Liberty's Activists vs. ObamaCare
A profound connection is taking place between ordinary citizens and their favored representatives, a feat the left cannot match by design.
She continues to talk UN sanctions, as Iran may be less than a year away from nuclear weapons. Then she attributes a recent outrage to Hamas, rather than her favored Fatah. |
A profound connection is taking place between ordinary citizens and their favored representatives, a feat the left cannot match by design.
Secretary Clinton makes brave statements in support of Israel. But will the administration act to match her words?
"Any law enacted can be repealed. From now on we must change our message from one of limiting government growth and spending and regulation to one of reducing it." (For another take on this, see Obamamandias.)
Recall Jimmy Carter gas lines? Artificial control of health care prices must end the same way.
"What happened in the House of Representatives Sunday night is that the government voted itself a new credit card ... "
This was rammed down the throats of the American people with as much cynicism, trickery, deliberate obfuscation, and budgetary tomfoolery as has ever been seen for a major piece of legislation in the history of the republic.
It was quite interesting watching a New York audience react approvingly to silly “Broadway” politics while the real action on Saturday was going on in D.C.
As the Democrats inch toward legislative victory, the most compelling argument seems to be that a vote for health care reform is a vote to save Obama's presidency.
With tea party protesters filling the West Lawn of the Capitol, House Democrats agreed to drop the controversial strategy. (More from Stephen Green)
Do Toyota automobiles really have a "sudden acceleration" problem? Maybe not.
More than 500 women marched in Nazareth protesting violence against women.
Who cares what's actually in the bill when learning about arcane procedural matters is so much more fun?
The present attempt to remake the country is the effort of the liberal well-to-do class, who are immune from the dictates they impose on others.
Hispanics will play an increasing role in determining the outcome of future elections. But which issues provide the most common ground for the GOP to make inroads? (Don't miss PJTV's Border Disorder: Has Obsession with Illegal Immigration Alienated Hispanic Voters from the GOP?)
Zombie writes that in sleepy San Francisco, there's just no place for a street fighting vegan.
If you missed it on PJTV, Obamafeld now comes in handy, embeddable YouTube form.
Keynes legitimized fascism by giving liberal democracies license to tax, spend, and borrow in the name of political expedience.
A secular holiday celebrated for thousands of years has been banned by the leadership because it may allow protestors to show their disgust with the government. (See also Claudia Rosett: "What Now for Nowruz?")
If it's flawed, the peace process is doomed — no matter how many houses are not built in East Jerusalem.
A libel judgment from a foreign court where speech protections are lacking could be enforced in this country unless legislation protecting authors moves through Congress.
The recent Rhode Island flap shows that the unions are in major decline.
Conservatives won't be frustrated by this new HBO miniseries about World War II.
The New York Times columnist is quite wrong when he says that the tea party movement is "radically anticonservative."
Senator John Barrasso M.D., in an exclusive interview with Pajamas Media, discusses science oversight — or the lack of it — in the Democratic Congress.
They drank real tea (and imbibed some stronger drink as well). But their concerns mirrored their American cousins' cause from across the pond.
The actor's recent comments on World War II in the Pacific were ahistorical and ignorant.
PJM Political host Steve Green, plus Bill Whittle, Scott Ott, and Ed Driscoll on Eric Massa's ticklish week from hell. And the return of James Lileks. Plus, Al Gore gets an honorary degree!
Team Obama is looking for ways to pass the Democrats’ health care bill without, you know, precisely passing it.
Studies that dwell on eliminating Israel are still the norm.
Watch the entire PJTV interview with Christopher Horner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute here.
The idea of “pushing through” the currently proposed health care bill goes against every instinct of American democracy, says the New Jersey congressman.
With today’s revelation on Pajamas Media, only the Japan Meteorological Agency is left to save the warmists. Don’t bet on it. (Click here to see Horner discuss this article on PJTV.)
No response whatsoever from the agencies, who appear to have no good way out of this. (This is a three-part series. Read Parts One and Two.)
Is Obama on some sort of mission to rehabilitate George Bush? His rhetoric and actions achieve the opposite effect of what was intended — sympathy for the prior president.
Massa claims, "I own this behavior." Sorry, Mr. Massa, but you were elected not to serve yourself — but to serve your constituents. (And don't miss Ed Driscoll on "Tickles of Massa Destruction.")
Qaddafi's declaration of jihad against Switzerland is an action with centuries of precedence within Islam.
