"I think the American people in November 2008 are going to select the person they think is strongest to defend America against Islamic terrorism. And it is not going to focus on--as some of the media wants it--just Iraq. I think Americans are smarter than that."
-- Rudy Guiliani
Read about it here.
More:
"'I think that the president we elect in 2008 will determine how long it takes to prevail against the terrorists,' Mr. Giuliani says. 'If you select somebody that is going to go back on defense, it's going to take a much longer time and there are going to be more casualties. If you select a president that's going to remain on offense, and even improve on it, it isn't going to be easy, but it's going to mean less casualties, faster.'"
Saturday, June 30, 2007
That Was The Week That Was
Mark Tapscott mulls over the events of the past week, and the implications these events may hold for the conservative cause.
For a well-rounded analysis, be sure to follow the links that Mark provides.
So was this a pivotal week for conservatism?
Too early to tell, in my opinion.
For a well-rounded analysis, be sure to follow the links that Mark provides.
So was this a pivotal week for conservatism?
Too early to tell, in my opinion.
And once again, the AP does its part
.....in the media dis-information battle that has been such an important part of the propaganda war against the war in Iraq.
Doing the right thing:
"The Associated Press, Reuters, and Voices of Iraq should immediately apologize for publishing this completely false story, and push for immediate retractions. The Associated Press should admit full responsibility for not following good journalistic practices of verifying a story though legitimate responsible sources, as they were in a headlong, reckless rush to publish."
Pardon me if I don't hold my breath waiting for something like that to happen.
Doing the right thing:
"The Associated Press, Reuters, and Voices of Iraq should immediately apologize for publishing this completely false story, and push for immediate retractions. The Associated Press should admit full responsibility for not following good journalistic practices of verifying a story though legitimate responsible sources, as they were in a headlong, reckless rush to publish."
Pardon me if I don't hold my breath waiting for something like that to happen.
Cartoon of the Day
..... so say our wise sages who think things like this are all designed to keep us afraid.Just ask a certain local blogging luminary, who has made his opinion quite clear on this subject.
Meanwhile, let's see what the New YorkTimes had to say about this latest reminder that the ho hum/politics as usual attitude of some folks on this issue is flat out dangerous.
Noteworthy excerpt:
"A multiple choice question for readers: is this latest bomb plot an example of (a) blowback from Iraq, (b) the continuation of al Qaeda’s war against the West, or (c) the continuation of the New York Times’s war against the Bush administration? To ask the new ombudsman of the New York Times, Clark Hoyt, for the correct answer, write to public@nytimes.com."
Friday, June 29, 2007
Anticipating the rise of the True Believers
......from a piece more than 30 years old.
What a collection of astute observations and prognostications!
Why don't we take the sage advice offered?
What a collection of astute observations and prognostications!
Why don't we take the sage advice offered?
SCHIP: First steps toward the "universal health care" agenda goal
It's the first step toward achieving one of the most cherished items on the agenda of the "progressives".
Excerpt:
"Most Republicans don't understand health care, so don't want to talk about it; many grimace at voting down money for 'kids'; quite a few face tough elections and would rather not jump into an unknown debate. Reformers also aren't getting cover from should-be allies. Insurers and lobby groups like PHRMA--who ought to understand that a bigger Schip is a threat to their long-term business--are instead focused on short-term profits and PR images. Republican governors--who'd be huge beneficiaries of an individualized market--seem to only care about keeping federal dollars flowing into state coffers."
Excerpt:
"Most Republicans don't understand health care, so don't want to talk about it; many grimace at voting down money for 'kids'; quite a few face tough elections and would rather not jump into an unknown debate. Reformers also aren't getting cover from should-be allies. Insurers and lobby groups like PHRMA--who ought to understand that a bigger Schip is a threat to their long-term business--are instead focused on short-term profits and PR images. Republican governors--who'd be huge beneficiaries of an individualized market--seem to only care about keeping federal dollars flowing into state coffers."
Thursday, June 28, 2007
The ugly truth about New Orleans
Violence prevails to an even greater extent than before Katrina.
And no, it's NOT George Bush's or the federal government's fault.
Excerpt:
"Since Katrina, things have gotten so bad that New Orleans’s only effective criminal-justice presence has come from outside the city.
Early this year, the Department of Justice gave federal agencies in New Orleans extra resources, including nearly three dozen new agents and attorneys, to get criminals off the streets by bypassing the local justice system altogether. The FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms have embedded agents with NOPD officers in some crime-ridden neighborhoods, and they take suspects into immediate custody if it looks as if a federal crime has been committed—carrying an illegal weapon, say, or peddling a rock of cocaine."
And no, it's NOT George Bush's or the federal government's fault.
Excerpt:
"Since Katrina, things have gotten so bad that New Orleans’s only effective criminal-justice presence has come from outside the city.
Early this year, the Department of Justice gave federal agencies in New Orleans extra resources, including nearly three dozen new agents and attorneys, to get criminals off the streets by bypassing the local justice system altogether. The FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms have embedded agents with NOPD officers in some crime-ridden neighborhoods, and they take suspects into immediate custody if it looks as if a federal crime has been committed—carrying an illegal weapon, say, or peddling a rock of cocaine."
Quote of the Day
Rod Dreher:
"You would get about as far questioning Creationism at a backwoods Bible college as you would questioning Diversity at a US university, corporation or whatnot. In fact, that's a good comparison, because it's the secular left that's always cracking on religious people for ignoring science when it doesn't suit their ends."
Related blog entry here.
"You would get about as far questioning Creationism at a backwoods Bible college as you would questioning Diversity at a US university, corporation or whatnot. In fact, that's a good comparison, because it's the secular left that's always cracking on religious people for ignoring science when it doesn't suit their ends."
Related blog entry here.
Fisking the True Believers' religious doctrine
Last Saturday I blogged about Scott Armstrong's challenge to algore, regarding the theology Gore wants to impose on all of us, as the High Priest of the Church of Global Warming.
Read the full report from Armstrong.
Conclusions:
"The Stern Review concluded that, “The scientific evidence is now overwhelming; climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response” (Stern 2007, p. xv). We have not been able to find any scientific evidence to support such a claim. We can only hope that before committing resources, decision makers will insist on scientific forecasts rather than accept the opinions of some scientists."
