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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:21:40 -0600

"This administration says, with the mandate, “you’ll do what we tell you whether you like it or not,..."

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:39:30 -0600

“This administration says, with the mandate, “you’ll do what we tell you whether you like it or not, whether it offends your conscience or not.”

- Gov. Mitch Daniels on CNN this morning (2.19.12). Then the HHS mandate isn’t about contraception or “women’s health” after all?

Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmm . . . Obama's cafeteria police.

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:02:04 -0600

People are finally getting the message that the brouhaha between ObamaCare and the Catholic bishops was not about contraception - even if it was part of the plan to change the political subject from Republicans against abortion to Republicans against contraception. (Anyone remember the head-scratcher debate question posed by Clinton operative George Stephanopolos to Mitt Romney?) No, the dispute was about the fundamental issue of ObamaRule: nothing can be permitted to come between the people and the government, not the Catholic Church (or any other religious movement) and certainly not parents, who have been misguided when they thought they have a role in raising their own children.

Example of the week: the brouhaha in North Carolina about the pre-schooler whose home-made lunch (Turkey sandwich and banana) was replace by a Federal Ag. Dept. worker with three chicken nuggets - which were served by the public school and therefore deemed more nutricious. (http://bit.ly/A7i2xR) And if that wasn’t enough, meet Audrey Rowe. She’s the Federal government worker who is on a nationwide tour to visit public school cafeterias and advise how to make lunches more tasty. (http://bit.ly/xGHHJa)

If this isn’t an argument for homeschooling, it’s hard to see why not.

Is Obama a socialist or a despot . . . or a socialist despot?

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:16:30 -0600

President Obama’s recent invasion of the Bill of Rights (abridgement of freedom of worship) is only the latest example of the “new despotism” of his regime. Time to reawaken America. http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/the_rising_fever_of_despotism.html

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Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:49:00 -0600

News alert via Weekly Standard blog . . . and no, this is not a joke.

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:22:00 -0600

From: White House Press Office
Date: Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 6:01 PM
Subject: Readout of the President’s Meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 8, 2012

Readout of the President’s Meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan

President Obama met today with his national security team as a part of his regular meetings on Afghanistan and Pakistan. The President received an update on our engagement with the Pakistani Government on a range of issues of mutual interest, including efforts to strengthen cooperation along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The President also received an update on Afghanistan, including the building of capable Afghan security forces, our support for an Afghan-led reconciliation process, and our efforts to build a long-term, strategic partnership between the United States and Afghanistan. Finally, the President received an update on preparations for the NATO Summit in Chicago, where we will further define the ongoing transition to Afghan-lead [sic] security and NATO’s commitment to the future of Afghanistan as agreed to at the 2010 NATO Summit in Lisbon.

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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:04:00 -0600

Wake up call to Tea Partiers on Fast & Furious . . . Holder needs to #fail.

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:01:07 -0600

Wake up call to Tea Partiers on Fast & Furious . . . Holder needs to #fail.

Daily Caller scores dinner with Obama pal and author of his "autobiography" - a night to remember.

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:56:45 -0600

Daily Caller scores dinner with Obama pal and author of his "autobiography" - a night to remember.

Frontier Lab and the Tea Party - Check it out.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:33:49 -0600

Frontier Lab and the Tea Party - Check it out.

"I will not stop fighting for our conservative causes. I ran because I believed our issues needed to..."

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:47:00 -0600

“I will not stop fighting for our conservative causes. I ran because I believed our issues needed to be talked about and I am glad that the issues we brought to the debate have been at the center of the discussion. And, I’m not done… With your help and support, I am announcing I will seek re-election to Congress in Minnesota. I am more determined than ever that President Obama be defeated and that we overturn the devastating legislation that has been forced upon the American people.”

- Rep. Michele Bachmann, looking better and better in retrospect, as a presidential candidate who does know the language of conservatism, and who can articulate our kind of solutions.