An open letter to Rachel Corrie's parents from an Israeli parent. (Related: And don't miss Ronald Radosh: A Note to Israel: Try Rachel Corrie’s Accusers.)
GreenJobsGate? The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy coordinated with "green" lobbyists when trying to fend off a damning report.
Fighting gender apartheid laws in Iran: Madame Secretary Clinton and CNN's Christiane Amanpour, where are you on this?
While the untrained homeschool dad teaches his kids about American history from authors who focus on facts, the trained, professional teacher educates students about how terrible America has been from its creation.
How could the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives not be able to recognize air rifles? And then make the ridiculous claim that they could be converted to actual firearms? (This is Part One of a three-part series.)
I can imagine that the Israelis think they know the timetable for the Iranian atomic bomb, but I don’t think anyone has the schedule for the regime’s final days. (Also read Roger L. Simon: Iran: From Bad to Worse)
But where, I wonder, will Eric Holder propose trying this disgusting person?
Update: Hold the champagne?
Liberals hate the gridlock in Congress this year, but they don't mind it on the streets of L.A. on Oscar night.
And look for a special post-Academy Award wrap-up edition of Poliwood on PJTV, coming Monday.
Watch PJTV.com's exclusive interview with Sen. Jim Inhofe on his call to investigate Al Gore. (Don't miss Charlie Martin's "Climategate Meets the Law: Senator Inhofe to Ask for DOJ Investigation.")
The president seemed to change before our eyes into a kind of “this is for your own good” authoritarian.
Pro-lifers putting their trust in “pro-life Democrats” are asking for more drama than a season of Melrose Place.
The Obama administration's decision to treat an ally like a rogue state seems to have backfired.
The would-be tyrants may prevail, but the American people have the numbers and a superior vision.
Expect the health care formula to be followed by similar strategies for blanket amnesty, cap and trade, and expansions of the government takeover of cars, banks, student loans, and energy.
The American people have elected a president for whom the critical battleground in the world is not the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, or even Afghanistan.
The first round of the political fight over health care has gone to those who would violate our rights — but the final victory can still be ours.
In an exclusive interview, the candidate in Florida's 22nd Congressional District tells PJM that "you cannot repeal the health care bill as long as Nancy Pelosi is in charge of Congress."
Woe be unto these bishops if their final-hour appeal does not stop this bill. (Also read Stephen Green: Yikes. More from Ed Driscoll: Happy Dependence Day! And don't miss PJTV's live health care coverage.)
ObamaCare would force insurers to behave as slumlords, much like rent control does.
Either the Obama administration was monitoring their year-long interaction, or the NSA managed to miss conversations between a radical cleric and an Army major. We deserve to know.
The Washington Post at one point reported "hundreds." Fox News, "thousands." How many protesters were really at the Capitol today?
Beware Democrats: If you pass ObamaCare, a constitutional hurricane is headed right for you.
Is Science magazine letting other concerns get in the way of publishing good science? (Also read Claudia Rosett: Another Casualty of Climategate?)
After all, this is a man who listened to the anti-Semitic diatribes of Reverend Wright for years without saying one word.
Louis Armstrong, H.L. Mencken and Ayn Rand stop in for drinks — or at least the authors of their biographies. Plus Jonah Goldberg, Scott Rasmussen, and Marc Thiessen. Hosted by the ultimate mixologist himself, Steve Green!
Page 879: “Give preferences to entities that have a demonstrated record of ... training individuals who are from underrepresented minority groups or disadvantaged backgrounds.” (Click here to watch Hicks discuss this issue on PJTV.)
"Whip counts" — the vote counts before the health care vote expected on Sunday — are narrowing. Members of the House feel the pressure, as the congressional switchboard and in-district phones ring off the hook.
The conclusion of a two-part interview with Prof. Robert S. Wistrich, author of A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad. (Don't miss Part One.)
"Real Americans" as described by General Patton versus apologists such as the 44th president.
History shows that estimating the costs of a health care entitlement is a fool's errand.
If President Obama and his administration thought they were in a position to force Israel to make more concessions, they were wrong.
Do we really want a system that would fatally compromise doctors' ability to treat their patients according to their best judgment and ability? (Also read Roger L. Simon: Obama on Fox: It’s Desperation Time)
Is it only in sexual matters that a man can be a hypocrite?
Since your friends are already your friends, you don’t need to be nice to them.
