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Race: Down On The Plantation…
One phrase sure to stir outrage or at least discussion is what I've used for the title when referring to the issue of race. But I'm darned if it doesn't best describe this quote from Jesse Jackson:
The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats' signature healthcare bill.
"We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill," Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. "You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man."
When you give race baiters like Jesse Jackson the opportunity to define what it means to be a "black man", he then gets to define what it means to remain one. And that usually entails towing a particular party line of which he approves – not thinking for yourself, not doing your job (representing your constituency), not being your own person. You see if someone does any of that, as did Rep. Davis did, they threaten the dying power the race warriors hold – that of the legislative "bloc" based in race. The Sharptons and Jacksons of the world have built a career out of making everything about race. Like unions, they once had a purpose. Now, however, with their purpose fading and their time in the media's light waning, they have to make more and more outrageous statements to get noticed.
I'll be so happy when those who can't see past their own skin color on every issue pass from the scene. Then, and only then, will real progress among and within the races be made. In the meantime, blacks certainly shouldn't let someone like Jesse Jackson define what it is to be anything, much less a "black man".
Stimulus Funds Used To Fund Fat Tax Study
This one is right out of the "you've got to be kidding me" category.
It seems that stimulus funds, you know that 787 billion bill without an "ounce" of pork in it, are funding a study at the University of Illinois (wow, there's a surprise) to look at "the relationship between fat taxes and food consumption, diet quality, and obesity."
In reality it is a study to assess the feasibility of taxing soda, under the guise of fighting obesity, to fund health care reform. You remember all the trial balloons that were launched earlier in the year concerning this tax? Well, now taxpayers are funding research to figure out if it is feasible to further tax taxpayers.
And does anyone really doubt the outcome of the study? Really?
This is perfect example of how out of control government has become. Spending money it doesn't have on a study to see if it can tax you more to make up for some of the money it's spending that it doesn't have. That should be a line in a comedy skit, not a reality.
This also makes the point that government would have no hesitation whatsoever – if it can manage to wrangle the power to do it – in deciding what you should or shouldn't consume – all in the name of health care dollars – and punishing you if you don't conform. And, of course, regulators and bureaucrats can't assume that power unless Congress hands it to them through this health care reform monstrosity.
While you're noodling over that, you might also consider another voice that came out today in opposition to the present health care reform bill. Dr. Jeffery Filer, dean of the Harvard Medical School said:
Speeches and news reports can lead you to believe that proposed congressional legislation would tackle the problems of cost, access and quality. But that's not true. The various bills do deal with access by expanding Medicaid and mandating subsidized insurance at substantial cost—and thus addresses an important social goal. However, there are no provisions to substantively control the growth of costs or raise the quality of care. So the overall effort will fail to qualify as reform.
Make sure you read the whole thing.
[HT: Katherine P.]
Senate Update: Reconciliation Out – Luring RINOs In?
Is anyone else tired of hearing about Sarah Palin? As an aside, she's ginned up one heck of a media storm to push her book – I'll give her that. One of the best I've ever seen.
Anyway, on to the Senate.
First the semi-good news from the senior chamber – the Senate won't consider the cap-and-trade economy buster bill until spring. Harry Reid, Senate majority leader and all around putz, says they simply can't get to it before then. That, of course, gives us the opportunity to concentrate fully on the other legislative monstrosity they're engaged in trying to pass – health care reform.
Reports have Reid "cautiously optimistic" about getting the 60 votes necessary to invoke cloture and pass the bill. How, you say? Well there's a new strategy, apparently. Forget reconciliation and get Republican Senator Olympia Snowe on board (yes, the terrifying RINO attack). CQ (via Brian Faughnan) reports:
Senate Democrats have abandoned plans to use a fast-track parliamentary strategy to avert a threatened Republican filibuster and pass a health care overhaul — a signal that they are considering major policy concessions to moderates.
The most significant of these could be restructuring or dropping altogether a proposed government-run insurance plan — the so-called public option — that many liberals consider a necessary part of the overhaul.
