QUESTION

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Quote

"In the end they will lay their freedoms at our feet and say to us, 'Make us your slaves, but feed us.' "-- The Brothers Karamazov - The Grand Inquisitor, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, 1821-1881

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

=

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?

=

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

=

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")

=

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.

=

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.

=

Why the Democratic Party Clings to Racism

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

+Ditto

=

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."

=

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.

=

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...

=

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.

=

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?

=

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/

=

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!

=

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.

=

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

=

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.

=

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'"

=

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

=

VDH: The End of Trust

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

Quote: I will not cede...

“I will not cede more power to the state. I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General Motors, not to the CIO. I will hoard my power like a miser, resisting every effort to drain it away from me. I will then use my power, as I see fit. I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth. That is a program of sorts, is it not? It is certainly program enough to keep conservatives busy, and liberals at bay. And the nation free.”– William F. Buckley, Up From Liberalism, 1959

LINKFEST 4-8-2010

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

A Pattern of Deception

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/07/a-pattern-of-deception

+You lie!

=

What Is Barack Obama?

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2010/04/06/what-is-barack-obama/

=

Is Obama Intentionally Destroying the Economy

http://www.floppingaces.net/2010/04/06/is-obama-intentionally-destroying-our-economy-reader-post/

+I think yes; especially when one thinks about it through this perspective:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/02/the_clowardpiven_strategy_of_e.html

=

Read the Transcript and Freak

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/david/limbaugh040710.php3

+That, um, er, ahhhh, towering, um, intellect?

=

New Obama Policy: Israeli Nuclear Workers Denied US Entry

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/04/new-obama-policy-israeli-nuclear-workers-denied-us-entry.html

+He is singling out Israel, cutting them off systematically; to what end?




LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Can you imagine if Sarah Palin said “Cominskey Park” and flubbed softball White Sox question?

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/04/06/can-you-imagine-if-sarah-palin-said-cominsky-park-and-flubbed-softball-white-sox-question/

+The MSM has their heads so far up Obama's you-know-what they can practically see his tonsils.

=

MSM Continues False Reporting of Reuters "Murder" in Iraq

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/201901.php

+Perhaps if Reuters stopped embedding their reporters with terrorists this might not happen.




OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Next Bailout - Hospitals Hurt By Obamacare

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/04/next-bailout-hospitals-hurt-by.html

+Wait, you mean there might be unintended consequences? (Or might they BE intended... intended to accelerate the pace of the government's impending default? Yes, I DO believe he's trying to bring us down.)

=

NYT: O-Care is really No-Care

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/07/nyt-o-care-is-really-no-care/

+Can we spell death panels?

=

HCR: Pelosi tells the simple-minded American people not to worry our pretty little heads about it

http://neoneocon.com/2010/04/07/hcr-pelosi-tells-the-simple-minded-american-people-not-to-worry-our-pretty-little-head-about-it/

+Arrogance, condescension... from the libs? Whoda thunk it?




NATIONAL SECURITY

Obama’s “Stunning Naiveté”

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/04/07/obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cstunning-naivete%e2%80%9d/

=

The Disarming of America

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/04/07/the-disarming-of-america/

+Kum ba ya...

=

Obama, Kipling, and the Bomb

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2010/04/06/obama-kipling-and-the-bomb/

=

Obama’s new policy on nukes: I guess he wants to earn that Nobel ex post facto

http://neoneocon.com/2010/04/06/obamas-new-policy-on-nukes-i-guess-he-wants-to-earn-that-nobel-ex-post-facto/




ECONOMY

Not a Single Dime?

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/07/not-a-single-dime

+Liberals live in a static world, where you can raise taxes, cut the military, and nothing ever reacts to the changed landscape.

=

Surprise: Obama administration starts floating the idea of a VAT

http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2010/04/07/surprise-obama-administration-starts-floating-the-idea-of-a-vat/

+Su-prise, su-prise.




THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP LIBERALS

The Left Will Try to Split the Conservative Vote

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/02/the_left_will_try_to_split_the.html

+This is a war, and they're fighting to win by any means necessary (fraud, intimidation, etc.). When will the GOP learn is this a bar brawl, not a fight under Marquis of Queensbury rules?