"One might say that it is important to consider steps to prevent global warming, but we have the same level of confidence in saying that we should take steps to prevent global cooling. The more important question is 'what is the best way to invest our resources for the benefit of mankind?'"
"Those who advocate various positions on the climate owe it to the people who would be affected by the policies they recommend to base their advocacy on scientific forecasts that address all four of the key areas that are necessary for a rational analysis of the problem."
Read the full report from Armstrong.
Conclusions:
"The Stern Review concluded that, “The scientific evidence is now overwhelming; climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response” (Stern 2007, p. xv). We have not been able to find any scientific evidence to support such a claim. We can only hope that before committing resources, decision makers will insist on scientific forecasts rather than accept the opinions of some scientists."
"One might say that it is important to consider steps to prevent global warming, but we have the same level of confidence in saying that we should take steps to prevent global cooling. The more important question is 'what is the best way to invest our resources for the benefit of mankind?'"
"Those who advocate various positions on the climate owe it to the people who would be affected by the policies they recommend to base their advocacy on scientific forecasts that address all four of the key areas that are necessary for a rational analysis of the problem."
Economics 101
A woman comes into a butcher shop.
She tells the butcher she wants some chickens. But she wants to pay the same price as the butcher across the street advertises in his window.
"Your prices are too high", she says.
The butcher asks, "Why don't you go across the street for your chickens?"
"They haven't got any", she replies.
....from a discussion about price controls, oil, and unrealistic expectations found here.
She tells the butcher she wants some chickens. But she wants to pay the same price as the butcher across the street advertises in his window.
"Your prices are too high", she says.
The butcher asks, "Why don't you go across the street for your chickens?"
"They haven't got any", she replies.
....from a discussion about price controls, oil, and unrealistic expectations found here.
A food crisis?
While many in the private and public sector are worried about rising energy costs, we are not talking about this problem, which is potentially MORE serious than all our concerns both foreign and domestic.
Key point:
"The American consumer lifestyle took off thanks to low-cost fuel and food. Once families could drive and eat cheaply, they had plenty of disposable income for housing and consumer goods.
But if they can't do either anymore, how angry will they get as they buy less and pay more for the very staples of life?"
Key point:
"The American consumer lifestyle took off thanks to low-cost fuel and food. Once families could drive and eat cheaply, they had plenty of disposable income for housing and consumer goods.
But if they can't do either anymore, how angry will they get as they buy less and pay more for the very staples of life?"
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Unsafe CAFE standards: Who really bears the true costs?
You get three guesses as to who and the first two guesses don't count.
Pertinent excerpts:
"CAFE standards already result in the deaths of approximately 2,000 Americans every year, since smaller cars are less crashworthy. By failing to acknowledge this in their policymaking, Congress has cost thousands of Americans their lives. Now Congress is poised to compound the dangers by raising CAFÉ standards still further -- so much so, it may kill the domestic auto industry itself."
"Environmentalists argue that increasing the miles per gallon of the cars we drive would save more energy than increased drilling could produce. But the data show that fuel consumption goes up whenever automobile fuel efficiency goes up. Nearly all the gains in fuel efficiency disappear once we account for the demonstrable increases in driving that such investments produce."
"The increase in the costs of accidents and congestion fully offsets and probably outweighs the social benefits resulting from greater fuel economy."
"However, CBO does find that, given current estimates of the value of decreasing dependence on oil and reducing carbon emissions, increasing CAFE standards would not pass a benefit-cost test."
"Thus, the impact of the Markey-Platts bill will hurt American car companies most where they are especially vulnerable -- at a time when they can least afford another legislative knee-capping."
"The argument that increasing CAFE standards will reduce global warming is grossly overstated. Even if greenhouse gas emissions due to human activities are significantly, and harmfully, raising global temperatures, which remains a subject of debate, increasing CAFÉ standards would have scant impact."
“Consumers want more fuel-efficient cars and we need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But workers are part of the environment too, and drastic proposals which destabilize our industry won’t do anyone much good in the long run.”
"Advocates of higher CAFE duck this issue by claiming that new technologies eliminate the need for a trade-off between fuel economy and safety. This claim is false. If you take the most high-tech car imaginable and add a hundred pounds to it, two things will happen. Its fuel economy will drop, and its crashworthiness will increase. In short, there will still be a trade-off."
"If energy security is the rationale for CAFE standards, America needs to increase domestic coal and natural gas production, find out whether potential supplies of oil exist in Alaska, invest in more refinery capacity, and build nuclear power plants. We've done none of these."
"Unfortunately, ailing automakers and gas suppliers simply present too soft a boogeyman, and feel-good environmental platitudes too easy a justification."
Gee whiz, outside of those few minor and insignificant issues, there's absolutely nothing to stop us from adopting these standards, is there?
As usual, you and I bear the burden of poorly thought out policy decisions.
Are you really surprised to hear that?
Pertinent excerpts:
"CAFE standards already result in the deaths of approximately 2,000 Americans every year, since smaller cars are less crashworthy. By failing to acknowledge this in their policymaking, Congress has cost thousands of Americans their lives. Now Congress is poised to compound the dangers by raising CAFÉ standards still further -- so much so, it may kill the domestic auto industry itself."
"Environmentalists argue that increasing the miles per gallon of the cars we drive would save more energy than increased drilling could produce. But the data show that fuel consumption goes up whenever automobile fuel efficiency goes up. Nearly all the gains in fuel efficiency disappear once we account for the demonstrable increases in driving that such investments produce."
"The increase in the costs of accidents and congestion fully offsets and probably outweighs the social benefits resulting from greater fuel economy."
"However, CBO does find that, given current estimates of the value of decreasing dependence on oil and reducing carbon emissions, increasing CAFE standards would not pass a benefit-cost test."
"Thus, the impact of the Markey-Platts bill will hurt American car companies most where they are especially vulnerable -- at a time when they can least afford another legislative knee-capping."
"The argument that increasing CAFE standards will reduce global warming is grossly overstated. Even if greenhouse gas emissions due to human activities are significantly, and harmfully, raising global temperatures, which remains a subject of debate, increasing CAFÉ standards would have scant impact."
“Consumers want more fuel-efficient cars and we need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But workers are part of the environment too, and drastic proposals which destabilize our industry won’t do anyone much good in the long run.”
