A Disaster With Many Fathers

Charles Krauthammer

Here's my question: Why were we drilling in 5,000 feet of water in the first place?

Many reasons, but this one goes unmentioned: Environmental chic has driven us out there.

As production from existing shallower Gulf of Mexico wells declines, we go deep (1,000 feet and more) and ultra deep (5,000 feet and more), in part because environmentalists have succeeded in rendering the Pacific and nearly all the Atlantic coast off-limits to oil production.

Even President Obama's tentative, selective opening of some Atlantic and offshore Alaska sites is now dead...

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Meanwhile, in our 'professional' media...

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Time Magazine: Oil Spill is ‘Bush’s Second Katrina,’

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Nuke-kill of oil leak considered?

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For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: top kill failed to stop Gulf Coast oil leak

What's next? Is it time to try something drastic like nuking the thing? The Soviets did it successfully several times. Would Barack "No Nukes" Obama EVER consider using such a weapon for a noble cause like this, or might that make his goal of dismantling all of our nuclear devices hypocritical?

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Putin's 'democracy' is wrapped in an iron fist

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MOSCOW - Moscow police ruthlessly crushed one of the largest opposition protests of recent years yesterday evening, just two days after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had said that similar rallies should be allowed to take place. Over 100 people, representing a range of opposition groups from liberals to anarchists, were detained by police and shoved into waiting buses.

There were also reports of 30 arrests at a similar rally in St Petersburg. Activists gather on the last day of every month with 31 days to protest what they say is a violation of Article 31 of the Russian Constitution...

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German President Quits Over Remarks on Military

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Mr. Köhler, a former director of the International Monetary Fund and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, shocked Germans earlier this month when he said that the country’s soldiers serving in Afghanistan or other peacekeeping missions were deployed to protect German economic interests.

“A country of our size, with its focus on exports and thus reliance on foreign trade, must be aware that military deployments are necessary in an emergency to protect our interests, for example, when it comes to trade routes, for example, when it comes to preventing regional instabilities that could negatively influence our trade, jobs and incomes.”

Usually, German leaders justify their soldiers’ presence in the American-led coalition by saying they are needed to thwart would-be terrorists who might use Afghanistan as a base for attacks in Europe.

[Resignation material? Forgive my Schadenfreude but it seems to me the standard applied to America, i.e., that there's somehow something wrong with looking out for our own interests, is spreading...]

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And So It Begins: Michigan Considering Law To 'License' Journalists

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A Michigan lawmaker wants journalists to be licensed.

"Senator Bruce Patterson is introducing legislation that will regulate reporters" reported FoxNews.com Friday.

"Patterson says that the general public is being overwhelmed by an increasing number of media outlets--traditional, online and citizen generated--and an even greater amount misinformation."

[I.e., controlling the spread of information by eventually setting restrictions in connection with being 'licensed'.]

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John Stossel and the Media’s “Statist Syndrome”

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When he first began his career as a crusading consumer journalist in the 1970s, John Stossel believed fervently that higher taxes and greater government involvement in the marketplace were integral checks against corporate greed and malfeasance. With an irreverent, intelligent and skeptical tone that riled corporations – but resonated with viewers – Stossel’s career flourished, leading him to the pinnacle of his profession at ABC News.

But then Stossel experienced a metamorphosis in his thinking. After observing the chronic, costly failure of so many of the numerous big government solutions that he and his media colleagues repeatedly prescribed for society’s ills, Stossel reexamined his fundamental beliefs.

“I started out by viewing the marketplace as a cruel place, where you need intervention by government and lawyers to protect people,” Stossel explained shortly after undergoing his transformation. “But after watching the regulators work, I have come to believe that markets are magical and the best protectors of the consumer.”

In fact, Stossel realized that in most cases regulators and bureaucrats only made matters worse, spending billions of tax dollars on so-called “solutions” that invariably wound up creating larger problems. Needless to say, Stossel’s conversion to free market, libertarian principles – which he trumpeted every bit as loudly as he had previously trumpeted government interventionism – was not warmly received by his colleagues.

"Once I started applying the same skepticism to government, I stopped winning awards," the 19-time Emmy Award-winner said.

Today, Stossel is at the center of another media debate – only this time he’s not just telling the story, he’s a big part of the story...

