LINKFEST 07-02-2010

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

The “tectonic shift” in U.S.-Israel relations

http://www.yourish.com/2010/06/27/11376

+Quote: "...twenty years of listening to Reverend Wright absolutely made their mark."

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Avertable catastrophe

http://www.financialpost.com/Avertible+catastrophe/3203808/story.html

+Not just a failure of leadership or foresight; a failure to adapt - a critical weakness not only in this scenario but in any

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ADAMS: Inside the Black Panther case Anger, ignorance and lies

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/25/inside-the-black-panther-case-anger-ignorance-and-/

+"Anything that advances the left is good, no matter what." This is the mentality of the domestic enemy we have.

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Kagan’s SCOTUS deception to defend partial-birth abortions

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/29/kagans-scotus-deception-to-defend-partial-birth-abortions/

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Kagan's 'smoking gun' abortion document

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/kagans_smoking_gun_abortion_do.html

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The Face of Tyranny

http://www.redstate.com/laborunionreport/2010/06/30/the-face-of-tyranny/

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Yale Fellow "Obama Most Radical US President Ever"

http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2010/06/yale-fellow-obama-most-radical-us.html

+I like this blog...

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Obama's Coffee House Loophole

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin063010.php3

+Corruption and intent to deceive on a scale so vast it boggles the imagination.



LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Camouflaging The Point

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/27/camouflaging-the-point/

+Quote: "The fact that 'journalists' are discussing how to politically shade their coverage to achieve desired political ends – as some of Weigel’s emails showed – is the real issue here."

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Meet J. Christian Adams

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/07/026652.php

+If it doesn't damage a conservative, the MSM is deaf, dumb, and blind.

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Welcome to East Germany on the Potomac

http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/2010/06/27/welcome-to-east-germany-on-the-potomac/

+When a cabal gets together to collude and determine what is "news" and what isn't, it's dangerous, regardless of which side it is. But since, for the left, the ends justify the means, it's OK when our enlightened betters do it.

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Big Government, Bad Journalism

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/26/big-government-bad-journalism/

+Media and liberals; two sides of the same coin



CLIMATE CHANGE / GREEN

No Light Bulb at the End of the Tunnel

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/06/no_light_bulb_a.html



OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Harry Reid Needs To Answer For This CBO Report

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/07/harry-reid-needs-to-answer-for-this-cbo.html

+Quote: "First, the Democrats built assumptions into ObamaCare which were unrealistic, yet the CBO was forced to use those assumptions for its baseline projection."



RACE

He’s Obama! He’s Black! So, Shut Up!

http://www.lloydmarcus.com/?p=1317



NATIONAL SECURITY

Will Obama kill missile defense in new treaty?

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/29/will-obama-kill-missile-defense-in-new-treaty/

+Leaving us open to attack. Deliberately? I'd bet so.

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Turkey: America's New Armorer?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/turkey_americas_new_armorer_1.html

+Hey, why not outsource our defense industry to countries at risk of becoming Islamist states? Next up, outsourcing our aircraft carriers to China. Is there ANYONE capable of THOUGHT in DC?

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Will the Dems Get the Blame for Iranian Nukes?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/will_the_dems_get_the_blame_fo.html

+If there were true justice, only leftists would get killed by Iranian nukes.

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Making the World More Dangerous

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/charen070210.php3

+Obama's actions are making us less safe. Period.



TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

It's the Media, Stupid!

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/its_the_media_stupid.html

+The media, at this point, have sold their souls to the left; they are flip sides of the same dangerous coin that threatens America

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Restoration or Revolution?

http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2010/04/08/restoration-or-revolution/

+And follow the link to Essential Liberty too

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The War on Sarah Palin Really is a War on Conservatives

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/26/the-war-on-sarah-palin-really-is-a-war-on-conservatives/

+When will the GOP grow a set? When will the GOP understand this is a war for America, a war that they're fighting by Marquis of Queensbury rules while the other side smashes beer bottles and gets ready for the gut-stab?