"Moderate" Muslim Tarek Fatah follows Islamic tradition when he objects to a synagogue holding a discussion regarding Muhammad's child bride. How dare the Jews slander the prophet!
Nelson Mandela and Lech Walesa are household names. Why aren't Cuba's dissidents equally well known?
Bad reporting by the mainstream media? Or poorly concealed anti-Semitism?
Steny Hoyer and other Democratic leaders are dead wrong — and arrogant — when they discuss the opinions of Americans.
A national poll, conducted by the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest Advance with PJM, shows massive opposition to the bill during its final week. (Click here for poll results.)
Secular politicians use our concern for less fortunate people to secure greater power, thus eroding our freedoms. And that is the disguise in this masquerade.
Obama and his party are in a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" conundrum.
Two pop culture icons — one falling, the other rising — demonstrate a capacity for mocking the culture that created them.
Richard Pollock tries to interview Mason, but a mystery man in a giant SUV nudges him off her trail. Literally.
In a PJM exclusive, we report on new research that confirms the telomere hypothesis of cell aging, a discovery that may lead to better adult stem cell therapies and even to direct treatment of the effects of aging.
Fewer and more expensive services, corruption, and inefficiency are the marks of liberal government-run cities, businesses, and programs.
The first part of a two-part interview with Prof. Robert S. Wistrich, author of A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad.
Does the "Paper Chase" pay off, rewarding most college students with a large lifetime earnings premium?
A royal, stupid, unnecessary mess, involving Ken Cuccinelli, VA's new Republican attorney general.
The New York attorney general now faces questions about his relationship with a shady real estate tycoon. (Don't miss an interview with the author at PJTV: Golden Boy's Cuomo's Subprime Tarnish: NY Meltdown Not Over for Dems)
The long record that Obama has of friendship with virulent enemies of Israel has not gone unnoticed.
America hates patronizing dimwits who would spend their money and push them around, thus making liberalism very unpopular.
It is foolish to take inflexible stands on positions of dubious merit.
Although they’d like to harness the enthusiasm for the tea party movement to help them win elections, they really don’t connect with that crowd.
A whimsical look at the recent Census 2010 letter arriving in our mailboxes.
What did Sharif Mobley tell his terrorist handlers about our security protocols?
The "Islamberg" sheik calls Avatar a work of evil, made by "Jinns."
Two armies are gathered, fighting two simultaneous battles, one in Strasbourg and one in Moscow. The soldiers are lawyers, and the result of their combat will likely determine Russia’s future.
Not staying on message, failing to develop policies, and not knowing the district can sabotage the best of intentions in a political race.
A new poll reveals a drastic recent uptick in doubts about global warming among the American public.
Last week's report was worse than it appeared; the latest health care wrinkle would damage things further.
Lt. Michael Lohman's actions in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina exposed his subordinates to legal jeopardy far beyond that which may have been warranted.
Tony Kornheiser, the irascible sports journalist who makes a career of poking fun, gets a two-week suspension for poking fun at ... a woman.
WIth a simple abuse of mathematics, Obama just gave birth to eternal grievance.
"Let us condemn them to reading out their own editorials to each other until they realize how silly they are, or for all eternity, whichever be the sooner."
Unfortunately, performance-based grouping is not on the Obama administration’s radar and is not coming to a public school system near you.
A member gets booted from her position after calling for an investigation into IDF organ trafficking in Haiti. Really.
The film, starring Matt Damon, takes a terribly complex situation and renders it in high contrast black and white.
It's not enough to watch your carbon footprint. What about your "iron footprint"? Or your "aluminum footprint"?
Pace Beck and Krauthammer, attention must be paid to Wilders. He is a highly intelligent man on the front lines of the struggle for a secular and free Europe and should not be dismissed — or misunderstood. (And don't miss Bill Whittle's interview with Wilders on PJTV.)
New emails from James Hansen and Reto Ruedy (download PDF here) show that NASA's temperature data was doubted within NASA itself, and was not independent of CRU's embattled data, as has been claimed.
The use of the "N-word" on campus TV has set off a fierce First Amendment debate.
Its effectiveness will depend on balancing budget cuts with tax increases while insuring the economy won't go into another tailspin.
Vice President Joe Biden condemns a new Israeli settlement plan.
A far left, punitively revisionist look at America as a consistently evil nation. (And don't miss Roger L. Simon and Lionel Chetwynd debating the merits of Stone's series on PJTV's Poliwood.)
Despite the sales pitch, "going green" is not remotely about you or your children's future.