Obama Administration Falsifying Stimulus Job Numbers

Obama Stimulus Job Number Smoke And Mirrors

Scozzafava Suspends Campaign

I guess McCain-style liberal Republicanism doesn’t even sell in upstate New York:
Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence parties candidate, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters.
The state Assemblywoman has not thrown her support to either Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate, or Bill Owens, [...]

H.R. 3962 – Affordable Health Care for America Act

H.R. 3962 – Affordable Health Care for America Act

Qualified Candidate Passed Over For Police Chief Job–Because He Is WHITE!

Such is the claim of two of the members of the board who recommended him:
City officials seeking a new police chief passed up the former director of the Florida Highway Patrol, who formerly was a top commander of the Illinois State Police, because he is white, two former members of a city board claim.
Wyatt Frazer [...]

House ObamaCare Numbers Looking Just As Dismal As Senate Numbers

A leaked report reveals the gory details:
The House Dem leadership has conducted its preliminary whip count and has tallied up less than 200 likely Yes votes in support of a health care reform bill with a robust public option, well short of the 218 needed for passage, according to an internal whip count document I’ve [...]

ObamaCare At 58, Perhaps

Looks like Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) can be tentatively penciled in as a “nay” vote, at least for the public option:
U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., said Tuesday she still can’t support a government-funded insurance option, a day after legislation was unveiled that would give states the choice of whether to participate in the program.
“Creating another government-funded [...]

Mixed Feelings About “Little Buddy”

I am of two minds about this use of technology:
The “Little Buddy Child Tracker” retails for $100 (far less than other devices that sell for $200 to $500). It combines global satellite positioning and cellular technology to signal the child’s whereabouts to a computer or smartphone.
Parents can program the device to set up specific times [...]

Lieberman Showing His Independent Streak

Joe seems to be showing some backbone in standing up to the Obamacrat leaders:
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he’d back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care reform bill.
Lieberman, who caucuses with Democrats and is positioning himself as a fiscal hawk on the issue, said he opposes any health [...]

Gingrich Misses The Mark

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich has really lost touch with his conservative principles:
Gingrich called Scozzafava a “liberal Republican” for her support of gay marriage and abortion rights. But he defended those positions as in-step with her district and her predecessor, former Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.), who was tapped to be President Barack Obama’s Army Secretary.
Now, follow [...]

Health Insurers Not Really Raking In The Profits

And, believe it or not, it’s the AP that explains it:
Quick quiz: What do these enterprises have in common? Farm and construction machinery, Tupperware, the railroads, Hershey sweets, Yum food brands and Yahoo? Answer: They’re all more profitable than the health insurance industry.
In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after insurance [...]

Good Signs (For Conservatives) On ObamaCare In The Senate

Of all places, the AP lays out the problem:
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Democrats’ control of a hefty majority in the Senate – plus the House – would suggest that President Barack Obama is within reach of overhauling the nation’s health care system this fall.
But the numbers mask a more complicated reality: Obama and Democratic leaders [...]

Liberal Republicans and New Coke

If the headline has you confused, just bear with me for a bit.
A lot of us probably remember the “New Coke” debacle of the 1980s, and its aftermath. Somewhat surprisingly (or maybe not), there are a number of parallels with the current and recent past of the GOP moving to the left. Here’s just a [...]

Reid Loses Vote On “Doc Fix”

And the unraveling of ObamaCare continues apace:
A group of Democrats joined all Republicans in blocking a 10-year freeze of scheduled cuts to doctors’ Medicare payments, legislation that was considered important to getting a broader healthcare bill through later this year.
Prior to the 47-53 procedural vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) blamed the American Medical [...]

Of Course, It’s Different When Democrats Do It

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) seems to have caught Speaker Pelosi in a bit of a double-standard:
Senate Finance ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is raising concerns that a Department of Health and Human Services Web site that urges visitors to send an e-mail to President Barack Obama praising his health care reform plan may violate rules [...]

Obama’s “Czar” Of Manufacturing Ron Bloom: He “Kinda” Agrees With Mao (Tse Tung)

Obama “Czar” Ron Bloom Agrees With Mao

A Good Way To Support The Troops

I just ran across a small charity whose name sort of explains it all: Books for Soldiers. It makes sense, soldiers do have their share of down-time, and a good book is probably a good way for them to relax, especially in the Middle East, where local governments or just the overall security situation may [...]

Human Rights Watch’s Founder Castigates His Own Organization

Gotta love a man with this sort of honesty and integrity. Robert Bernstein writes:
AS the founder of Human Rights Watch, its active chairman for 20 years and now founding chairman emeritus, I must do something that I never anticipated: I must publicly join the group’s critics. Human Rights Watch had as its original mission to [...]

Anita Dunn: We Control The Media

Anita Dunn: We Control The Media

Lord Monckton: Climate Change Treaty Will Bring About Marxist World Government

Lord Monckton: Worldwide Marxism Through Climate Change

More Evidence That The Democrats Are Fracturing

Now a Democratic governor is speaking out against the Baucus bill:
Legislation is making its way through Congress to reform the nation’s health-care system, but the questions Tennessee’s governor and U.S. senators are raising about its cost to the states might reshape the debate’s final outcome.
In a break with most of the governors in his own [...]