[Not sure John's going to be able to get a journalism license in the future. Recommended > ]

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Biden: $787 Billion Stimulus Bill Created ‘New Ideas on How to Spend Government Money Wisely’

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[Said with a straight face.
Just what we need: more ideas on how to spend more money.]

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Emergency Bill to Close Tax ‘Loopholes’ Includes $46 Million Tax Loophole for Hollywood Movie Makers

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A bill titled “The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010” that will add $115 billion to the federal deficit between now and October 2011, and that the Democratic leadership intends to push through Congress before they leave for their week-long Memorial Day recess, includes a special $46 million tax loophole for Hollywood movie and television producers...

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Hollywood Trashes Reaganomics, Yet Promises Their $35 Mil Tax Credit Will Trickle Down

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M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film production, "The Last Airbender," was recently awarded over $35 million in film tax credits from Pennsylvania over two years. The award is the largest in the history of Pennsylvania’s Film Tax Credit (FTC), breaking the record held by his previous project, "The Happening," which received $12 million in tax credits. His film "Lady in the Water" also received a film production grant.

The only good news is that taxpayers are only forced to subsidize these movies, not to watch them...

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CBS, The Toilet Network

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CBS announced its new fall lineup to advertisers and the entertainment press on May 18. After all the jawing and legal wrangling back and forth over televised profanity, and whether it's somehow not profane if it's blurted out accidentally, CBS has ended the debate over accidents. The artists formerly known as the classy “Tiffany Network” have very deliberately introduced a new show called “$#*! My Dad Says.”

That's right – the fecal curse word starting with an S in the title. They pronounce it “Bleep My Dad Says.” They could simply have called it “Stuff My Dad Says” and not lost a scintilla of descriptive power. All they would lose is the childish wish to offend.

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School districts lack $1 billion to pay retiree health benefits,

CALIFORNIA

“Twelve of Sacramento County's 13 school districts don't have enough money in their coffers to pay the health benefits promised future retirees and are not setting aside money to pay for them, according to a grand jury report released Monday.”

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California's $100,000 Janitors need a bailout

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On June 8th, voters in Los Angeles will vote on whether to approve Measure E, a parcel tax that will fund Los Angeles Unified School District. AFP California State Director David Spady explains why voters should reject this $92.5 million tax increase...

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CEI’s NASA global warming lawsuit

CEI’s NASA global warming lawsuit
In case you missed this item on Thursday (understandable, as none of the major networks reported it), the Competitive Enterprise Institute is suing NASA over its failure to respond to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act going back to 2007.
Washington, D.C., May 27, 2010 - The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed a lawsuit to force NASA to produce records related to last year’s “ClimateGate” scandal — records the agency has refused to produce for nearly three years.

In its complaint, CEI calls for government transparency about climate science, “particularly now, when debate about climate change and ‘cap and trade’ legislation has captured sustained national attention.” “NASA is accountable to the taxpayers and to the public” and “should not be free to treat its FOIA obligations with contempt.”

The lawsuit arises out of three CEI Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, initiated in August 2007 and originally seeking internal documents about NASA improperly boosting U.S. temperature data in this decade. Five months after the first request, CEI sought documents concerning Dr. Gavin Schmidt, a taxpayer-funded NASA researcher who, chief among other NASA scientists, spends working hours running and writing for a third-party website (RealClimate.org) that was created to defend the now-debunked “Hockey Stick” temperature graph...

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Six Months Late to a Game That's Long Been Over: NYT, Newsweek Acknowledge ClimateGate's Damage

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Parts of the U.S. establishment press have acknowledged "climate science" reality, six months late.

The fallout from ClimateGate (link is to the NewsBusters tag), the name eventually given to the scandal resulting from the unauthorized posting of over 1,000 emails and dozens of documents obtained from University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit (CRU) in the UK, goes back a full six months to November of last year.

On November 20, Australia's Andrew Bolt crisply described the contents of the aforementioned items as providing substantial evidence of: "Conspiracy, collusion in exaggerating warming data, possibly illegal destruction of embarrassing information, organised resistance to disclosure, manipulation of data, private admissions of flaws in their public claims and much more."

Six long months later, as the American Thinker's Marc Sheppard observed, both the New York Times and Newsweek have recognized the fallout while still not conceding the argument. The Times does so in an article by Elisabeth Rosenthal about crumbling public support in Great Britain and elsewhere, while Newsweek's Stefan Thiel addresses "The backlash against climate 'science'."

