LINKFEST 04-12-2010

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

Aquinas, Obama, and the Propaganda War to Annihilate Israel

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/09/aquinas-obama-and-the-propaganda-war-to-annihilate-israel/

+This is more about Obama's character than about Israel per se; at least that's how I see it

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Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate

http://web.archive.org/web/20040627142700/eastandard.net/headlines/news26060403.htm

and

http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4960045241001/m/9440076532001

+I am NOT a "birther"; still, this IS intriguing. ASSUME for a moment that, in fact, Obama is NOT eligible under the "natural born citizen" requirement. What then?

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Two on Obama and Ayers

http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2010/04/obama-and-ayers-now-by-david-remnick.html

http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2009/10/if-obama-did-use-a-ghostwriter-it-would-be-kennedyesque.html

+In bed with each other for a long, long time

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The Numinous Negro

http://article.nationalreview.com/313481/the-numinous-negro/flashback

+Prescient.



LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Don't leave it to Cleaver, part 5

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026051.php

+The MSM; literally incapable of believing that their own could use them as shills / propaganda tools.



OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

NHS Meltdown: Rare Cancer Patients Refused Life-Prolonging Chemotherapy

http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/2010/04/09/nhs-meltdown-rare-cancer-patients-refused-life-prolonging-chemotherapy/

+Hmmm. What simple, "sound bite" name could we give to a group of bureaucrats in government that makes decisions on what treatments are available, possibly costing lives because of treatments forbidden due to cost? (Cue "Jeopardy music")

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Nancy and Harry want you to choose the best candy bar

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/04/nancy_and_harry_want_you_to_ch.html

+Make mine a battered, deep-fried Snickers.

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ObamaCare Dominoes Falling

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/04/obamacare_dominoes_falling.html

+This is how Obama will segue into single payer - by driving insurance companies out of business with these mandates.



IMMIGRATION

Cesar Chavez Would Not Have Supported Amnesty for Illegals

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/cesar-chavez-would-not-have-supported-amnesty-for-illegals/



RACE

George Wallace's ghost

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026024.php

+Liberals have a vested interest in keeping minorities from succeeding.

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Why the Democratic Party Clings to Racism

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/04/07/why-the-democratic-party-clings-to-racism/

+Ditto

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Bribery Strikes Out

http://city-journal.com/2010/eon0408hm.html

+Why do the poor remain poor? Because we pay them to be. Why do they not do what they need to do to get out of poverty? Because we insulate them from the consequences of their mistakes.



WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM

Terrorism that's personal (12 images)

http://blogs.tampabay.com/photo/2009/11/terrorism-thats-personal.html

+Graphic image warning - tell me, please, how you can look at this and say "All cultures are equal."

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The Real Reason They Hate Us

http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankGaffney/2010/04/09/the_real_reason_they_hate_us

+Know your enemy



NATIONAL SECURITY

Nuclear Posturing, Obama-Style

http://townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2010/04/09/nuclear_posturing,_obama-style?page=full

+The whole point to deterrence is to keep the other guy guessing about what you'll do if they attack.

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Is there really a “cost-benefit analysis” in Tehran over nuclear weapons?

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/09/is-there-really-a-cost-benefit-analysis-in-tehran-over-nuclear-weapons/

+So, we do this to get Russia to cooperate in pressuring Iran? Well...

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How's That Russia Negotiation Going?

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/04/hows-that-russia-negotiation-going.html

+What's that definition of insanity again? Oh yes, doing the same thing again and again but expecting diferent results.

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Change! Iranian Regime Wants Obama Tried By International Tribunal

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/change-iranian-regime-wants-obama-tried-by-international-tribunal/

+Say, how's that whole "reaching out to engage Iran in serious diplomacy" thing going?

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Who is playing whom?

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026041.php

+Insanity.



ECONOMY

The Liberty to Achieve

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/the_liberty_to_achieve.html

+The Benjamin Franklin quote needs to be tattooed on every liberal's forehead - backwards - so they can read it in the morning.



THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP LIBERALS

SEIU — Obama’s Portrait in the Attic

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/09/seiu-obamas-portrait-in-the-attic/

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Crashing the ‘Crashing the Tea Party’ Meme.

http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/04/11/crashing-the-crashing-the-tea-party-meme/

+Classic tactics; infiltrate to smear the opposition. Then again, what else do we expect from the left? Honor? Dignity? Fair play? Bwaaa ha ha ha ha!

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An Angry Progressive’s Picture Is Worth A Thousand “Angry, Right-Wing” Words

http://michaelgraham.com/archives/classy-boston-liberals-welcome-sarah-palin/

+Imagine if a conservative organization had pics like this of His Holiness Obama.

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Reaction to former Cao supporter shows liberal smear/racemongers (still) have no shame

http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2010/04/09/reaction-to-former-cao-supporter-shows-liberal-smearracemongers-have-no-shame/

+I continue to maintain that the left has a vested interest in NOT seeing minorities succeed, because then - as taxpayers - they'd feel the bite of the left's cost to society



ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

The inconvenience of Israel

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026023.php

+One is forced to wonder if Obama is on a quest for a final solution to that pesky Israel...



CULTURE WARS

Never Underestimate The Ingenuity of Complete Fools

http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2010/04/never-underestimate-ingenuity-of.html

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Tax Season

http://article.nationalreview.com/430938/tax-season/mark-steyn

+Exactly. And when politicians take from 49% to give to 51% that's called a never-ending spiral to a nanny state that crashes financially.

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Reminder: Dependence Isn’t Compassion

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/09/reminder-dependence-isnt-compassion/

+That Dosteovsky quote keeps coming to mind: "In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, 'Make us your slaves, but feed us'"

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The Descent of Liberalism

http://article.nationalreview.com/430998/the-descent-of-liberalism/michael-knox-beran

and

Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/nudge-nudge-wink-wink

+The elite trying to make the proles do what they think is "right"



SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM

Victory Lip

http://townhall.com/columnists/KenBlackwell/2010/04/10/victory_lip

+In gaffs lie the truth.



VDH, BOLTON, WILLIAMS, SOWELL, ETC. - A CLASS BY THEMSELVES

SOWELL: Race and Politics, Part IV

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell040910.php3

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VDH: The End of Trust

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/the-end-of-trust/