Wining (sic) this deeply red district would be a political shocker and could deal a strong blow to Republicans’ extreme plan to end public education and hand over our democracy to lobbyists and special interests.Thankfully all the Left's lobbyists and special interests--Labor Unions like the NEA come to mind, will fight tooth and nail to thwart the GOP's extreme plan . . .
If wanton violence has a cause other than mental illness, it is a culture that lionizes the savages. That culture is not the culture of the Tea Partiers so despised by the Left. Many Tea Partiers are part of what until recently was called “the Christian Right,” an amorphous group of Americans, not all of whom are actually Christians, tied together by their shared acceptance of basic Judeo-Christian principles, such as equality and the sanctity of life (even the lives of their ideological opponents). They love liberty, because in their hands it is guided by virtue. It leads to the good life and the good society, not to dissipation and anarchy. Many of them pray for President Obama despite their revulsion at most of his policies. All of them consider him their president and would rally behind him if the good of the nation demanded it. Their dissent does not diminish their patriotism.
For our opinion elites, though, they are a punch line or, when disaster strikes, a punching bag. Those elites scoff at the very idea of real, knowable virtue — unless it is rhetorically useful in showing that America has failed to measure up. They would erase any traditional understanding of virtue from public life, replacing it with their vapid “values.” Under these, the young learn, a terrorist can still be a hero if he kills for noble reasons, if it becomes fashionable to deny the humanity of those he takes as his enemies.
The obscenity issue is one of several controversies swirling around Greene's long shot candidacy. Observers have also questioned how the 32-year-old nominee, who is believed to have very little personal wealth, was able to afford the $10,440 filing fee required to get his name on the Democratic Senate primary ballot.Well, it appears (here) that a pretty thorough (and transparent) investigation disproves CNN's thesis. Great reporting CNN!!
South Carolina's top law enforcement agency said it determined that Greene used his own money to pay the fee, though the state attorney general's office said it did not receive a request from the agency to subpoena Greene's bank records.
Obama came to office under fundamental misapprehensions that hamper him still. It's not true that all that was keeping the Israelis and Palestinians apart was the lack of US engagement, or that the Iranians were amenable to getting talked out of their nuclear program, or that Guantanamo Bay was a pointless contrivance.
Nor is it true that government is a sustainable source of economic growth, or a more efficient allocator of capital than the market. This is why Obama's stimulus program -- inevitably, a dog's breakfast of politically driven priorities -- is such a shambles that his aides never utter the word "stimulus" anymore. It is on to the next program, a nearly $100 billion "jobs" bill that reflects the touching belief that to work as intended a program only has to be named appropriately.
CHICAGO - Now that the Democrats' nominee for lieutenant governor has dropped out of the race, the next step is up to the Illinois Democratic Party.This is too common of an occurrence for Democrats. Torricelli. Kurita. Who needs primaries?
Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester called yesterday’s action by the Senate to delay the Tennessee Voters Confidence Act a partisan move by Republican leadership to deny the state’s voters fair and accurate elections.
An analysis by the conservative Washington Times newspaper found that the current White House was successful in getting Congress to cut 24 spending programs and reduce nine other programs. White House administration officials note that Congress accepted at least $6.9 billion of the $11.3 billion in discretionary spending cuts President Obama proposed. The current administration's spending habits are in stark contrast with the previous administration, which cut trillions of dollars in taxes and added trillions of dollars to Medicare spending without paying for either.
The only person Sunday to offer a defense of Jones was former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, who has emerged as a titular leader of the country's liberal movement.Well, I think it's too bad that you have such contempt for Americans' intelligence. And it is interesting to see that Democrats aren't apologizing for Jones' Commie-ness.
Dean told 'Fox News Sunday' that Jones was "brought down," and he called it a "loss for the country."
He said that he had spoken with Jones, and that Jones should not be held responsible for signing the Sept. 11 petition.
"He was told by the people waving those clipboards around that he was signing something else," Dean said. "I think that's too bad."
"The Obama administration is rethinking its course recommendations for students ahead of President Obama's address to the the nation's schoolchildren next week, rewriting its suggestions to teachers for student assignments on how to 'help the president.'
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Among the activities initially suggested for pre-K to 6th grade students was to 'write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president.'
Another assignment for students after hearing the speech was to discuss what 'the president wants us to do.'
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Presidential aides also acknowledged to [the Washington Times] that they helped the U.S. Education Department write the suggested assignments, which stirred criticism by many who say Obama is trying to indoctrinate the education system."
Last week, Kennedy asked Massachusetts leaders to change state law to give Patrick the power to appoint an interim replacement to Kennedy's seat should Kennedy be unable to continue serving.
"It is vital for this commonwealth to have two voices speaking for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election," Kennedy wrote in a letter to Patrick.
Lawmakers are weighing a bill now that honors Kennedy's request. Lawmakers are expected to hold a public hearing next month on the proposal, moving up the consideration date from October, and allowing legislation to be passed and signed into law before the deadline for a special election.
But a change in the law isn't a sure bet. Senate President Therese Murray and House Speaker Robert DeLeo, all Democrats, have stayed mum on whether they would support the change.
But Patrick told a local radio station Wednesday that he believes the proposal was "entirely reasonable" and said he would sign the bill if it reached his desk.
The state last changed its succession law in 2004 to require the special election. Before that the governor was allowed to name a successor. At the time, Democrats were worried that then-Republican Gov. Mitt Romney would be able to fill any vacancy created if Democratic Sen. John Kerry was elected president.
That is, while Democrats politicize “torture,” “domestic spying,” the Patriot Act, and now the CIA’s efforts to defeat al-Qaeda, Republicans are generally supporting Obama’s Pakistan policy for the greater good of protecting our national security.
Eventually, people do figure out who the grown-ups are.
Noting that only 101 people get a direct say in who sits on the Supreme Court, Mr. Leahy highlighted Judge Sotomayor's credentials.
"President Obama has done his part and made a historic pick, now the Senate has to do its part," he said.
"As someone who will have been in the committee a grand total of six days and isn't an attorney I kind of see myself fulfilling a certain role for Americans watching the hearings," Franken said Monday in an interview with The Associated Press.For the record, I always enjoyed the pre-political Al Franken's work . . . I can hardly believe that anyone wouldn't, so that's no big story, I guess. I think he would be a fun guy to know, as long as he didn't fly off the handle about Bushitler or something when we were hanging out. He's a real intellectual and creative talent and one common trait of a comedian is that they are able to laugh at themselves.
"So I kind of see myself as people's proxy, not that the other senators aren't, but certainly that's the kind of role I want to play," he said.
"Prime Minister Stephen Harper appealed to his opposition rivals for economic advice in an attempt to defuse their outrage over the unprecedented shutdown of Parliament.Though "doing something" for the economy was the political football, the petty special concerns of the Left were the real rub in the matter. Ol' Heartless Harper wants to decrease the amount of public monies given to political parties and is not interested in preserving the ability of (ostensibly essential) public employees to strike.
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Harper yesterday adopted a more conciliatory tone than he had since the crisis erupted over his government's economic statement on Nov. 27.
Liberals, NDP and the Bloc had united in opposition over its lack of measures to kick-start the sluggish economy. Moreover, proposed cuts to public subsidies for political parties and the suspension of public servants' right to strike were political dynamite.
The Prime Minister called on the opposition parties to 'engage with the government,' and cited Canadians' 'frustration' at all political parties for their failure to work together on the economic crisis.
'We are all responsible,' he said yesterday. 'The public is clear. They want us to discuss specific proposals and that we propose things, especially on things where we are able to find consensus.'"