What a difference three years makes.

[The paper of record? That's because by the time it reports on anything off the liberal line it's already in the history books.]

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Europe's solar eclipse

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... Other solar companies, including many based in China, have also taken a big hit. One Chinese solar company, JinkoSolar (JKS), went public just last week and has already fallen more than 10% from its offering price. It's not just solar stocks that are plummeting. Several alternative energy exchange-traded funds that invest in companies with exposure to solar, wind turbines and biofuels...

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Three of Ten Americans are Nuts

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Well, that's not exactly what Rasmussen Reports said. Technically, the poll showed that seven of ten Americans don't believe Congress knows what it is doing when it legislates on economic issues. According to Rasmussen Reports: Even as Congress puts the finishing touches on legislation asserting more government control over the U.S. financial industry, most U.S. voters continue to believe the legislators have little idea what they're doing when it comes to the economy....

[These are the same corrupt geniuses who's new 'reform' legislation requires small business constantly report on what it does to government --- and contains not a word about either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac...]

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POLL: 51% Say United States Is Last Best Hope of Mankind

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A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 51% of voters nationwide believe the United States is the last best hope of mankind. Twenty-six percent (26%) disagree, and 24% are not sure.

Conservatives overwhelmingly believe that the United States is the last best hope. However, by a 43% to 29% margin, liberals disagree.

Just 31% of those in the Political Class see the United States in such positive terms (see more on the Political Class), compared to 58% of Mainstream voters.

Polling released earlier shows that only 45% of Political Class voters believe the United States is a more positive force in the world than the United Nations. Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Mainstream voters see America as a more positive force.

Younger voters are more skeptical than their elders about the U.S. role in the world. In fact, by a 51% to 37% margin, voters under 30 reject the notion that the United States is the last best hope of mankind. [Those most recently exposed to our government run 'education' system.]

Sixty-two percent (62%) of senior citizens, on the other hand, regard the country that way.

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Charter scores soar

It's not just in math and reading that charter schools are dealing out aces. New data obtained by The Post shows that charter-school kids outperformed traditional public-school kids in three of the four grades tested in science and social studies last year -- often by leaps and bounds. The results are sure to lend ammunition to those who support the state's raising of the charter schools cap, which has been at the center of heated debate among Albany lawmakers for weeks.

According to the city's Department of Education, charter-school eighth-graders bested their public-school peers by 19 percentage points in social studies and by nearly 18 percentage points in science.

Additionally, more than 90 percent of charter-school fourth-graders aced last year's state science exams, compared with 80.3 percent of fourth-graders at traditional public schools...

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IRS asked to monitor unions' election giving

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A public-interest law firm has asked the Internal Revenue Service to make sure three large national labor unions comply with tax and disclosure laws in their planned spending of nearly $100 million to save Democrats in the 2010 congressional elections.

The Virginia-based Landmark Legal Foundation sent a letter on Tuesday to Lois G. Lerner, director of the IRS' tax exempt organizations division, asking that the agency monitor ''this unprecedented political activity.''

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) plans to spend in excess of $50 million during the 2010 campaign...

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A MASSIVE INCUMBENT PROTECTION PROGRAM

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Unions will spend a minimum of $100 million on the 2010 election, with most of the funds going to protect incumbents...

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Spitting on New York: Union outrages at the MTA and beyond

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Two months of paid leave for MTA bus drivers to recover from "assault" by spit?

News that this is routine, thanks to a contract clause, has outraged New Yorkers. But MTA Chairman Jay Walder's drive against such wasteful practices has the unions spitting mad. One of the nicer things transit workers recently called Walder in an online forum is a "tightwad micromanager . . . who manages through fear rather than respect."

Others wish the union had "taken action months ago with rule book slowdowns, mass protests at Walder's house"...

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NY judges consider joining teachers' union

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In a remarkable display of self-degradation, some New York State judges are considering joining the United Federation of Teachers, a highly politicized, big bucks political donor, in an effort to raise their pay. The New York Post reports:

State judges are trying to join forces with the state's largest teachers union in a campaign to get raises, The Post has learned.