"Advocates of higher CAFE duck this issue by claiming that new technologies eliminate the need for a trade-off between fuel economy and safety. This claim is false. If you take the most high-tech car imaginable and add a hundred pounds to it, two things will happen. Its fuel economy will drop, and its crashworthiness will increase. In short, there will still be a trade-off."
"If energy security is the rationale for CAFE standards, America needs to increase domestic coal and natural gas production, find out whether potential supplies of oil exist in Alaska, invest in more refinery capacity, and build nuclear power plants. We've done none of these."
"Unfortunately, ailing automakers and gas suppliers simply present too soft a boogeyman, and feel-good environmental platitudes too easy a justification."
Gee whiz, outside of those few minor and insignificant issues, there's absolutely nothing to stop us from adopting these standards, is there?
As usual, you and I bear the burden of poorly thought out policy decisions.
Are you really surprised to hear that?
It's time to announce, Fred
The Rasmussen numbers say so.
Excerpt:
"Thompson, preparing to formally announce his candidacy, leads the pack in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey with 27% support. That gives him a four-point advantage over former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani who is currently preferred by 23% of Likely Primary Voters. A week ago, it was Thompson 28% and Giuliani 27%. Two weeks ago, they were tied at 24%. Prior to that time, Giuliani had been on top in every weekly Rasmussen Reports poll for five months."
A number of folks think Fred just might be an unbeatable candidate in '08.
We shall see.
Excerpt:
"Thompson, preparing to formally announce his candidacy, leads the pack in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey with 27% support. That gives him a four-point advantage over former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani who is currently preferred by 23% of Likely Primary Voters. A week ago, it was Thompson 28% and Giuliani 27%. Two weeks ago, they were tied at 24%. Prior to that time, Giuliani had been on top in every weekly Rasmussen Reports poll for five months."
A number of folks think Fred just might be an unbeatable candidate in '08.
We shall see.
The truth about "multiculturism" and "diversity"
It's not what the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives"are trying to make us all believe.
Excerpted:
"Think about what multiculturalism preaches in its high-minded rhetoric. Then WATCH WHAT IT BRINGS ABOUT in real life. It is in the tribal and entitlement behavior that you begin to see the toxicity of this dogma; as well as the essential oppressive nature of the politically correct behavior that adherence to the religion of multiculturalism demands of us."
"Why, in other words, would universal brotherhood--or even peaceful coexistence for that matter--result from a dogma that is antithetical to the concept of the universalism of human experience that is the bedrock of civilization; and instead glorifies culturalnand tribal differences, no matter how insane or irrational, violent or destructive are the cultural practices or beliefs that bring about those differences?"
Why, indeed, except to justify some mis-begotten world view?
Excerpted:
"Think about what multiculturalism preaches in its high-minded rhetoric. Then WATCH WHAT IT BRINGS ABOUT in real life. It is in the tribal and entitlement behavior that you begin to see the toxicity of this dogma; as well as the essential oppressive nature of the politically correct behavior that adherence to the religion of multiculturalism demands of us."
"Why, in other words, would universal brotherhood--or even peaceful coexistence for that matter--result from a dogma that is antithetical to the concept of the universalism of human experience that is the bedrock of civilization; and instead glorifies culturalnand tribal differences, no matter how insane or irrational, violent or destructive are the cultural practices or beliefs that bring about those differences?"
Why, indeed, except to justify some mis-begotten world view?
New idea for increasing local government revenue
Do what my old home state of Virginia does to its citizens.
Eric Peters has details.
Excerpts:
"Unlike standard traffic fines, which are at least subject to a judge's discretion, the new 'civil remedial fees' are completely non-negotiable. Fail to pay and the hounds of the state (and debt collectors) will pursue you to the ends of the earth. Plus your license will be suspended or revoked until such time as you "stand and deliver" -- as stage coach robbers once so nicely put it.
That phrase is particularly apt since the 'civil remedial fines' were passed precisely to fund highway projects and maintenance. Its chief sponsor, Del. David B. Albo (R-Fairfax) says, 'Hey, roads cost money -- and there's no road fairy.'
"In essence, the state grows ever more hard-hearted toward relatively trivial offenses that almost never involve either violence against individuals or even against property -- while at the same time it becomes ever more blithe toward real crime and real criminals.
It is a loathsome state of affairs. And when it's done for the most cynical of reasons (to raise revenue to fund state projects) and in the most cowardly manner imaginable (by state lawmakers too timid to fund needed projects via normal budgetary means) with the effect being a vicious and disproportionate impact upon minor transgressors -- it is the very definition of tyranny."
How innovative!
"Civil Remedial Fees".
Just business as usual to the tax/spend bureaucratic mindset.
Watch for this idea to spread to bureaucratic mindsets everywhere......including Greensboro and Guilford County.
Eric Peters has details.
Excerpts:
"Unlike standard traffic fines, which are at least subject to a judge's discretion, the new 'civil remedial fees' are completely non-negotiable. Fail to pay and the hounds of the state (and debt collectors) will pursue you to the ends of the earth. Plus your license will be suspended or revoked until such time as you "stand and deliver" -- as stage coach robbers once so nicely put it.
That phrase is particularly apt since the 'civil remedial fines' were passed precisely to fund highway projects and maintenance. Its chief sponsor, Del. David B. Albo (R-Fairfax) says, 'Hey, roads cost money -- and there's no road fairy.'
"In essence, the state grows ever more hard-hearted toward relatively trivial offenses that almost never involve either violence against individuals or even against property -- while at the same time it becomes ever more blithe toward real crime and real criminals.
It is a loathsome state of affairs. And when it's done for the most cynical of reasons (to raise revenue to fund state projects) and in the most cowardly manner imaginable (by state lawmakers too timid to fund needed projects via normal budgetary means) with the effect being a vicious and disproportionate impact upon minor transgressors -- it is the very definition of tyranny."
How innovative!
"Civil Remedial Fees".
Just business as usual to the tax/spend bureaucratic mindset.
Watch for this idea to spread to bureaucratic mindsets everywhere......including Greensboro and Guilford County.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Guantanamo a "gulag"?
Please.....spare us your self-righteous indignation.
It's nothing of the sort.
