In the lore of the Roman Republic, Horatius was the soldier who single-handedly fought off an invading force of Etruscans at a key bridgehead leading to Rome. The Etruscans were there for the purpose of imposing despotism on the Roman people.
It looks like Joe Lieberman is the guy standing at the health care bridgehead. This morning, he […]
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LIEBERMAN: HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE?
MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE HEALTH CARE TAKEOVER
As the Weekly Standard reports, Nancy Pelosi promised that the Democrat health care ”reform” bill would be available for public perusal for 72 hours prior to any vote:
On September 24, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told THE WEEKLY STANDARD that she was “absolutely” committed to putting the text of the final House bill online for 72 hours before the […]
HOW MANY MORE MUST DIE FOR A POSE?
What pose? The multi-culti affectation that prevents cocktail-party progressives (a group that includes 90% of westen journalists) from dealing seriously with the blindingly obvious reality that Muslim extemists want to kill us simply because we reside in the Dar ul-Harb.
Despite Nidal Hasan’s grisly demonstration of this reality, the various “news” media are once again pretending (as they did in the case […]
WHAT H1N1 TELLS US ABOUT OBAMACARE
This video tells you all you need to know about the competency of the federal government in matters of health care:
AARP BETRAYS ITS MEMBERS
AARP has joined the quislings of the AMA in endorsing the House version of Obamacare. It’s hard to imagine a more obvious conflict of interest. A key feature of the House bill is finishing off Medicare Advantage, a popular alternative to traditional Medicare. It will force about 10 million seniors back to traditional Medicare.
Why does that […]
GOP OFFERS “ME TOO” REFORM PLAN
It isn’t as bad as the various Democrat plans, but it’s nothing to write home about. The major problem with the Republican version of health reform is that it is a ”disconnected set of ideas,” as John Goodman phrases it, cobbled together with very little serious thought.
As to the plan’s specifics, it’s not all bad. It would, for example, permit association […]
DUTCH CHICK SAYS DON’T COPY EUROPE’S MISTAKES
Eline van den Broek, founder of the European Independent Institute, explains why it’s dumb for Americans to emulate failed European health care systems:
Why the hell can’t American conservatives and libertarians speak this clearly about the stupidity of government-run health care?
WILL ELECTIONS KILL OBAMACARE?
That Obamacare was a factor in Tuesday’s Democrat drubbing is rendered blindingly obvious by the announcement, from Democrats whose internal polls surely told them what was coming, that Obamacare won’t pass this year.
Which means it may not ever pass. This contingency is precisely what Obama and congressional Dems wanted to avoid last summer when they kept pushing for […]
IT’S OBAMA, STUPID
His supporters certainly have their shovels at the ready, but no amount of digging through Tuesday’s election results will produce a pony for the President. Sullivan gives the excuse that will probably become the party line—it’s the economy:
The votes tonight are anti-incumbent votes in protest at economic crisis and the slow pace of recovery. And they are […]
NY-23: CONSERVATISM AS MASOCHISM
It is difficult, when reading people like Larison (via Sullivan), to escape the conclusion that conservatism is a type of masochism. Larison seems wistful for the usual conservative humilation:
The GOP seems to be making what ought to be an easy win into a national Phyrrhic victory in which the relative strength of conservative activists inside the party becomes vastly exaggerated.
Apparently, Larison […]