The idea, of course, is to attract at least one Republican by removing the obstacle of a "public option". It would also supposedly allow all Democrat hold-outs (Lincoln, Landreau and Nelson) and Independent (Democrat) Joe Lieberman to support the bill.
The substitute?
One possible fallback is a proposal by Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., to create a government-sanctioned insurance plan that would be available only in states deemed to lack affordable private insurance plans. Under Carper's plan, the insurance plan would be structured as a private nonprofit entity, run by a board appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate…
You have to love the use of "private" immediately followed by the president having to be "confirmed by the Senate". Yeah, no undue pressure can be brought to bear in that sort of a set-up can there?
Anyway, the entire point of Carper's plan is to lure Olympia Snowe on board (the fact that it isn't a public option should bring Lieberman and others on board – or at least that appears to be the thinking):
…[Carper's] proposal is similar to one Maine Republican Olympia J. Snowe offered that would create a "trigger" for the public option, making it available only if private insurers fail to meet deadlines and targets for affordable insurance plans.
What a coincidence. A plan that a RINO could love. Of course the details have yet to be set in concrete:
Carper said he was still discussing how the government would determine whether private insurance in a state is unaffordable. A bill the Finance Committee approved (S 1796) deems insurance unaffordable if premiums consume more than 10 percent of a policyholder's income.
The government would lend money to the new nonprofit for startup costs. After that, Carper said, the plan would have to be self-sufficient.
Of course the policyholders may not care that premiums consume more than 10% of their income if the benefits warrant that. However, as I recall, the plan is to tax "Cadillac plans" into oblivion anyway – so we can all suffer the same mundane "benefits" despite our willingness to pay for more. So I would think the trigger would never be pulled. Oh, what am I saying, this is government we're talking about – triggers are mechanisms placed in bills to allay legislative fears and give legislators cover back home when explaining their vote. All of them know that there is every intention, if a trigger is placed in the legislation, of finding an excuse to pull it. And my guess is they'll use the same sort of math to decide to pull the trigger as they have in computing "saved and lost jobs".
Secondly, does anyone believe that if the government gives this new "nonprofit" startup money, it won't save it if it begins to fail? If so, I'll have to ask which turnip truck you fell off of last night. This, like the vast majority of the legislation on health care, is all smoke and mirrors designed only to provide political cover for its passage.
That's apparently the developing plan in the Senate. Reid has to get this done and passed before Dec. 18th when Congress plans on going into recess until next year. Your job, should you decide to take it, is to ensure they go home unhappy and unfulfilled with this legislation still marked as "pending".
Debt Tops 12 Trillion – Can A Substantial Tax Increase Be Far Behind?
Another out of control government spending milestone tries to slip by quietly:
It's another record-high for the U.S. National Debt which today topped the $12-trillion mark. Divided evenly among the U.S. population, it amounts to$38,974.34 for every man, woman and child.
Technically, the debt hit the new high yesterday, but it was posted on the Treasury Department website just after 3:00 p.m. ET today. The exact calculation of the debt is a 16-digit tongue-twister and red-ink tsunami: $12,031,299,186,290.07
And the 12 trillion mark was reached 8 months after reaching the 11 trillion mark – with oceans of red ink ahead as far as the eye can see according to the budgets the Obama administration has projected.
But don't worry, Sec. of Treasury Timothy "Turbo Tax" Geithner, hero of the AIG bailout, had said they plan on getting serious about the debt. Are you feeling more assured now?
James Pethokoukas thinks he's picked up on how they plan on doing that – or at least the trial balloon they've launched concerning their idea to see how well it flies. He saw this is the Wall Street Journal.
But the chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers admitted that health reform and a growing economy isn't enough to bring down the deficit. She did mention one other place that revenue could come from: letting the Bush tax cuts expire.