Noteworthy:
"Critics liken Guantánamo Bay to Soviet gulags, but reality does not match their hyperbole. The supporters of David Hicks, the detainee popularly known as the “Australian Taliban,” asserted that Mr. Hicks was mistreated and wasting away. But at his March trial, where he pleaded guilty to providing material support to a terrorist organization, he and his defense team stipulated he was treated properly. Mr. Hicks even thanked service members, and as one Australian newspaper columnist noted, he appeared in court 'looking fat, healthy and tanned, and cracking jokes.'"
It's nothing of the sort.
Noteworthy:
"Critics liken Guantánamo Bay to Soviet gulags, but reality does not match their hyperbole. The supporters of David Hicks, the detainee popularly known as the “Australian Taliban,” asserted that Mr. Hicks was mistreated and wasting away. But at his March trial, where he pleaded guilty to providing material support to a terrorist organization, he and his defense team stipulated he was treated properly. Mr. Hicks even thanked service members, and as one Australian newspaper columnist noted, he appeared in court 'looking fat, healthy and tanned, and cracking jokes.'"
Saturday, June 23, 2007
It's a cinch algore won't take this bet
Despite his overwrought public piety on the issue, I think that he actually knows his stance on "scientific consensus" on "anthropogenic global warming" is as big a loser as he is.
(hat tip: Fred Gregory)
Excerpt:
Here's the link for the Armstrong web site.
(hat tip: Fred Gregory)
Excerpt:
"Armstrong said that he discovered that most climate-change forecasts use bad methodology.
'We've been unable to find any scientific forecast, and what we have are forecasts by scientists,' he said."
There is a good reason why algore will not debate his apocalyptic theocracy in a public forum.
Here's the link for the Armstrong web site.
Yet another chapter in the hypocritical essence of John Edwards
More evidence that John Edwards is mainly concerned with John Edwards, not the issues he professes to champion.
(hat tip: Piedmont Publius)
Excerpt:
"Mr. Edwards, who reported this year that he had assets of nearly $30 million, came up with a novel solution, creating a nonprofit organization with the stated mission of fighting poverty. The organization, the Center for Promise and Opportunity, raised $1.3 million in 2005, and — unlike a sister charity he created to raise scholarship money for poor students — the main beneficiary of the center’s fund-raising was Mr. Edwards himself, tax filings show."
Imagine that!
Even Democrats are starting to realize the extent of Edwards' imposture.
(hat tip: Piedmont Publius)
Excerpt:
"Mr. Edwards, who reported this year that he had assets of nearly $30 million, came up with a novel solution, creating a nonprofit organization with the stated mission of fighting poverty. The organization, the Center for Promise and Opportunity, raised $1.3 million in 2005, and — unlike a sister charity he created to raise scholarship money for poor students — the main beneficiary of the center’s fund-raising was Mr. Edwards himself, tax filings show."
Imagine that!
Even Democrats are starting to realize the extent of Edwards' imposture.
Friday, June 22, 2007
Public confidence level for Con-gress at an ALL TIME LOW under Dem control
Read it here.
Note that the rating is DEAD LAST on the list of 16 institutions, behind HMOs, Big Business, Television News, and Newspapers.
And Reid/Pelosi/Kennedy, et al, ad nauseum, have the nerve to babble on about Republicans and the Presidency!
Unbelievable!
Note that the rating is DEAD LAST on the list of 16 institutions, behind HMOs, Big Business, Television News, and Newspapers.
And Reid/Pelosi/Kennedy, et al, ad nauseum, have the nerve to babble on about Republicans and the Presidency!
Unbelievable!
"A Nation of Cowards"
This article is just as valid now as it was some 14 years ago.
The Second Amendment is too important to our society to let it be misused and abused by the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives".
(hat tip: Fred Gregory)
Excerpt:
"This is the uncompromising understanding reflected in the warning that America's gun owners will not go gently into that good, utopian night: "You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands." While liberals take this statement as evidence of the retrograde, violent nature of gun owners, we gun owners hope that liberals hold equally strong sentiments about their printing presses, word processors, and television cameras. The republic depends upon fervent devotion to all our fundamental rights."
And NOT, I might add, to the co-opting and misuse/abuse of those fundamental rights by those who have a particular "progressive"/secular World View Agenda to advance.
The Second Amendment is too important to our society to let it be misused and abused by the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives".
(hat tip: Fred Gregory)
Excerpt:
"This is the uncompromising understanding reflected in the warning that America's gun owners will not go gently into that good, utopian night: "You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands." While liberals take this statement as evidence of the retrograde, violent nature of gun owners, we gun owners hope that liberals hold equally strong sentiments about their printing presses, word processors, and television cameras. The republic depends upon fervent devotion to all our fundamental rights."
And NOT, I might add, to the co-opting and misuse/abuse of those fundamental rights by those who have a particular "progressive"/secular World View Agenda to advance.
Once again, there's MORE bad news for the True Believers
Here's more evidence that solar activity (NOT "anthropogenic CO2") drives climate change.
(hat tip: Fred Gregory)
Excerpt:
"Solar scientists predict that, by 2020, the sun will be starting into its weakest Schwabe solar cycle of the past two centuries, likely leading to unusually cool conditions on Earth. Beginning to plan for adaptation to such a cool period, one which may continue well beyond one 11-year cycle, as did the Little Ice Age, should be a priority for governments. It is global cooling, not warming, that is the major climate threat to the world...."
Ah, but this guy Patterson must be one of those "fringe scientists/kooks/oil company hacks", right?
(hat tip: Fred Gregory)
Excerpt:
"Solar scientists predict that, by 2020, the sun will be starting into its weakest Schwabe solar cycle of the past two centuries, likely leading to unusually cool conditions on Earth. Beginning to plan for adaptation to such a cool period, one which may continue well beyond one 11-year cycle, as did the Little Ice Age, should be a priority for governments. It is global cooling, not warming, that is the major climate threat to the world...."
Ah, but this guy Patterson must be one of those "fringe scientists/kooks/oil company hacks", right?
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Regarding "Universal" health care
It's not the solution......and it would make the problem WORSE.
Sad but true true tales to be told:
Sad but true true tales to be told:
* The sad story of a British man who can't see because the British National Health care system hasn't gotten around to removing his cataracts -- for three years. (He has a kidney stone, too, and Britain's "universal" health care system won't fix that, either.)
* A fellow in Canada who has been waiting eight months (so far) for heart surgery.
