Musings on the American Experiment...

Walter Russell Mead:

"“I used to be Snow White,” Mae West famously said, “but I drifted.”"

The Global-Warming Tax...

Patrick J. Michaels:

"Has it been a great run-up to Earth Day, or what?"

Wow:

Volcano Porn:

The False Religion of Mideast Peace:

Aaron David Miller:

"Surely the United States can do more than one thing at once, the foreign-policy equivalent of walking and chewing gum at the same time. But America must also do multiple things well. Obama can't have an inch-deep and mile-wide approach in which he commits to everything without a cruel and unforgiving assessment of what's really possible and what's not. Nor can the United States afford another high-profile failure based on what a brilliant and committed Clinton told us shortly before we went to Camp David: 'Guys, trying and failing is a lot better than not trying at all.' This is an appropriate slogan for a high school football team; it's not a substitute for a well-thought-out strategy for the world's greatest power. Obama already has made a commitment to the American people to end two wars, keep them safe from attack at home, and stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, not to mention tackling the challenges of a severe recession and growing deficit.

Governing is about choosing; it's about setting priorities, managing your politics, thinking strategically, picking your spots, and looking for genuine opportunities that can be exploited -- not tilting at windmills. And these days, Arab-Israeli peacemaking is a pretty big windmill."

The Administration of "Blah, Blah, Blah"...

Dreams of Disarmament:

"It was all there: the self-referential view of history, the rhetoric divorced from reality, the disingenuous let-me-be-clear assurance, the implicit denigration of his country for its supposed sins, the celebration of the moral leadership he would bring to the world, the panoply of proposals – all delivered while rockets were fired and centrifuges were spun, with no U.S. response other than a conference at which the rockets and centrifuges were not discussed."

Then give him a double....

Death row inmate claims allergy to lethal injection....

Obama's nuclear strutting and fretting

Charles Krauthammer:

"What a relief. I don't know about you, but I lie awake nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I know these people. I grew up there. You have no idea what they're capable of doing. If Sidney Crosby hadn't scored that goal to win the Olympic gold medal, there's no telling what might have ensued."

Obama: Makin' Friends:

Don't have to say much more today......

Netanyahu’s Speech at the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’

"Several months ago, I headed the Israeli delegation to the ceremony marking 65 years since the liberation of the death camps Auschwitz and Birkenau. The candle-lighting ceremony took place outside in front of the monument. It was 15 degrees celsius below zero, but it was still warmer than the terrible winter of 1944-1945 when temperatures ranged from 30 to 35 degrees below zero. We stood for about 30 minutes during the ceremony, well-dressed for the weather, but nevertheless we were freezing. Suddenly I understood a simple, chilling truth about millions of my brothers and sisters who ended up in that cursed place: those who didn’t burn, froze; and those who didn’t freeze were burned.

Several months prior, I had visited the Wannsee Villa in Berlin. When I was there, I saw the original invitation for the meeting of high-level Nazi officials, during which they decided on the destruction of the Jewish people. On the invitation that was sent by the Deputy Head of the SS was written: “The chief of the Reich main security office, Reinhard Heydrich, cordially invites you to a discussion about the Final Solution to the Jewish problem. Breakfast will be served at 09:00”."

He'll get over it....

Henry Waxman is confused and afraid:

"Henry Waxman is confused and afraid.

Waxman is the California Congressman who looks like a fruit bat and heads up the House Committee on Wealth Extraction and Job Disappearance."

As long as it's MY authoritarianism...

Submission to authoritarianism is freedom!:

"What never ceases to fascinate me is the sheer gall of liberals in attributing 'authoritarianism' to conservatives and libertarians while pretending that liberals are the authoritarian antithesis. It is one of liberalism's biggest lies. Like so many of the people who drive around with bumperstickers that say 'QUESTION AUTHORITY' -- while they really mean to say 'QUESTION AUTHORITY SELECTIVELY.'"

Right between the gonads....

JammieWearingFool:

A day after New York Times simpleton Frank Rich compared Barack Obama to Superman and declared him more popular than any politician, we get word today that the Tea Party, which isn't really a party at all, is more popular than his hero.

Neither is this administartion...

Robert Reich:

"A census-taking job is better than no job, but it’s no substitute for the real thing."

Schlemiel, Schlmozel, Schmuck.....

Mark Steyn:

"The Obama administration came into office promising to press the “reset” button with the rest of the world after eight years of the so-called arrogant, swaggering Texan cowboy blundering his way around the planet offending peoples from many lands. Instead, Obama pressed the ejector-seat button: Brits, Czechs, Israelis, Indians found themselves given the brush. I gather the Queen was “amused” by the president’s thoughtful gift of an iPod preloaded with Obama speeches — and, fortunately for Her Majesty, the 160GB model only has storage capacity for two of them, or three if you include one of his shorter perorations. But Gordon Brown would like to be liked by Barack Obama, and can’t understand why he isn’t."

Well, ain't that news?

Communications Corruption at the White House:

"Some journalists seem to be putting their self interest above their responsibilities to the public as well as their employers."

Someone shove this down Mikey Moore's throat....

Stating The Obvious:

"I'm always surprised people can ignore the most obvious economic lessons of the 20th Century: statism slows productivity growth, and in the end productivity growth is more important than anything else (GDP is just population x productivity). You're about ten times better off being in the lowest quartile of the rich, unequal United States than a median forcibly equalized Cuban or North Korean, and the poorest U.S. state has a higher PPP GDP per capita than most of the Western European social democracies."

But isn't that a good thing?

Jonah Goldberg:

"Fossil fuels aren’t going anywhere for at least a few decades. Even if we don’t drill, other countries certainly will. No country in the world with significant oil or gas resources is abstaining from exploiting them — except for America. Environmentalists say that makes us a leader; the rest of the world says that makes us a sucker."

You'd think, wouldn't you? But no such luck...

Reason Magazine:

"....when one ascends to the position of New York Times columnist, ignorance is an unconvincing excuse ..."

You don't say....

Companies Push to Repeal Provision of Health Reform:

"“...a serious mistake that is having negative and unintended consequences.”"

Just what I was thinking....

New World’s Record for Chutzpah: Obama’s Seder:

"Can any Jew with a smidgeon of self-respect or affection for Israel think that having a president say “Next year in Jerusalem!” while sitting at a table with matzo and macaroons makes up for policies that treat the 200,000 Jews living in the post-1967 Jewish neighborhoods of their own ancient capital as illegal settlers on stolen land?"