Maverick Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Arthur Schack is leading a faction of angry jurists talking to the United Federation of Teachers about putting judges under the umbrella of the local union or its Albany County-based parent, New York State United Teachers.

"One option is having judges affiliate with a union for political clout," Schack told The Post. "We're exploring our options."

Schack -- a card-carrying member of the UFT who was once a teacher -- has been joined by another Brooklyn judge, Wayne Saitta, in recruiting colleagues to unionize in recent weeks, court sources said.

When judges become self-interested members of a politicized labor union, America is well along the road to banana republic status.

This is absolutely the wrong approach to take.

It is one thing for labor unions to destroy General Motors. It is quite another for judges to put self interest above the obligation to remain nonpolitical.

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The End of Our Legal System: Judges Joining Unions?

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Unions are meant for one thing and one thing only: to “get” for its members. They have one purpose and that is to take as much from an employer as they can take, to get as much money and benefits as they can get away with.

Unions are not interested in assuring quality workmanship, they are not interested in offering quality to customers, and they most certainly aren’t interested in efficiency and modernization. Unions have but one purpose, to extort as many goodies as possible from an employer regardless of what it does to a business or a profession.

Unfortunately, in the State of New York, judges are looking to “get” from the Empire State’s taxpayers regardless of what it might do to our legal system...

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POLL: Plurality Now Hold Unfovorable View of Kagan - THINK WILL BE CONFIRMED ANYWAY

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Voters have an increasingly unfavorable opinion of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan but are more convinced than ever that she will be confirmed by the U.S. Senate...

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Obama: oil spill is a ‘wake up call’ for CLIMATE legislation?

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[No, it was an unfortunate accident - caused in large part by the government's having forced US exploration more than a mile underwater instead of accessing our vast reserves on land.

But 'never let a crisis go to waste'...]

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Spanish paper: Obama driving off ‘green energy’ cliff

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Chris Horner has been all over the story of Spain’s unimpressive experience with green energy. Spanish newspapers have finally called out the U.S. President for choosing a failed model for a “Green Economy.” From the other day:

On eight separate occasions, President Barack Obama has referred to the “green economy” policies enacted by Spain as being the model for what he envisioned for America.

Later came the revelation that Obama administration senior Energy Department official Cathy Zoi — someone with serious publicized conflict of interest issues — demanded an urgent U.S. response to the damaging report from the non-governmental Spanish experts so as to protect the Obama administration’s plans…But today’s leaked document reveals that even the socialist Spanish government now acknowledges the ruinous effects of green economic policy.

Now the Spanish press is on to the story. Buried on page 34 of today’s Gaceta is this headline:

Spain admits that the “green economy” it sold to Obama is a bust
Spanish government leaks a report acknowledging the grave economic consequences of betting on renewable energy

The first few lines:

The president of the United States, Barack Obama, does not appear to have chosen well in basing his “green economy” on Spain’s. After the government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero demonized a study by various experts on the economic downsides of renewable energies, it just leaked an internal document from the Spanish cabinet which is even more negative...

Among the findings, paraphrased from the right sidebar:

• Green energy is 120 percent more expensive, simply due to the extra costs of solar and wind, and the evolution of the market is not going to bring down those costs any time soon.
• The clean energy sector is slated to receive 126 billion euros in the next 25 years, but no one knows where the money is going to come from . In 2009, the subsidies were worth 5 billion euros.
• Photovoltaic solar power accounts for 53 percent of the extra cost of renewables, whereas it produces only 11 percent of Spain’s renewable energy.
• Each “green job” comes at the expense of 2.2 traditional jobs.

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I Have A Challenge For Every Liberal Politician In America

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I Have A Challenge For Every Liberal Politician In America

Whatever else you want to say about the Democrats during this cycle, you can't say they haven't gotten a lot done. Moreover, Barack Obama may be a pathological liar, but he wasn't lying about the change. That promise, ambiguous though it may be, he kept.

Yet, what do we hear? The Democrats seem to want to campaign on everything BUT what they've actually done. They're talking about Bush, attacking Republicans, and running from the policies they've implemented.

So, here's my challenge: run on your record...