You say, "that's not news, they've always talked about letting the Bush tax cuts expire". No. That's not what they've always talked about. They've talked about letting them expire on the richest of Americans. But "95% of you won't see your taxes go up by a single dime" – remember? Pethokoukas thinks the statement by CoEA Christina Romer is talking about all of the Bush era tax cuts:
Since Obama already wants to get rid of the income and capital gains tax cuts for wealthier Americans that expire at the end of 2010, clearly what Romer is referring to is the rest of the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts. Letting all the 2001 cuts — rate reductions, child tax credit marriage penalty relief — expire would raise tax revenues by $2.5 trillion through 2019. (These CBO numbers assume no negative economic feedback impact from higher taxes.) And letting the 2003 tax cuts on capital gains and dividends expire would be tantamount to a $350 billion tax increase through 2019. And none of this includes possible plans for a VAT that could raise $400 billion a year more to close the huge projected gap — maybe 7 percentage points — between spending as a percentage of GDP and revenues as a percentage of GDP.
3 trillion in raised taxes? If they can manage to get away with it – you bet. And the previous no new taxes pledge for the 95%? It will be explained away as having been overcome by events – the financial meltdown, bailout, stimulus, etc. And again, you will be reminded that government, not you, has first claim on your property as they again raid your paychecks to the tune of a cool 3 trillion over 10 years.
Hope And Change: Obama Disappointing Europe Over Climate Change?
If the article in Der Spiegel is any indication, the answer is "yes". Lead paragraph:
US President Barack Obama came to office promising hope and change. But on climate change, he has followed in the footsteps of his predecessor George W. Bush. Now, should the climate summit in Copenhagen fail, the blame will lie squarely with Obama.
What, he can't blame Bush? Surely he can find a way. I guarantee one thing – he will blame it on Republicans and then the Senate.
But the disappointment in Obama is not only palpable, it is obvious:
Barack Obama cast himself as a "citizen of the world" when he delivered his well-received campaign speech in Berlin in the summer of 2008. But the US president has now betrayed this claim. In his Berlin speech, he was dishonest with Europe. Since then, Obama has neglected the single most important issue for an American president who likes to imagine himself as a world citizen, namely his country's addiction to fossil fuels and the risks of unchecked climate change. Health care reform and other domestic issues were more important to him than global environmental threats. He was either unwilling or unable to convince skeptics in his own ranks and potential defectors from the ranks of the Republicans to support him, for example by promising alternative investments as a compensation for states with large coal reserves.
Obama's announcement at the APEC summit that it was no longer possible to secure a binding treaty in Copenhagen, is the result of his own negligence. China, India and other emerging economies have always spoken openly about the fact that the US, as the world's largest emitter of CO2, has to be proactive in commiting itself to targets agreed on by way of international negotiation. But that is not America's style. The US is quite happy to see itself as the leader of the Western world. But when it comes to climate change, America has once again failed miserably — for the umpteenth time.
To that I say, "thank goodness" for the umpteenth time. This is all a load of blarney and those who've looked at the science and considered the findings of scientific skeptics know that not only is the science far from settled, there's no "scientific consensus" in its validity.
That said, it's interesting to see how quickly Mr. "Citizen of the World" Obama gets thrown under the bus by Europe. Anyone who has observed Europe over the years would have anticipated this – perhaps not this quickly. But there was no "reset" with the rampant anti-Americanism that lives there. There was only a pause – mostly because they disliked George W Bush so much. But this particular article – among more and more I'm seeing lately – signals a return of the Europe we've all known and loved for so long – anti-American, disdainful of all things American and proud of it. Climate change is simply their latest excuse to take shots at the US and its leadership.
It'll be interesting to see how the administration reacts to this building criticism. My guess is, given how they've reacted here, it won't be pretty.
"Give 'Em An Inch …"
To me the UK has become the example of what can happen when you allow the state to begin to usurp liberties in the name of "safety" or "security". What may first be given over to the state usually becomes an ever expanding list of things the state then feels enabled to intrude upon. The old "camel's nose under the tent". The latest example from Britain:
Health and safety inspectors are to be given unprecedented access to family homes to ensure that parents are protecting their children from household accidents.
New guidance drawn up at the request of the Department of Health urges councils and other public sector bodies to "collect data" on properties where children are thought to be at "greatest risk of unintentional injury".
Council staff will then be tasked with overseeing the installation of safety devices in homes, including smoke alarms, stair gates, hot water temperature restrictors, oven guards and window and door locks.
The draft guidance by a committee at the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has been criticised as intrusive and further evidence of the "creeping nanny state".