* A Canadian with a malignant brain tumor who fled to New York for medical treatment, rather than (most likely) die on a Canadian waiting list. His best friend had died on a waiting list for heart surgery.
* A South African man who dies after "elective" surgery he needed to save his life was cancelled seven times (socialized medicine systems artifically manipulate waiting list statistics to meet bureaucratic benchmarks by scheduling more surgeries than they can accomodate, and then cancel the surgeries at the last minute -- at incalulable personal cost to patients). Read the family diary to which On the Fence Films links for a fuller story of what this man and his family suffered.
* Three stories: A Canadian girl whose heart surgery was cancelled; an Australian man who has been on a 90-day waiting list for two years; a couple who had to schedule care for three disabled family members in order for the man to have surgery -- which then was cancelled.
Addressing health care: How Republican candidates should respond
The Dem candidates are talking about it during their debates, and most of their talk has been about some form of "universal" health care.
The Republicans should be talking about it too.
Here are ideas about what they should be saying.
Excerpt:
"Most universal-coverage plans accept the least rational features of our health-care system — its reliance on employer-based coverage and on “insurance” that covers routine expenses — and merely try to expand that system to cover more people." Republicans should go in a different direction, proposing market reforms that make insurance more affordable and portable. If such reforms are implemented, more people will have insurance.
The Republicans should be talking about it too.
Here are ideas about what they should be saying.
Excerpt:
"Most universal-coverage plans accept the least rational features of our health-care system — its reliance on employer-based coverage and on “insurance” that covers routine expenses — and merely try to expand that system to cover more people." Republicans should go in a different direction, proposing market reforms that make insurance more affordable and portable. If such reforms are implemented, more people will have insurance.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Oh my! The True Believers won't like this at ALL!
The father of scientific climatology says "scientific consensus" on "anthropogenic global warming" is a bunch of hooey.
You're too kind, Professor.
Excerpt:
"Naturally whenever scientists who do know what they are talking about offend the dogmatists, they are said to be going against the 'scientific consensus'. Science is science. Consensus is politics. And close examination of many of those part of that "consensus" reveals they are not climatologists,but grant seekers."
You're too kind, Professor.
Excerpt:
"Naturally whenever scientists who do know what they are talking about offend the dogmatists, they are said to be going against the 'scientific consensus'. Science is science. Consensus is politics. And close examination of many of those part of that "consensus" reveals they are not climatologists,but grant seekers."
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Justice is (partially) served
Nifong is disbarred.
Excerpt:
"The bar's three-member disciplinary panel unanimously found Nifong guilty of fraud, dishonesty, deceit or misrepresentation; of making false statements of material fact before a judge; of making false statements of material fact before bar investigators, and of lying about withholding exculpatory DNA evidence."
Here's the next step for justice to be served in this sordid misuse and abuse of power.
The final step has to do with money.
LOTS and lots of money.
Excerpt:
"The bar's three-member disciplinary panel unanimously found Nifong guilty of fraud, dishonesty, deceit or misrepresentation; of making false statements of material fact before a judge; of making false statements of material fact before bar investigators, and of lying about withholding exculpatory DNA evidence."
Here's the next step for justice to be served in this sordid misuse and abuse of power.
The final step has to do with money.
LOTS and lots of money.
More about the Dems plan for massive tax increases
Hillary, Obama, and of course our favorite hypocritical Class Warrior himself, John-Boy Edwards are all talking about the forthcoming HUGE tax burden they want to impose on all of us under the guise of "taxing the rich."
"Point is, whether we're talking individuals, corporations or cap-gains, if you tax something you get less of it. If you take away the tax advantages from private partnerships, future deals will dry up. Or they will go offshore, where no taxes will be paid at all. And since capital is the seed corn of future economic growth, the Democratic war against prosperity will soon include the middle class as collateral damage."
The worst tax of all is the economic malaise caused by a stagnant economy when a foolish and greedy Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" tax policy is enacted.
We've seen it before, and we'll see it again if people like the Dem presidential candidates and the Dem congressional leaders get there way.
Let's make sure that they don't.
"Point is, whether we're talking individuals, corporations or cap-gains, if you tax something you get less of it. If you take away the tax advantages from private partnerships, future deals will dry up. Or they will go offshore, where no taxes will be paid at all. And since capital is the seed corn of future economic growth, the Democratic war against prosperity will soon include the middle class as collateral damage."
The worst tax of all is the economic malaise caused by a stagnant economy when a foolish and greedy Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" tax policy is enacted.
We've seen it before, and we'll see it again if people like the Dem presidential candidates and the Dem congressional leaders get there way.
Let's make sure that they don't.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Kill the Bill, Round 2
Via Michelle Malkin, second only to Ann Coulter in bringing out the misogyny of the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives".
Quote of the Day
“Listening to the recent debates among the candidates, monitoring their Websites and reading the poll numbers, one gets the impression that the Republican and Democratic primary electorates are living in two different nations—or the same nation that faces two very different threats.
The Republicans want to protect us against Islamist terrorists. The Democrats want to protect us against climate change.”
—Michael Barone
"It ain't over 'til the alien wins"
Here's some facts regarding certain politicians' above described attitude about the revived Illegal Alien Amnesty bill.
Noteworthy:
"Open-borders Democrats led by Ted Kennedy bleat about the lack of 'due process' for downtrodden aliens, but immigration lawyers and their clients know the deal. Whether the Bush-Kennedy bill passes or not, it ain’t over ‘til the alien wins."
Noteworthy:
"Open-borders Democrats led by Ted Kennedy bleat about the lack of 'due process' for downtrodden aliens, but immigration lawyers and their clients know the deal. Whether the Bush-Kennedy bill passes or not, it ain’t over ‘til the alien wins."
Health insurance is not health care
Here's something for those who don't know, or don't acknowledge the truth about this particular issue.
Key point:
"As the experience of other nations shows, however, universal health insurance often leads to very restricted access to health care..."
Key point:
"As the experience of other nations shows, however, universal health insurance often leads to very restricted access to health care..."
CBS: "It's not Katie's fault she's a failure....
It's the fault of you miserable, misogynist, and sexist viewers."
Excerpt:
"It's a strange strategy. Does Moonves really think that he can attract new viewers by accusing them of being chauvinist pigs?"
Ah yes.....the same old story.
It can't POSSIBLY be CBS' or Katie's fault. It's got to be those evil societal forces at work.