Run on the stimulus bill, cash for clunkers, higher taxes, and cap and trade (which has passed the House). Run on the job Obama has done on the oil spill. Look people in the eye and tell the truth: You think Democrats have done a good job of cleaning up corruption, of creating jobs, getting the deficit under control, handling the bailouts, and running the war on terror. Don't forget to advocate closing Gitmo either. Of course, most importantly, talk non-stop about how wonderful Obamacare is for America.

So, don't vote with Nancy Pelosi all year long and then campaign like you're a moderate Republican when election time comes around. Have the guts to be honest: tell people that you agree with Nancy Pelosi, you think Barack Obama is another FDR, and you're looking forward to voting for cap and trade, comprehensive immigration reform, and more bailouts if you're reelected.

The Democratic Party has a record this time around, an extremely liberal record: You liberals should pretend like you have a pair and run on it.

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POLL: California Governor: Brown 43%, Poizner 42%

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Democratic State Attorney General Jerry Brown's post-convention bounce appears to be over, and he now posts narrow leads over both his Republican challengers in California's gubernatorial race.

The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Brown picking up 43% support, while Steve Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner earns 42%. Seven percent (7%) would vote for some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) are undecided.

A month ago, just after the California Democratic Convention, Brown led Poizner 50% to 32%. Poizner earned just 27% support in March. Brown's support now matches findings in February and March. Brown now earns 45% support over Whitman's 41%. Eight percent (8%) would vote for some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided.

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Is Steve Poizner pulling off the improbable? - Press-Telegram

May 18, 2010 ... Steve Poizner, the guy who was supposed to get chopped into tiny pieces, has shredded billionaire Meg Whitman ...

The turnaround seemed all but impossible back on March 24 when the Public Policy Institute of California issued a poll showing that Whitman led Poizner by 50 percentage points....

Poizner has all but closed the gap between himself and the one-time front-runner, and Californians are still forming their opinion, with three weeks before the June 8 primary...

[Ignore the polls. Don't game the system. Vote your conscious by voting for the person who most closely matches your positions on issues, period.]

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Bloggers Beware – They’re Coming After You

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Just when you thought it was safe to start expressing your right to free speech, Democrats in Congress are gearing up for a vote on a new piece of legislation to blatantly undermine the First Amendment.

Known as the DISCLOSE Act (HR 5175), this bill – written by the head of the Democrats’ congressional campaign committee – is their response to the recent Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. In short, the Supreme Court found that the government could not restrict the free speech rights of individuals or other entities wishing to participate in the political dialogue.

It is hard to see how establishing a level playing field for free speech – as our Founding Fathers did by making it a right under the Constitution and which the Supreme Court upheld – is a threat to our democracy.

Nevertheless, the White House and their allies on Capitol Hill see honest criticism as a threat to forcing their big government, liberal agenda through Congress. So, there is no time like the present – namely five months before an election – to start putting the muzzle on those individuals and organizations not sticking to the Democrats’ talking points.

Under the DISCLOSE Act, certain incorporated entities would be restricted in how they can exercise their free speech rights. There is an exemption for some in the media sphere like newspapers, TV news, and the like. However, there is one driving force in today’s public debate that is NOT exempt.

Bloggers will not have the same exemption provided to other media sources. Never mind that the Supreme Court’s opinion in the Citizens United case stated, “Differential treatment of media corporations and other corporations cannot be squared with the First Amendment.”

Democrats should not be allowed to give themselves carte blanche to shut down the ability of those in the blogosphere or elsewhere to participate in our nation’s collective dialogue. That flies in the face of our most sacred rights as American citizens.

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"OPPOSE DISCLOSE Act (HR 5175)"


YOUR Congressman: https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

or: Speed Message them with your personal distribution list...

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Chiefs of Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marines Oppose DADT Repeal Before Study Finished

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The heads of the Army, Marines, Air Force, and Navy oppose the current amendment to repeal "don't ask, don't tell."

"Our military is currently engaged in two wars and we need to have a true assessment of the impact of repealing ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ on battlefield effectiveness prior to taking any legislative action."

Senator John McCain's office just released letters from the chiefs of the armed services, as well as a statement from the senator urging Congress to let the military complete its study before taking legislative action...

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Majority of Americans Believe Future of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Should be Left Up to Military Commanders, Zogby Poll Finds

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Fifty-nine (59) percent of Americans think military leaders, rather than Congress, should be making the decision about the military policy on homosexuality, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Family Research Center. The Zogby International telephone survey, which was conducted May 17, asked 2,063 people:

"As pertains to homosexuals openly serving in the military, do you believe this decision is best made by military leaders or Congress?"