=

Moonbats wing it when it comes to paying more taxes

http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view/20100404moonbats_wing_it_when_it_comes_to_paying_more_taxes/

+Wouldn't people who want bigger government be willing to pay more? Oh, wait, that's for SOMEONE ELSE to do.





ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

The Future of an Illusion

http://weeklystandard.com/articles/future-illusion





CULTURE WARS

The Monster Victim Mix-Up

http://townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2010/04/07/the_monster_victim_mix-up

=

Degrade and Conquer

http://onecosmos.blogspot.com/2010/03/degrade-and-conquer.html

+I really liked this observation: "You might say that Job One of the left is to first despiritualize man. And once a man has been materialized, it is child's play to convince him that the state can make him happy -- or that the reasons for his unhappiness are exterior to himself."



SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM

For the Love of Capitalism

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/04/06/for-the-love-of-capitalism/

+Read this. Then email it to people. Print it and mail it to people. I think it's that good.

=

Hannity's Right: Obama Is a Socialist

http://townhall.com/columnists/TerryJeffrey/2010/04/07/hannitys_right_obama_is_a_socialist

+If it walks like a duck...

=

The takers weigh down the makers

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/The-takers-weigh-down-the-makers-89799362.html




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

Sowell on Race, parts I and II and III

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/04/06/race_and_politics

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/04/07/race_and_politics_part_ii

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/04/08/race_and_politics_part_iii



VDH on new nuclear policy, and on society

http://www.city-journal.org/2010/eon0406vdh.html

Pull quote: "The magnanimous promise to non-nuclear Iran that it can continue to subsidize terrorism without worry of an American nuclear response—even to a truly devastating attack on the U.S.—will probably not convince Iran to stay non-nuclear. More likely, such assurances will only hasten Iran’s proliferation policies, on the assumption that if the U.S. is already reaching out and offering concessions before the theocracy goes nuclear, just imagine what could be wrung out of the Obama administration when Teheran finally gets its bombs."

and

The Ongoing Melodrama of Victims and Oppressors

http://townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2010/04/08/the_ongoing_melodrama_of_victims_and_oppressors

LINKFEST 04-06-2010

I CALL IT SOCIALISM!
Obamacare was mainly aimed at redistributing wealth
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Obamacare-was-mainly-aimed-at-redistributing-wealth-89725302.html
***
OBAMA CATCH-ALL
Social Justice as a Code Word for Socialism: Remembering the Young Barack Obama
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/01/social-justice-as-a-code-word-for-socialism-remembering-the-young-barack-obama/
=
Looking back at Obama the narcissist
http://neoneocon.com/2010/04/05/looking-back-at-obama-the-narcissist/
and the embedded link:
Understanding Obama: The Making of a Fuehrer
http://www.faithfreedom.org/obama.html

***
ThOSE PEACEFUL LEFTISTS
Brick smashes GOP office window in Howell (MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20100329/NEWS06/100329040/1320/Brick-smashes-GOP-office-window-in-Howell
=
Dozens Arrested After Tea Party Riot
http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2010/04/dozens-arrested-after-tea-party-riot.html
+If it doesn't fit "the narrative" the leftmedia want to present... it didn't happen.
***
AMERICANS ARE RISING UP
America's Quiet Anger
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/03/30/americas-quiet-anger
=
The Man Who Elected Barack Obama
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/05/the-man-who-elected-barack-oba
+I agree 100% with the premise of this; I was - and still am - FURIOUS that Bush did not fight back against the media's OUTRIGHT ATTACKS to discredit him during the war. What part of "the media are part-and-parcel of the democratic party and share those same goals" is unclear to the GOP leadership?

***
HEALTHCARE AND RIPPLE EFFECTS
Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional
http://volokh.com/2010/04/02/destroying-the-constitutions-structure-is-not-constitutional/
=
IRS chief: Buy health insurance or lose your tax refund
http://dailycaller.com/2010/04/05/irs-chief-buy-health-insurance-or-lose-your-tax-refund/

***
IMMIGRATION
Obama’s Greatest Crime
http://frontpagemag.com/2010/04/02/obama%e2%80%99s-greatest-crime-2/
+I don't like Michael Savage; he's far too caustic. But he's right - borders, language, culture.
***
WAR ON JIHADISM
Book Review by Pam Geller: "A God Who Hates" written by Wafa Sultan
http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/10/a-god-who-hates-by-pamela-geller/
+Know your enemy; this review has some key quotes that are ESSENTIAL to understanding the nature of the enemy we face

***
IRAN, ISRAEL, THE MIDDLE EAST
An Iranian Secret Agent's Message to America
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-04-04/iranian-secret-agent-to-america-act-now/?cid=hp:mainpromo6

***
NATIONAL SECURITY
Obama nation revisited
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026005.php
+In the words of a soldier from the movie "Aliens" when told they must only use flame weapons "What are we supposed to use, harsh language?"