ECONOMY

Leviathan's Loot

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/leviathans_loot_1.html

+Quote: Serfs throughout history were not ripped off to this degree. Pharaoh's subjects in ancient Egypt were taxed at 20 percent. And even though tax collectors in that ancient land were as abundant as "the sands of the seas," they were instructed not to be brutal. According to one of their manuals, "If a poor farmer is in trouble with his taxes, cut two-thirds of them." They were even told to "cheer up everyone and to place them into good humor." When was the last time a friendly IRS agent made an effort to lift up your broke(n) spirit? The ancient Egyptians also had to donate a few weeks of their labor to Pharaoh each year. These days, we work for the federal government almost four months out of the year.

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The Perfect Society: A Land without Wealth?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/the_perfect_society_a_land_wit.html

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No One's Capital Is Safe in Obama's America

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/no_ones_capital_is_safe_in_oba.html



THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP, HONEST, ETHICAL, PATRIOTIC LIBERALS

Union thugs attack construction workers with bats at Toys R Us

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/29/union-thugs-attack-construction-workers-with-bats-at-toys-r-us/

+And just think how "tolerant" they'll be if they get the card-check bill passed

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Vandalized and Beaten for Being Non-Union?

http://www.redstate.com/laborunionreport/2010/06/28/vandalized-and-beaten-for-being-non-union/

+Not a singular event, apparently

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Desperately Seeking Liberals

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/desperately_seeking_liberals.html

+As a friend says, "Liberals are not fully-formed individuals."

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Gun Shy

http://reason.com/archives/2010/06/30/gun-shy

+I put this here because it highlights the mental gymnastics - nay, contortions - that leftists need to go through to justify their statist desires.

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Sheldon Whitehouse Can't Help Himself

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/06/sheldon-whitehouse-cant-help-himself.html



ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

Iraq and Afghanistan Are about Enlightened Self-Interest, Not Oil

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/27/iraq-and-afghanistan-are-about-enlightened-self-interest-not-oil/

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Seeing Iran Plain

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2010/06/27/seeing-iran-plain/?singlepage=true

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Why Islam Will Never Accept the State of Israel

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/why_islam_will_never_accept_th.html

+This argument is true, and utterly beyond the cognitive template of the left.

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What is Israel's Capital City?

http://nizos.blogspot.com/2010/06/what-is-israels-capital-city.html

+Wash. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. The brainwashing starts early.



CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

Amputate or Die, by Dr. Jack Wheeler

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-27672-Portland-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2010m6d18-Amputate-or-Die-by-Dr-Jack-Wheeler

+That is the question - does the GOP have the stones to lead - or will they blow it once more?

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How did four Supreme Court justices wind up arguing against the Constitution?

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/01/how-did-four-supreme-court-justices-wind-up-arguing-against-the-constitution/

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We’re Here, We’re Queer and We’re in Abject Denial

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/26/were-here-were-queer-and-were-in-abject-denial/

+Helping to protect and advance a cause that would see you dead and buried. Isn't there some psychological illness that covers that?



SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM / LIBERTY AND STATISM

A World Without Profit

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/26/a-world-without-profit/

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Awakening From The Collective Dream

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/29/awakening-from-the-collective-dream/

+Starting to really like this guy!

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The Leftist 'Purification' Movement

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/the_leftist_purification_movem.html

+These people are ideologues for whom the ends justify any means.



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

Williams: Where Best To Be Poor

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams063010.php3

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VDH: (Even a Few) Words Matter

http://patriotpost.us/opinion/victor-davis-hanson/2010/07/01/even-a-few-words-matter/

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Mark Steyn: Learning the rules of an unengaged president

http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/obama-255034-one-president.html

+Adding Steyn to the list of "In a class by themselves"

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VDH: Where Did the Tea-Party Anger Come From?

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/where-did-the-teaparty-anger-come-from/?singlepage=true