

Curbing global warming saves lives, studies say - Do you trust these British doctors?

There is more honor among thieves.  They ALL have to go - not just "moderate" pawns.

Schumer and Hutchison argue over health care bill

For an interesting perspective, check out Sarah Palin's Facebook notes page. Like her original warning about government "death panels", she isn't afraid to call it as she sees it. This is just one example of the potential abuses of power which will inevitably flow from this legislation and the bureaucratic nightmare it creates. It's not just about cost. This is tyranny, and continues to grow the sort of unlimited federal government that our Constitution was supposed to prevent if these people respected their oath of office.

Since they obviously don't, we have to organize and vote ALL of them out, starting in 2010 - not just the few so-called "moderates" who pretended to have principles before they were proven by their vote to have no more than the rest of their party colleagues. It may take us 6 years to be completely rid of them, but we will be the death panels for their political careers through each election before they finish the job of destroying our lives and our families.

I've got a news flash for you in the AP (in case you and all of your "fact checkers" don't get it yet).  She's not looking for your approval. She's not going to play the "gotcha" game with the liberal media, as though they were the custodians of truth and in control of public opinion. She's taking her own message straight to the public - and reaching millions by various channels because there is actually a lot of market demand for knowing more about her and her point of view, whether the news media or politicians like it or not.

The rationing of care by politically motivated bureaucratic "death panels" is ready to begin, all in the name of cost efficiency and standardization of care.  The policy may be a success, even if the patient dies, because it will help contain high health care costs such as cancer treatment by avoiding diagnosis.  Our mortality rates for cancer patients can rise to the more sustainable levels of other national health systems which defer diagnosis and treatment long enough to be rid of the problem.

By the way, don't miss the data on page 39.  In short, 31% have either lost their own job, or have a family member who has lost their job, within the last 6 months.  Would that perhaps shape their opinions?  Is that consistent with the alleged 10.2% unemployment rate?  Are they oversampling the unemployed?

While they're at it, shouldn't Mexican and Cuban immigrants seek reparations from the governments of Mexico and Cuba for the economic hardships which drove them to leave those countries?  What about all the other immigrants who sought better opportunities here?  Shouldn't their countries have to pay them something for having given them few opportunities, instead of simply spreading the wealth of others? Why should they be limited to the wealth of other Americans? Why not fleece every country from which immigrants have come to American cities?  Don't those countries all owe reparations to any emigrants who ever faced hardship or abuse, even if that was a few generations ago?

"Goldman set aside $16.71 billion through the first nine months of the year for compensation, including salaries, bonuses and other benefits. The potential payouts its workers may receive for 2009 have drawn criticism from lawmakers and others. Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, on Monday led a protest in front of Goldman's Washington, D.C., offices to try to sway the bank to redirect part of its anticipated $23 billion bonus pool to families facing foreclosure."

One would think that Obama would have learned that lesson by now.  He is evidently a slow learner in this regard, or is simply willing to appear naive, obsequious and weak as he continues his global apology tour.  As President, he is free to bow to whoever he pleases, whether or not his diplomats do so or recommend it.  That may have adverse consequences among American voters, and reinforce an image of weakness among foreign observers, but the President is free to appear as weak and naive as he pleases.  The same is true of Congressional delegations, which are also free to make harmful protocol gaffes against all advice.

Why don't the leftists here protest the coercive rendition of unwanted babies from China, and the statist policies which drive Chinese mothers to choose to give up their girls?  Would their "pro-choice" solution be to have them all aborted, rather than exported?  Why not accept that failed statist government policies are what drives mothers to even give up their children, whether by choice or coercion, in the hope that they may find a better life elsewhere?

November 14, 2009 - US sees progress on arms control talks with Russia - Comment:  Why is the December 10 deadline so important? Just because of the Nobel prize? This is an extremely important negotiation - they need to take the time to do it right, and not cave in just to get another photo op for Obama to pretend that he is doing something good.

This is a political show trial - not to go after these terrorists or their friends, but rather to expose through the court process as many allegations as possible during the "discovery" process, leaks, and defense arguments to attack what the Bush administration did in response to the war declared by terrorists on us.

This is timed to appeal to the leftist base in the 2010 election cycle. That will not save this administration or members of Congress in that election.

Meanwhile, Obama chose to skip the 20th anniversary celebration, and Hillary Clinton tried to suggest that there needed to be greater European and global unity on current issues such as climate change.  Always pushing the Obama agenda - despite the obvious failure of statist rule which is right in front of her face.  Clinton praises Germany on Berlin Wall tour 

Perhaps the media will at least cover some of the "pink slip" rallies on Saturday, such as the one in Nashville, which are giving "one year notice" to members of Congress. www.OneYearNotice.com

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Incidentally, note that the mere 20 protesters at St. Andrews got media attention, but the thousands of protesters at the US Capitol yesterday were largely ignored by AP reports and other news media, while a few Code Pink nuts at Sen. Lieberman's office got full news coverage because they had to be arrested.

Angry words as timetable for climate deal starts to slip - The wackos were so confident of victory in Copenhagen that they will make a lot of angry noise now.  That's OK - it's better than giving them power.

Follow #IranElection on Twitter for news directly out of Tehran and protests in other cities in Iran.  For background about the post-election protests in Iran, see our special page about Iran.

Meanwhile, Obama declined to show up at the 20th anniversary ceremony commemorating the destruction of the Berlin Wall despite a personal invitation from Angela Merkel.  He probably didn't want to remember that Reagan and Bush contributed to that success over authoritarian statist tyranny, socialism, and communism.  Maybe he will go celebrate Carter's failure in Iran by meeting with Ahmedinejad soon.

November 4 - later version of the same story with more comments.  Note that the health care legislation isn't dead yet, even though it may yet get stalled into early 2010 as Democrats try to regroup.

October 31, 2009 - It's the follow-through that matters in New York's special race - opinion piece in the Washington Examiner by Glenn Reynolds (InstaPundit) about the future of the Tea Party movement

Afghan's Karzai effectively handed 2nd term

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