Let's "scooter" lil Bradley Manning!

Loser. Okay, Lefties . . . gonna scooter this actual leak as much as this non-leak.

Kagan and the science-manipulating Left

Surgeon General Koop Urges No Vote on Kagan Based on Abortion Manipulation: "Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) --

Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop has written an extensive letter to members of the Senate calling for a no vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan. The letter focuses attention on the Clinton administration memos Kagan authored showing her attempting to manipulate abortion opinion.

Specifically, Koop refers to the ways in which Kagan influenced the language of a 1997 statement by American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists on partial-birth abortions.

Whereas ACOG found no occasion in which the three-day-long abortion procedure is medically necessary for women, Kagan pressured ACOG to include language saying there may be instances where it is and the Supreme Court eventually relied on that language to overturn state bans on the abortion procedure.

That eventually kept partial-birth abortions legal for several years longer until the Supreme Court reversed itself when considering a national ban Congress approved with medical findings that partial-birth abortions are medically unnecessary.

Our senators should vote "no" on judicial activists like Kagan.

Move to Europe if you expect to be compensated after 99 weeks of not working

It is downright disingenuous for Obama to refer to this as a temporary or emergency extension. I'm sorry, but this is money that we don't have. (here) Move to Europe if you expect compensation for not working after 2 years.

As (I think) Jack Kemp has said, "If you want more of something, subsidize it." Unemployment "insurance" in this context is subsidizing unemployment, and I have seen a friend waiting around for the payments to stop before she went to work doing something she didn't prefer to do. Anecdotal, I know, but also logical.

Democrats are SERIOUS about fraud, waste and abuse!!!!

Well, this (here) is an encouraging news story, but the way it was spun by the AP makes my head hurt:

For the first time federal officials have the power to overhaul the system under Obama's Affordable Care Act, which gives them authority to stop paying a provider they suspect is fraudulent. Critics have complained the current process did nothing more than rubber-stamp payments to fraudulent providers.

Maybe we'll let the Dem Fraud hawks keep this lone provision when Obamacare is repealed . . .

I disagree with this decision, but . . .

This (here) might be a good indication that Obama forced McChrystal out . . . waiving off two out of three years required service to still retire as a 4-star general is a pretty sweet deal.

America and the World Cup

Great NYTimes feature (here) on how the USA is--perhaps, affecting the sport of soccer.

Reading this article reminded me of the observation (perception?) during extended periods I have spent in other, non-European, parts of the world that "quit" is particulary lacking in quintessential American culture.

If every Jesus is "historical," then. . .

If every Jesus is "historical," then no Jesus is "historical." Great post by Ross Douthat about most modern efforts to find the "historical" Jesus . . . Choose Your Own Jesus - Ross Douthat Blog - NYTimes.com

Can't buy me class

Well, if you haven't heard, Paul McCartney showed his backside at a ceremony to receive a "Gershwin Prize for Popular Song" ostensibly from the American People.

Connie Hair aptly comments:

McCartney is the third recipient of the Gershwin Prize. Hailing from England and having earned no university degrees of his own, the Beatle may not know W. was the first American president to earn a master’s degree in business administration. (The fact the MBA is from Harvard really irks the left.) Not to mention Bush is married to a librarian.

Have You Read the Law?

Have You Read the Law?

Can't spell "textbook" without TX

Enjoy this major whiff by Newsweek's Barrett Sheridan in an attempt to marginalize Texas' chosen textbook standards. (Texas Cooks the Textbooks - NEWSWEEK's guide to the 10 silliest changes that will likely be in the new Texas textbook curriculum.) Read for yourself. The "10 silliest changes" sound reasonable to me. I wonder if Sheridan has ever heard of Pauline Kael.

Racism-mongering Dems ought to be ashamed

The number of Democrats who haven't taken the time to familiarize themselves with the AZ law before demonizing AZ is startling. Napolitano, Holder, others. They're demagogues. And this episode demonstrates (a) how little concern they have for being called on it by the Media and (b) how irresponsible, as public officials, they are.