Yet another boost for the enablement of entitlement and victimism.
Excerpt:
"It's a strange strategy. Does Moonves really think that he can attract new viewers by accusing them of being chauvinist pigs?"
Ah yes.....the same old story.
It can't POSSIBLY be CBS' or Katie's fault. It's got to be those evil societal forces at work.
Yet another boost for the enablement of entitlement and victimism.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
The effect of John Edwards' legacy
....has been felt in the medical field.
Excerpts:
Excerpts:
"Edwards specifically has made much of his fortune suing doctors for not performing C-sections, arguing that they help prevent cerebral palsy in children. In 1970, six percent of all births were C-sections; in 2003, that number had climbed all the way up to 28 percent.
However, as John Stossel reports, there had not been a decrease in prevalence of cerebral palsy during that time. Hence, although Edwards' lawsuits have not, apparently, prevented anycases of cerebral palsy, they have, at least in part, yielded a great increase in the occurrence of C-sections. Now doctors do C-sections "just to be safe," meaning safe from lawsuits, though the procedure is not so safe for mothers.
While C-sections are not overly dangerous, women are four times more likely to die during a C-section than during vaginal birth; this is not an insignificant risk."
However, as John Stossel reports, there had not been a decrease in prevalence of cerebral palsy during that time. Hence, although Edwards' lawsuits have not, apparently, prevented anycases of cerebral palsy, they have, at least in part, yielded a great increase in the occurrence of C-sections. Now doctors do C-sections "just to be safe," meaning safe from lawsuits, though the procedure is not so safe for mothers.
While C-sections are not overly dangerous, women are four times more likely to die during a C-section than during vaginal birth; this is not an insignificant risk."
"Medical malpractice was his specialty, and he reportedly tried more than 60 such cases, winning more than $1 million in over half of those. Most involved Ob/gyns. Indeed, he was so feared, according to the Center for Public Integrity, "that doctors would settle cases for millions of dollars rather than face him at trial."Edwards' specialty was cerebral palsy, a set of permanent conditions affecting control of movement and posture that usually appear at toddler stage. There is no cure, although stem cell studies in both humans (umbilical cord cells) and rats (neural cells) have produced promising results. More than 10,000 U.S. children are diagnosed with it yearly. Edwards claimed the disease developed because negligent doctors ignored fetal heart monitors indicating the child might not be getting enough air during birth and thus failed to deliver it immediately through cesarean surgery.
Yet Edwards won his cases not because scientific evidence favored him but because of his smooth-talking "trust-me" demeanor -- and heart-wrenching pleas in which he ghoulishly sometimes pretended to be the voice of the unfortunate child crying out for justice."
How and why the Illegal Immigrant Amnesty bill failed
Captain Ed has details.
Excerpt from the memo circulating around The Hill:
"There are three primary reasons the bill failed:
Excerpt from the memo circulating around The Hill:
"There are three primary reasons the bill failed:
* The complicated legislation, constantly being tweaked by the White House and Deal-Makers, is full of loopholes and problems that deserved amendment and full consideration -- consideration denied by the Democrats.
* The White House, certain Democrats and the Deal-Makers blatantly disregarded the legislative process -- drafting the bill behind closed doors, skipping the committee process, jamming the bill through the system, limiting the number and type of amendments that could be offered and trying to close down debate on the bill long before appropriate concerns with the bill had been addressed fully.
* The American people rightly refuse to buy what the Deal-Makers are selling -- the rewarding of legal status in our country to millions who ignored our laws in exchange for yet another promise to fix our broken immigration system."
The bill's supporters are trying to resurrect it.
Let's see if they learned their lesson.
The war against the War on Terrorism
This type of nonsense is WAY out of hand.
It's past time to put a stop to it.
Key points:
"Virtually every aspect of the administration's war on terror-related policies--from the USA Patriot Act, to the use of military commissions to try captured al Qaeda members for war crimes, to the National Security Agency's Terrorist Surveillance Program, so-called data mining, no-fly lists and related transportation security measures--has been challenged in court. On balance the courts have upheld the administration's actions, or required relatively modest changes--or additional congressional action in the case of military commissions. Significantly, the Supreme Court has accepted the legality of the president's adoption of a 'laws of war paradigm.'"
"Leaving aside the lack of legal merit, the ACLU's claims are part of a highly troubling new trend. They are of a piece with a number of other ATS lawsuits brought against government contractors, actions filed last year against telecommunications companies alleging that they violated federally protected privacy rights by cooperating with the NSA's data-collection efforts, and an action, filed last March in Minnesota, against several airline passengers who had reported what they believed to be suspicious activity by a group of Muslim imams."
I can hear the wailing and the howls of protest now regarding this point of view.
Save your breath.
ALL of your talking points on this matter have been proven to be bogus.
It's past time to put a stop to it.
Key points:
"Virtually every aspect of the administration's war on terror-related policies--from the USA Patriot Act, to the use of military commissions to try captured al Qaeda members for war crimes, to the National Security Agency's Terrorist Surveillance Program, so-called data mining, no-fly lists and related transportation security measures--has been challenged in court. On balance the courts have upheld the administration's actions, or required relatively modest changes--or additional congressional action in the case of military commissions. Significantly, the Supreme Court has accepted the legality of the president's adoption of a 'laws of war paradigm.'"
"Leaving aside the lack of legal merit, the ACLU's claims are part of a highly troubling new trend. They are of a piece with a number of other ATS lawsuits brought against government contractors, actions filed last year against telecommunications companies alleging that they violated federally protected privacy rights by cooperating with the NSA's data-collection efforts, and an action, filed last March in Minnesota, against several airline passengers who had reported what they believed to be suspicious activity by a group of Muslim imams."
I can hear the wailing and the howls of protest now regarding this point of view.
Save your breath.
ALL of your talking points on this matter have been proven to be bogus.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
algore attempts to coverup his hypocrisy
It's a little too late for damage control, don't you think, Al?
Excerpt:
"Drew Johnson, president of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, the group that initially criticized Gore, said the 'renovations are obviously in direct response to our finding that he's a hypocrite on the issue of global warming.'"
One other point to make here.
Those of you who fear that algore MIGHT get elected President can put your minds at ease.
Electing the High Priest of the Church of the True Believers to the presidency is clearly a violation of the separation of church and state the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives" always like to talk about when that particular point can be used against Christianity.