Only 21 percent said Congress should make the decision --

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U.S. must stop effort to force Israel into nuclear talks

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The governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency next month are to discuss nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, the target perversely being the one country in the region whose atomic threat is zero.

That is, of course, not Iran, which has been defiantly enriching weapons-grade uranium.

It's Israel, which may or may not possess the bomb as a last-ditch deterrent against being overrun by a ring of [routinely threatening] enemies.

For almost half a century, the U.S. has backed Israel in cloaking its nuclear capabilities in doubt. This strategic ambiguity has enhanced its defensive posture.

Now, though, in one more break with the principles that have undergirded American-Israeli relations, the Obama administration has fed momentum at the IAEA and at the United Nations for pressuring Israel to reveal its nuclear secrets on the way to forced disarmament...

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The Enemies Within

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It is not entirely clear what possessed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to disclose his peculiar suspicions that a yet-to-be-apprehended terrorist could very well turn out to be a right-wing enthusiast driven to violence because of his strong disagreement with President Obama's health care plan. What the consequences would have been had his suspicions proved accurate we cannot now predict, since said miscreant has already confessed.

We'll therefore be spared the ceaseless media 'investigations', as it turns out that he is, after all, merely another SUV-driving, stand-by Islamic jihadist commissioned to bring the war on terror to our shores...

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Islamists torch summer camp in Gaza

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Masked gunmen from an Islamist group torched a UN-run summer camp for [their] children and teens in Gaza on Sunday, Army Radio reported, the top UN aid official in Gaza said.

John Ging says the assailants tied up the guard early Sunday, burned tents and vandalized bathrooms. UN officials say the attackers left behind three bullets and a note threatening to kill Ging and others unless the UN cancels its activities for some 250,000 Gaza children. ..

[Israel's 'partner in peace'.]

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‘Yours is a peaceful faith’

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Governor Deval Patrick told more than 1,100 Muslims at a Roxbury mosque yesterday that he knew many have encountered discrimination and racial profiling since Sept. 11 and that he would do everything in his power to combat those problems.

The audience, which comprised Muslims from across the state, including many women who wore hijab head coverings and men who wore kufi caps, frequently interrupted Patrick with cheers and chants of “Allahu Akbar!’’ which means “God is great!’’

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Why state pension funds may need a $1 trillion bailout

CALIFORNIA

By 2030, as many as 31 states may not have the money to pay the pensions of retired teachers, university employees, state workers, judges and politicians...

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Latino Los Angeles gets a place at the table

CALIFORNIA

The stories coming out of last week's White House state dinner honoring Mexican President Felipe Calderon focused chiefly on who wasn't there. The guest list signaled not only that Los Angeles continues to be the de facto capital of the Latino United States, but also that the city's labor-Latino alliance remains a dominant force (if not the dominant force) in L.A. and California politics...

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Legislators push for higher taxes

CALIFORNIA

“They are afflicted with the nation’s highest sales and gasoline taxes, and a particularly punishing income tax. And still “progressives” both inside the state claim that California’s budget crisis — a looming deficit of $18 billion — is the result of too little tax revenue.

(This deficit figure doesn’t include the state’s pension liabilities totaling a stunning half-trillion dollars.)

As if devoid of economic rationality, state legislators have introduced more than a dozen proposals this year to hike taxes even higher — on top of the $12.5 billion tax increase imposed last year...”

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Calif. Congressman Blasts Calderon's Ariz. Comments and Dems for Applauding

A California Congressman on Thursday strongly criticized Mexican President Felipe Calderon for his comments about Arizona's new anti-illegal immigration law while also excoriating "the left wing of the White House" and "many Democrats in this Congress" who cheered his remarks.

This elicited a standing ovation from many Democrats present including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Attorney General Eric Holder, and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (video right).

Just a few hours later, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) took to the House floor to express his view of this disgraceful day in American history (video follows with full transcript):

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Tom McClintock: a good man too few of us voted for instead of the hollywood-rino we were stuck with, and current endorser of Chuck DeVore for US Senate against Boxer...
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Former President Clinton Close to Weight Loss Goal for Chelsea's Wedding

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