Ya think? Two things at work here – one of which we're all familiar, even in the US. This is what? It is "for the children". All manner of state intrusion is prefaced by claiming it is "for the children". Which brings us to the second thing – the assumption by the state that parents are too dumb and inept to properly care for their children. While this is true of some, certainly, the standard is applied to all. And we've certainly seen evidence that the state is so much better, haven't we?
So why does the state not only feel the necessity but right to intrude at such a level?
About 100,000 children are admitted to hospital each year for home injuries at a cost of £146m.
Oh, health care costs. And who controls the health care in the UK.
Why the state, of course. So of course it feels it has the right to intrude. When the state pays for health care, it assumes the "right" to tell you how to live your life and it also feels empowered to do what is necessary to make you do so in order to drive down costs, doesn't it?
Well, it does in the UK. And we're about to hand a similar power over to the state with this health care bill being considered. Our camel's nose under the tent moment, if you will. In terms of intrusion, it may not be quite as bad as the UK's – yet. But then they've had 60 years to get to this point.
Still Won't Say It
ABC News leads the report with this:
Major Nidal Malik Hasan's military superiors repeatedly ignored or rebuffed his efforts to open criminal prosecutions of soldiers he claimed had confessed to "war crimes" during psychiatric counseling, according to investigative reports circulated among federal law enforcement officials.
The report goes on to account for his last few hours and his activities, and the asserts:
Investigators believe Hasan's frustration over the failure of the Army to pursue what he regarded as criminal acts by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan may have helped to trigger the shootings.
Really? So I wonder why he didn't go after the soldiers who had allegedly committed the war crimes versus a random lot at a processing center?
The report continues with some pretty damning evidence that not only were there a lot of red flags with this guy, but they seem to have been pretty darn obvious. That doesn't change the fact that other than some oblique references to his religion, ABC cannot seem to acknowledge that perhaps, at base, it was that which "may have helped trigger the shootings".
Decision Time Afghanistan – How Much Of It Is About Politics?
Richard Fernandez of the Belmont Club writes a very well done essay on the present Afghanistan decision making process. He compares Andrew Sullivan's apologia with David Kilcullen's concerns about the time involved in reaching a decision. You can disregard the Sullivan part except to understand that he thinks it is just marvelous that Obama is taking so much time considering all the options and doing his homework before making a decision to change the strategy there.
Fernandez reminds us of a very important point that seems to have escaped many as they await the decision. The strategy President Obama is planning on changing is his own. In March of this year he said:
Good morning. Today, I am announcing a comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
This marks the conclusion of a careful policy review that I ordered as soon as I took office. My Administration has heard from our military commanders and diplomats. We have consulted with the Afghan and Pakistani governments; with our partners and NATO allies; and with other donors and international organizations. And we have also worked closely with members of Congress here at home. Now, I'd like to speak clearly and candidly to the American people. … So let me be clear …
This is surely something the administration would like you to forget. And thus you hear all the nonsense that's been coming out lately (and has gotten pushback from former VP Dick Cheney) that Afghanistan was just left adrift by the former administration. It is nonsense because the basis of the March "careful policy review" was that which the former Bush administration had done.
However that's not really the point – the point is that a "comprehensive, new strategy" for both Afghanistan and Pakistan were announced by this administration. A new general, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, was named to implement that strategy. Now, suddenly, they're involved in reviewing that strategy.
What, if anything, has changed?
The event that has been blamed is the national election in Afghanistan. And, as mentioned, it has been coupled with the baseless claim that the Afghan war was left adrift by the Bush administration. The former problem, while serious, isn't a show stopper (see Iraq). The latter problem is simply untrue. What has changed is the politics surrounding Afghanistan. The polls show a deeply divided United States with the majority not favoring an escalation and many favoring we leave altogether. Given his domestic political problems trying to ram an unpopular agenda through Congress – which has succeeded in splitting his base as well as firing up the political opposition – he needs something with which to bring his base back in line. Afghanistan may be that issue.