Excerpt:
"Drew Johnson, president of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, the group that initially criticized Gore, said the 'renovations are obviously in direct response to our finding that he's a hypocrite on the issue of global warming.'"
One other point to make here.
Those of you who fear that algore MIGHT get elected President can put your minds at ease.
Electing the High Priest of the Church of the True Believers to the presidency is clearly a violation of the separation of church and state the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives" always like to talk about when that particular point can be used against Christianity.
A brief history on the Surrendercrats
It really is important to understand their heritage.
Noteworthy:
"There was one other common feature in all of these wars that Democrats seemed almost innately unable to grasp. To stake out the role of peace-activist or to proclaim certain failure on the part of the United States always runs the risk of events proving them completely -- one could almost say foolishly if not obtusely -- wrong."
Noteworthy:
"There was one other common feature in all of these wars that Democrats seemed almost innately unable to grasp. To stake out the role of peace-activist or to proclaim certain failure on the part of the United States always runs the risk of events proving them completely -- one could almost say foolishly if not obtusely -- wrong."
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Why the Illegal Immigrant Amnesty legislation died a deserved death
Rasmussen has detail on the reality of the matter.
Noteworthy:
"The key to building support for such a compromise is convincing voters that the government is serious about controlling the border. That’s where this particular compromise has failed in the court of public opinion--just 16% believe it will actually reduce illegal immigration."
Don't believe some of the nonsense spewed by the Nutroots about the reason for this bill's failure.
In addition, don't expect to read very much from our Usual Suspect Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" counterparts about the actual will of the people here.
Noteworthy:
"The key to building support for such a compromise is convincing voters that the government is serious about controlling the border. That’s where this particular compromise has failed in the court of public opinion--just 16% believe it will actually reduce illegal immigration."
"From the beginning, the President and most other Beltway politicians have misunderstood the public debate over immigration. The initial discussions in Washington implied a debate that was either pro-immigration or anti-immigration. Those who favored some form of legalization or earned citizenship were pictured in official Washington as pro-immigrant while those who favored border control were thought to be anti-immigrant, ignorant, and perhaps racist.
However, Rasmussen Reports data shows an entirely different picture."Don't believe some of the nonsense spewed by the Nutroots about the reason for this bill's failure.
In addition, don't expect to read very much from our Usual Suspect Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" counterparts about the actual will of the people here.
Friday, June 08, 2007
Toward responsible immigration reform
The dead duck amnesty bill wasn't a responsible and workable piece of legislation. Now that its gone, let's get busy on a better one.
Here are some ways to get started.
Key point:
"Congress should try an alternative approach:
(1) Deny amnesty to people here illegally that will help deter future illegal migration and make the point that we insist everyone respect the rule of law.
(2) Enforce workplace laws on the books and gain back control of our southern border.
(3) Create more practical and flexible legal opportunities to come and work in the United States. Together these measures offer a real strategy for breaking America’s addiction to undocumented labor."
This strategy is not only realistic. It is within our grasp."
Here are some ways to get started.
Key point:
"Congress should try an alternative approach:
(1) Deny amnesty to people here illegally that will help deter future illegal migration and make the point that we insist everyone respect the rule of law.
(2) Enforce workplace laws on the books and gain back control of our southern border.
(3) Create more practical and flexible legal opportunities to come and work in the United States. Together these measures offer a real strategy for breaking America’s addiction to undocumented labor."
This strategy is not only realistic. It is within our grasp."
Bush's victory means the effective end of the Kyoto nonsense
....and it's a setback of great weight to the cause of the faithful at the Church of the True Believers.
Excerpt:
"Under the vaunted Kyoto, from 2000 to 2004, Europe managed to increase its emissions by 2.3 percentage points over 1995 to 2000. Only two countries are on track to meet targets. There's rampant cheating, and endless stories of how select players are self-enriching off the government "market" in C02 credits.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., under the president's oh-so-unserious plan, U.S. emissions from 2000 to 2004 were eight percentage points lower than in the prior period."
Imagine that!
Here's the finish:
"Will congressional Democrats prove as pragmatic?
Even as Europeans have wised up, the left has been pushing for a Kyoto here. Should Democrats start to stumble on the difficulties, they could always ask Mr. Bush--that new international climate ambassador--for some advice."
The entrenched theology behind the "global warming" thought control and its rituals may be a bit too embedded in the for the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives"/True Believers to just come to their senses about their folly.
Excerpt:
"Under the vaunted Kyoto, from 2000 to 2004, Europe managed to increase its emissions by 2.3 percentage points over 1995 to 2000. Only two countries are on track to meet targets. There's rampant cheating, and endless stories of how select players are self-enriching off the government "market" in C02 credits.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., under the president's oh-so-unserious plan, U.S. emissions from 2000 to 2004 were eight percentage points lower than in the prior period."
Imagine that!
Here's the finish:
"Will congressional Democrats prove as pragmatic?
Even as Europeans have wised up, the left has been pushing for a Kyoto here. Should Democrats start to stumble on the difficulties, they could always ask Mr. Bush--that new international climate ambassador--for some advice."
The entrenched theology behind the "global warming" thought control and its rituals may be a bit too embedded in the for the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives"/True Believers to just come to their senses about their folly.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
The Amnesty bill is dead
There is SOME common sense in Congress after all.
Let's find another direction, and actually FIX the problem.
We start by closing the border, and enforcing the laws already in place.
Everything else is negotiable.
Let's find another direction, and actually FIX the problem.
We start by closing the border, and enforcing the laws already in place.
Everything else is negotiable.
The lessons of D Day
Victor Davis Hanson gives us a prospective that the Surrendercrats and their lefty/"progessive" counterparts don't want you to understand.
This tale might make you come to realize the nonsense that passes for foreign policy and domestic security on the part of the not-so loyal opposition.
Excerpt:
The American lesson of D-Day and its aftermath was how to overcome occasional abject stupidity while never giving up in the face of an utterly savage enemy. We need to remember that now more than ever."
This tale might make you come to realize the nonsense that passes for foreign policy and domestic security on the part of the not-so loyal opposition.
Excerpt:
The American lesson of D-Day and its aftermath was how to overcome occasional abject stupidity while never giving up in the face of an utterly savage enemy. We need to remember that now more than ever."