Taxpayer alert: New Trier High School adding IPads to curriculum.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:37:00 -0600

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that New Trier’s administration is looking at supplying some students with IPads - not just in the classroom but for their 24/7 personal use as well. With this technology solution in hand, now they just have to come up with a curriculum need to match. Maybe they should check with Wilmette District 39, which recently purchased IPads for fifth graders. Guess the North Shore parents aren’t 1%enough to afford IPads for their kids, so the cost will be redistributed to all the taxpayers in New Trier Township.

No hope or change in Chicago

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:10:48 -0600

No hope or change in Chicago:

For anyone who thought the OccupyChicago movement had closed down for the winter, watch out: Chicago is hosting what will become an historic uprising by the far left at the May 2012 G8 convention.

Dan Biss is one former U of C math prof who really, really needs a real job . . .

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:44:00 -0600

Illinois State Rep. Daniel Biss (D) (and current candidate for State Senate in the 9th District) is the poster boy for the Illinois union-muscled political frat that has brought us 1) crushing taxes, 2) fiscal insolvency and 3) pension fund obligations that are absolutely over-whelming. Guess a summa degree from Harvard in math doesn’t translate into anything resembling common sense.

For a good laugh, check out Biss’ Wikipedia entry:

“Prior to running for State Representative, Biss was an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago. He published several papers about Grassmannian manifolds in prestigious journals, including the Annals of Mathematics, that later were discovered to contain a flaw which rendered the proofs invalid. By this point Biss was working on other research areas, and so his collaborator Laura Anderson (who was working on this topic) took charge of fixing the mistake. When the flaw was unable to be corrected, Nikolai Mnev, a Russian mathematician who had independently discovered the error and had been corresponding with Anderson (and had previously collaborated with Anderson), publicized the error. In 2008 (by which time he had gone into politics and was no longer a practicing mathematician), Biss issued retractions to the journals, which were subsequently published.”

and …

According to a 2008 Political Courage Test, Daniel Biss supports carbon emissions limits. Biss is pro-choice, supporting legal abortion. He supports allowing illegal immigrant high school graduates to pay in-state tuition at public universities, as well as state funding to raise the salaries of teachers. He received rating F by the NRA in 2010. Biss is a supporter of labor unions and has received $20,000 from AFSCME, the second largest donation to a state legislator.

How the Obama “recovery” stacks up … or not....

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:26:00 -0600

How the Obama “recovery” stacks up … or not. American Enterprise blog, http://bit.ly/A0YKld.

"What Governor Romney just said is that government-run top-down medicine is working pretty well in..."

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:16 -0600

“What Governor Romney just said is that government-run top-down medicine is working pretty well in Massachusetts, and he supports it. Now, think about what that means — going up against Barack Obama…you are going to claim, well, top-down government-run medicine on the federal level doesn’t work, and we should repeal it. And he’s going to say, wait a minute, Governor. You just said that top-down government-run medicine in Massachusetts works well … Folks, we can’t give this issue away in this election. It is about fundamental freedom.”

- Rick Santorum, responding to Mitt Romney in the GOP debate, 1/26/12

He needs a teleprompter for this? Photo: Reuters H/T Fox Nation

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:40:44 -0600

He needs a teleprompter for this? Photo: Reuters H/T Fox Nation

"What results is a society built not on mutual benefit, as with capitalism, but mutual contempt,..."

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:16:48 -0600

“What results is a society built not on mutual benefit, as with capitalism, but mutual contempt, whereas one is endlessly forced to sacrifice for “the public” with the only hope that one day others will be conscripted to sacrifice themselves for you. Social Security and Medicare are just two examples of this multi-generational feudalism.”

- Jonathan Hoenig (Capitalist Pig blog) gives the libertarian response to the State of the Union address and his solution to what ails America. http://sm.wsj.com/xg18kw

Governor Mitch Daniels (R-IN) articulates the conservative...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:05:35 -0600

Governor Mitch Daniels (R-IN) articulates the conservative message on the economy and our country in his own thoughtful and serious style. Daniels is knows for writing all his own speeches.

SOTU omission: no good wishes for Sen. Mark Kirk's quick recovery defies tradition and is just plain classless.

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:02:17 -0600

SOTU omission: no good wishes for Sen. Mark Kirk's quick recovery defies tradition and is just plain classless.