Consider too who he has involved in his review: VP Joe Biden who is pushing a minimalist "super ninja" strategy. He wants to use special operators and drones to kill al Qaeda. Let Pakistan and Afghanistan sort themselves out politically. Obviously if that means the Taliban takes over Afghanistan again, well, so be it. The fact that Biden was wrong about every aspect of Iraq as he suggested strategy then doesn't seem to matter. Also included is Sen. John Kerry. He's considered such a lightweight when it comes to military matters that he's usually ignored outright when he pontificates on matters about which he obviously hasn't a clue. He thinks Gen. McChrystal's plan goes "too far, too fast". The fact that Kerry has somehow managed to include himself and is apparently being taken seriously by Obama tells you how little Obama knows about any of this and how out of his depth he is on the issue.
Lastly, there's David Axelrod, who claims he "doesn't have a seat at the table" when these policy reviews take place, but attends every one of them anyway. While he may not have an official seat at the policy review table, he owns the table of chief political advisor and Obama sits at that table daily. Axelrod's job is to divine the political winds and keep Obama sailing in the fair ones.
Thus the strategy review. When Gen. McChrystal accepted the job to implement the Obama administration's new March '09 comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, he began what all new commanders do – a commander's review. In that review he takes the strategy and mission and he games them out. He attempts to ascertain, to the best of his ability, what it will take in terms of resources to accomplish the mission the strategy outlines. Once he has ascertained that, he submits his plan to his commander – in this case, directly to the President.
It isn't a complicated process – the boss gives you a mission. You analyze the mission, determine what it takes to accomplish the mission and you go back to the boss with a plan and a request for resources. That's precisely what happened.
However, in the interim, politics began to rear its head. In July, right in the middle of the assessment process, Obama's National Security Advisor and former Marine General Jim Jones showed up in Afghanistan and made it very clear that requests for more troops would not be a welcome event. Speaking to Marine commanders there he was quite clear:
Now suppose you're the president, Jones told them, and the requests come into the White House for yet more force. How do you think Obama might look at this? Jones asked, casting his eyes around the colonels. How do you think he might feel?
Jones let the question hang in the air-conditioned, fluorescent-lighted room. Nicholson and the colonels said nothing.
Well, Jones went on, after all those additional troops, 17,000 plus 4,000 more, if there were new requests for force now, the president would quite likely have "a Whiskey Tango Foxtrot moment." Everyone in the room caught the phonetic reference to WTF — which in the military and elsewhere means "What the [expletive]?"
Nicholson and his colonels — all or nearly all veterans of Iraq — seemed to blanch at the unambiguous message that this might be all the troops they were going to get.
The "17,000 plus 4,000 more" troops were a part of that March '09 "new" strategy based on the former administration's plans. Jones made it very clear that regardless of what these commanders thought they needed to do the mission they'd been given, they'd better plan on doing it with what they had. And later, in another interview, Jones dismissed any additional troops requests or their need by claiming that all commanders in the field ask for more troops, whether they really need them or not.
Apparently, however, Gen. McChrystal decided, Jones admonishment notwithstanding, that he couldn't with clear conscience, heed that advice and accomplish the mission given (although rumor has it he cut his initial estimate of troops needed from 60,000 to 40,000). He went ahead and submitted his plan at the end of August asking for more resources and troops.
Back to that fairly simple process I outlined above. Once you submit your plan to your boss with the request for resources necessary to accomplish that mission you normally then sit down with him and explain and defend your plan. That, of course, has never happened. And that 20 minutes on the tarmac in Airforce One while in Copenhagen did not give McChrystal the opportunity to do that. That meeting was driven by bad press and politics, not a desire to meet with and discuss the plan McChrystal had submitted. The required meeting, to date, still hasn't happened. But numerous "war council" meetings continue to happen. And as word leaks out, it appears politics – not a mission to succeed in Afghanistan – is taking center stage.
On October 31st, in their Washington Post article, Anne Kornblut and Greg Jaffe made it clear that Obama was seeking a political decision vs. a military one:
The military chiefs have been largely supportive of a resource request by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, that would by one Pentagon estimate require the deployment of 44,000 additional troops. But opinion among members of Obama's national security team is divided, and he now appears to be seeking a compromise solution that would satisfy both his military and civilian advisers.