LINKFEST 04-02-2010

ANNOUNCEMENT: I will now start trying to categorize the linkfests for your convenience.




LIBERALISM

The Innate Immorality of Liberalism

http://jewishworldreview.com/0310/ahlert.php3

+It's theft, even if the government does it. A great quote from another source: "A liberal is someone who is so generous they will give you the shirt off someone else's back!"

and

Where Do Jews and Christians on the Left Get Their Values?

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/04/01/where-do-jews-and-christians-on-the-left-get-their-values/

+Despite Obama's attending Wright's anti-semetic church, his association with Palestinian terrorist supporters... American Jews supported him. Even now, many rationalize his anti-Israel actions.

***



CUTTING OBAMA DOWN TO SIZE

What's Next for the Anointed One?

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/jonathan/rosenblum_next.php3

+Have the seas retreated yet?

and

What rough beasts?

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=17670

+The arrogance of this guy never ceases to amaze.

***



ISRAEL, MIDDLE EAST, WAR ON JIHADISTS

Dr. David Gutmann: An American-Zionist Hero

http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2010/03/29/dr-david-gutmann-an-american-zionist-hero/

+Yes, Israel is threatened; we are too, by the same forces and same philosophy as our post-American president

and

The Spy Who Loved Peace

http://townhall.com/columnists/CliffMay/2010/04/01/the_spy_who_loved_peace

+You mean to say that the Israelis are not evil incarnate?

and these two need to be read in combination to get a good perspective on the arab world:

On Jihad, Terrorism, Democratization, and the Strong Horse
http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/04/on_jihad_terror.html

SHAME, THE ARAB PSYCHE, AND ISLAM
http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2005/08/shame-arab-psyche-and-islam.html

plus

Obama has refused to approve every one of Israel's military requests since taking office in January 2009

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/04/obama-has-refused-to-approve-every-one-of-israels-military-requests-since-taking-office-in-january-2.html

+A man with a plan... to see Israel, an ally, defeated



***



VDH - IN HIS OWN CATEGORY (AND DESERVEDLY SO)

We Are All Pods Now

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/we-are-all-pods-now/

+As usual, VDH is right on and insightful

***


IMMIGRATION


Pregnant, Illegal, & Crossing The Border

http://wolfhowling.blogspot.com/2010/03/pregnant-illegal-crossing-border.html

+Very few object to LEGAL immigration; we object to people whose very act of coming here violates our laws! And we doubly-object to the coddling they receive.

***


THE TEMPERATURE OF RHETORIC THESE DAYS


Memo to Paul Krugman and Rep. Van Hollen: My Search Was Not in Vain (Updated)

http://www.verumserum.com/?p=13647

+About the right's maps targeting the left... pot, kettle, hello?

***


THE OBAMACARE MEDICOUP


"Repeal and Replace" - Filling In the Outline

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/03/repeal_and_repl.html

+To compete with the left we NEED a compelling argument; we don't have it yet.

And check out the linked article:

Who Will Write the History of the Battle Over ObamaCare?

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/tobin/263326

***


NATIONAL SECURITY / FOREIGN RELATIONS


Bolton Suggests Nuclear Treaty Threatens American Sovereignty

http://washingtonindependent.com/80937/bolton-says-nuclear-treaty-threatens-american-sovereignty

+Obama is more concerned about how HE is perceived by the rest of the world than in managing America's interests.

and

Slapping Friends

http://townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2010/04/02/slapping_friends

+The One seems bound and determined to alienate all of our allies - the question is WHY?



***


CLIMATE CHANGE


NASA climate data worse than East Anglia CRU?

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/31/nasa-climate-data-worse-than-east-anglia-cru/

+Et tu, NASA?