Because plain talk leads to accountability . . .

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Stimulating home purchases. Not.

Since 2008, some $12.6 billion in credits have been shelled out to homebuyers. This program was supposed to end last Fall, but was extended until today based on the notion that it was providing a key pillar of support to the humbled housing market.

Which, frankly, is mildly true at best. Don't shed a tear for the loss of this program, Fools. The finance blog Calculated Risk put it best when writing, "This [credit] is obviously bad economics, but it must be good politics."

Since day one, there's been fairly widespread agreement from financial and economic experts that the housing credit would do little good. I'm not one to blanketly swear off all stimulus on the grounds that Uncle Sam can only break things. There have been well-thought-out forms of stimulus over the past two years. The housing credit just wasn't one of them. Here are five reasons why. . . .

The Death of a Stupid Stimulus

This Brit ain't Enquiring . . .

I don't know whether any of the The Enquirer's allegations of Obama infidelity are true (I hope they aren't, but know that Liberals' moral relativism is a tar pit); however, this 2008 British article linked at Drudge is hilarious in how Liberally slanted it is. Here are the first few lines of the story.

Barack Obama is the target of a shadowy smear campaign designed to derail his bid for the US Presidency by falsely claiming he had a close friendship with an attractive African-American female employee.

The whispers focus on a young woman who in 2004 was hired to work on his team for his bid to become a senator.

The woman was purportedly sidelined from her duties after Senator Obama’s wife, Michelle, became convinced that he had developed a personal friendship with her.

The allegations were initially circulated in August, just two weeks before the convention at which Obama finally beat his opponent for the Democratic Party nomination, Hillary Clinton.

The woman, now 33, vigorously denies the vicious and unsubstantiated gossip.

Emphasis mine.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1076695/Obama-hit-affair-smears-following-claims-attractive-aide-banned-wife.html#ixzz0mpaKdsF6

Informed consent by any other name . . .

"No exception for rape" blares the headline (("Oklahoma Abortion Law: No Exceptions, Even Rape")) regarding the passage of an informed consent law in Oklahoma. Why would there be an exception . . . if it is an innocent human life we're talking about?

And if you take the time to read the article, I'd be curious to know whether the young women who had suffered serial sexual abuse from her music teacher was encouraged to press charges against him? I doubt it. With proper counseling and full medical information maybe she would not have been into her 30s before she realized it "wasn't her fault" and she would feel zero regret, zero remorse for the abortion.

Mosque in Brentwood . . . thanks but no thanks

I'll be right up front and say, as I've often said, that Muslims love democracy until they're in the majority . . . so I am kind of intolerant of Islam. Just sayin.'

As a result, I certainly understand opposition to making exceptions for the construction of a mosque in one's residential neighborhood.

Here's a story about a proposed zoning change for an "Islamic Center of Williamson County" that might be built in Brentwood. Brentwood closer to building first Muslim mosque - WKRN, Nashville, Tennessee. Those proposing the rezoning are asking for an express exception to an ordinance passed in 2000 (Brentwood City Ordinance 2000-18) that requires a 150 ft buffer between religious buildings and roads.

Here's a link to all the details about the proposal.

I'd let the folks below know if you live in Brentwood and oppose this re-zoning--hearings are scheduled for next week.

Roger Horner, City Attorney.

Mayor Betsy Crossley, Cell phone: 440-9460

Vice-Mayor Mr. Rhea E. Little, III, Cell phone: 417-7733

Regina Smithson, Home phone: 377-0115

Joe Sweeney, Home phone: 373-1546

Anne Dunn, Hone phone: 370-3702

Joe Reagan, Home phone: 370-3730

Paul Webb, Cell Phone: 428-3913

UPDATE: It appears that the Mosque's proponents are no longer asking for a variance. Also, here's some info on the group's spokesperson. BTW, how are 40 families (doctors or not) able to fund this project? To which sect of Islam does this church belong?