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Considering the unintended consequences of "global warming" hysteria
Why is it that the True Believers never want to talk about the unintended consequences of their overwrought alarmism?
Excerpts:
"Global warming hysteria - a boon for the ethanol and other biofuel enterprises - has boosted demand for crop-based fuels worldwide. This now threatens to reverse a half century of gains not only against world hunger, but also in holding the line against conversion of undeveloped land."
"As long as global warming is hyped as the world's most important environmental problem - as many politicians and environmental pressure groups claim - it will be virtually impossible to rationally evaluate other options in dealing with climate change, or confront the unintended consequences unleashed by global warming hysteria."
UPDATE 6-7-07 9:22 AM
Speaking of unintended consequences......
Excerpts:
"Global warming hysteria - a boon for the ethanol and other biofuel enterprises - has boosted demand for crop-based fuels worldwide. This now threatens to reverse a half century of gains not only against world hunger, but also in holding the line against conversion of undeveloped land."
"As long as global warming is hyped as the world's most important environmental problem - as many politicians and environmental pressure groups claim - it will be virtually impossible to rationally evaluate other options in dealing with climate change, or confront the unintended consequences unleashed by global warming hysteria."
UPDATE 6-7-07 9:22 AM
Speaking of unintended consequences......
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Here's the final nail in the coffin for the illegal alien amnesty legislation
It won't work.
We already know how outrageously expensive it will be to implement; now we know it is doomed to failure.
Why don't we put this thing out of its misery, and start over again with the measures that will actually solve the problem?
We start with actually sealing the border first and foremost, before we even consider other measures.
We already know how outrageously expensive it will be to implement; now we know it is doomed to failure.
Why don't we put this thing out of its misery, and start over again with the measures that will actually solve the problem?
We start with actually sealing the border first and foremost, before we even consider other measures.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Understanding the truth about who bears the impact of "political correct" policies
The Enviroquacks and the True Believers never want to tell you about who among us pays the REAL price for their insistence on political correctness.
Noteworthy:
"The WWF, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network and other multinational activist corporations battle mines in Romania, Peru, Chile, Ghana and Indonesia; electricity projects in Uganda, India and Nepal; biotechnology that could improve farm incomes and reduce malnutrition in Kenya, India, Brazil and the Philippines; and DDT that could slash malaria rates all over Africa, where it kills 3,000 children every day."
"Agitators use global warming and “corporate social responsibility” to force companies to acquiesce to their agendas – and ignore human rights to energy and technology, and people’s desperate cries for a chance to take their rightful places among the Earth’s healthy and prosperous people. They promote little solar panels on huts, but never enough electricity to help communities emerge from poverty and disease."
"Why haven’t the UN and its Human Rights Council spoken out about the institutional racism that is being perpetrated in the name of “saving the planet”? Where are the US civil rights groups, news media and churches? The leaders of these poor countries?"
I'll tell you why they haven't, Mr. Innis.
They are too busy fulfilling their political/social/economic agendas, or too busy filling their pockets with the extorted funds they squeeze out of those who are easily duped, or those who are eager to be complicit.
Noteworthy:
"The WWF, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network and other multinational activist corporations battle mines in Romania, Peru, Chile, Ghana and Indonesia; electricity projects in Uganda, India and Nepal; biotechnology that could improve farm incomes and reduce malnutrition in Kenya, India, Brazil and the Philippines; and DDT that could slash malaria rates all over Africa, where it kills 3,000 children every day."
"Agitators use global warming and “corporate social responsibility” to force companies to acquiesce to their agendas – and ignore human rights to energy and technology, and people’s desperate cries for a chance to take their rightful places among the Earth’s healthy and prosperous people. They promote little solar panels on huts, but never enough electricity to help communities emerge from poverty and disease."
"Why haven’t the UN and its Human Rights Council spoken out about the institutional racism that is being perpetrated in the name of “saving the planet”? Where are the US civil rights groups, news media and churches? The leaders of these poor countries?"
I'll tell you why they haven't, Mr. Innis.
They are too busy fulfilling their political/social/economic agendas, or too busy filling their pockets with the extorted funds they squeeze out of those who are easily duped, or those who are eager to be complicit.
Friday, June 01, 2007
Krauthammer on the immigration idiocy
"Comprehensive immigration reform" isn't.
Not by a long shot.
Examples:
"Until now we’ve had a special category for highly skilled, world-renowned, and indispensable talent. Great musicians, athletes, and high-tech managers come in today under the EB-1 visa. This apparently is going to be abolished in the name of an idiotic egalitarianism.
I suspect this provision is a kind of apology for one of the few very good ideas in the bill — taking skill, education, and English proficiency into account rather just family ties, and thus cutting back on a chain -migration system in which the Yemeni laborer can bring over an entire clan while the engineers and teachers desperate to get here languish in the old country."
"But the campaign for legalization does not stop at stupidity and farce. It adds mendacity as well — such as the front-page story in last Friday’s New York Times claiming that “a large majority of Americans want to change the immigration laws to allow illegal immigrants to gain legal status.”
We are quite aware that information is bogus, as Krauthammer proceeds to illustrate..
The more we know about this disaster, the worse the reality becomes.
Why has this thing not been totally scrapped yet?
Why are the lame streamers and the politicians ignoring the public?
Have they all gone completely whacked out on us?
Not by a long shot.
Examples:
"Until now we’ve had a special category for highly skilled, world-renowned, and indispensable talent. Great musicians, athletes, and high-tech managers come in today under the EB-1 visa. This apparently is going to be abolished in the name of an idiotic egalitarianism.
I suspect this provision is a kind of apology for one of the few very good ideas in the bill — taking skill, education, and English proficiency into account rather just family ties, and thus cutting back on a chain -migration system in which the Yemeni laborer can bring over an entire clan while the engineers and teachers desperate to get here languish in the old country."
"But the campaign for legalization does not stop at stupidity and farce. It adds mendacity as well — such as the front-page story in last Friday’s New York Times claiming that “a large majority of Americans want to change the immigration laws to allow illegal immigrants to gain legal status.”
We are quite aware that information is bogus, as Krauthammer proceeds to illustrate..
The more we know about this disaster, the worse the reality becomes.
Why has this thing not been totally scrapped yet?
Why are the lame streamers and the politicians ignoring the public?
Have they all gone completely whacked out on us?
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