Relevant Follow-up Article:
FOXNews.com - Plans to Build Massive Islamic Centers Raise Concerns in Tennessee:

But critics say the Muslims who now call Tennessee home are looking to expand their places of worship far beyond their need. What's more, they say, the organizations building the Islamic centers have provided no account for how they received the massive funding their projects require.

Of even greater concern, some critics say, are fears that a radical Islamic agenda may be behind the planning for these large Islamic centers.

There's got to be a racial angle on bail outs . . .

Sorry, but I'm opposed to the Democrats' plans to "reform the financial system" or "hold Wall Street (duh-duh-duh-duhhhhh) accountable." Of course, there's no other reason than racial animosity for me to oppose this, right? Here's a great article on the subject. GetLiberty.org >> They Dare Not Call it a Bailout An excerpt:

To be certain, it is a bailout. And it perpetuates the moral hazard that causes the so-called “too big to fail” financial institutions to take risks they otherwise would not.

How? In part, the bill expressly includes a revolving $50 billion TARP-like fund designed to capitalize failing financial institutions that might otherwise be finding their way to bankruptcy court — where they belong. Republicans are calling it a "permanent bailout fund."

Dude was just citing data on homosexuality and child rape

You may have heard (Vatican under fire for linking gays to pedophilia) that a big cheese at the Vatican--Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, is "under fire" for a comment he made in reference to links between homosexuality and pedophilia:

Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state, who is sometimes called the "deputy pope," told a news conference in Santiago on Monday:

"Many psychologists and psychiatrists have shown that there is no link between celibacy and paedophilia, but many others have shown, I have recently been told, that there is a relationship between homosexuality and paedophilia."

"This pathology is one that touches all categories of people, and priests to a lesser degree in percentage terms," he said. "The behaviour of the priests in this case, the negative behaviour, is very serious, is scandalous."

NYTimes obfuscating the obvious

Interesting how David Leonhardt twists this debate from being about too many Americans on the dole, to being about wealthy people whining about taxes. It is rank foolishness to deny that most people are indifferent to the bill when they're not paying it. Economic Scene - Yes, 47% of Households Owe No Taxes. Look Closer. - NYTimes.com:

Forty-seven percent. That’s the portion of American households that owe no income tax for 2009. The number is up from 38 percent in 2007, and it has become a popular talking point on cable television and talk radio. With Tax Day coming on Thursday, 47 percent has become shorthand for the notion that the wealthy face a much higher tax burden than they once did while growing numbers of Americans are effectively on the dole.

Trust us lawyers to pick your judges

This National Journal article hand wrings about campaign advocacy from certain sources. National Journal Online - Big Money Already Flowing Into Judicial Elections:

Close to four months after the Supreme Court's landmark ruling to roll back restrictions on corporate political spending, conservatives continue to downplay its significance.

Predictions that the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling will unleash a torrent of corporate money are wildly overblown, free speech advocates insist. As evidence, they argue that corporate money has yet to flood elections in the 26 states that already impose no limit on corporate spending.

But a closer look at state-level elections suggests that independent political expenditures by corporations, unions and other special interests are substantial. This is particularly true in judicial elections, which have gotten dramatically costlier, nastier and more controversial over the past decade. The Citizens United ruling may impact judicial races even more drastically than federal elections, some experts argue.

Actually, a closer look merely demonstrates that "corporate" expenditures are only a smidgeon higher than expenditures from "lawyers and lobbyists" (ahhh, if only we all were able to, as individuals, give serious money to candidates we supported . . .). But the underlying message of the article (i.e., the message espoused by the experts selected by Eliza Newlin Carney to comment on the subject) is that electing judges is unwise because voters somehow don't appreciate Rule of Law. All the anti-judicial-election commenters imply that we need low-key campaigns for judges because voters cast ballots based on the political positions of judicial candidates. Actually, polling data reflect that voters care more about judicial activism than they do about a judge's position on particular issues.