A worse scenario cannot be imagined. But it is in perfect keeping with how a politician would work vs. a Commander in Chief. Compromise is the bread-and-butter of politics. It is about keeping constituencies satisfied, if not happy. Contentment means votes. But compromise in terms of military strategy usually means disaster. Attempting to satisfy "both his military and civilian advisers" means he's looking for the best political solution, not the best military solution.
And since such a solution is hardly obvious, he dithers. Sullivan mistakes that for slow, considered and methodical decision making. But in reality, it is a method of stalling as old man himself. Ask for more information, reject the options presented, send your minions back to the drawing board – all the while making the argument or implication that it is the fault of those presenting the options for not getting it right, not the CiC. Of course, anyone with any military experience knows that's nonsense since it is the "commander's guidance" from which any options are derived.
That brings us back to David Kilcullen. If you're not familiar with Kilcullen, he's considered to be one of the gurus when it comes to counter-insurgency warfare. And Kilcullen gets to the very nut of the problem with this "process" that Sullivan mistakenly praises:
David Kilcullen, one of the world's leading authorities on counter-insurgency and an adviser to the British government as well as the US state department, said Obama's delay in reaching a decision over extra troops had been "messy". He said it not only worried US allies but created uncertainty the Taliban could exploit.
Speaking in an interview with the Guardian, he compared the president to someone "pontificating" over whether to send enough firefighters into a burning building to put a fire out. …
Kilcullen expressed concern that Obama might deny McChrystal the 40,000 extra troops and split the difference between the four options, the kind of fudge common in domestic politics.
"Time is running out for us to make a decision. We can either put in enough troops to control the environment or we can credibly communicate our intention to leave. Either could work. Splitting the difference is not the way to go," Kilcullen said.
"It feels to me that all these options are dangerously close to the middle ground and we have to consider whether the middle ground is a good place to be. The middle ground is a good place on domestic issues, but not on strategy. You either commit to D-Day and invade the continent or you get Suez. Half-measures end up with Suez. Do it or not do it."
There is no "third way". At least not a credible one. In this sort of warfare, to use a poker analogy, you either fold or you're "all in". Domestic political considerations should have absolutely no place in these sorts of deliberations and decisions. But it is clear they do.
That is also clearly a disservice (to put it mildly) to every man and woman in uniform serving our nation today. It is also something which may easily get many of them killed.
So let's remember President Obama's words at NAS Jacksonville when he told those gathered there:
And while I will never hesitate to use force to protect the American people or our vital interests, I also promise you this-and this is very important as we consider our next steps in Afghanistan:
I will never rush the solemn decision of sending you into harm's way. I won't risk your lives unless it is absolutely necessary. And if it is necessary, we will back you up. Because you deserve the strategy, the clear mission, the defined goals and the equipment and support you need to get the job done. That's the promise I make to you.
Gen. McChrystal, based on the commander's guidance issued by the president in his March '09 strategy for Afghanistan, has done his review and submitted his plan to accomplish the mission outlined in that strategy. Now the commander wants to change the strategy.
Is it any wonder that many doubt Obama's commitment to success in Afghanistan, military or otherwise? Is it any wonder that many are concluding that he's looking for "off ramps" well before talking about "on ramps". And is it any wonder then, that those considering how this process is progressing have come to the conclusion that it's not about the military or winning in Afghanistan – it's about the politics of getting re-elected before pulling the plug.
If that's the case, President Obama will be seen as spending the lives of American soldiers in an attempt to protect his political viability. There is nothing most could think of which would be more despicable than that.
Thinning The RINO Herd?
Here's an interesting exchange between Chris Wallace and Republican GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Fox News Sunday yesterday:
WALLACE: Let me turn, because I would — I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't ask you a few political questions, Senator.
Conservatives are now talking about launching primary challenges against candidates who are actually picked by the Senate Republican leadership in a number of states. We have them up on a map there — in Florida, in Connecticut, in Illinois, in California, and your home state of Kentucky.
In fact, it has gotten so serious that the National Republican Senate Committee has stopped endorsing candidates because it seems that it creates a grassroots backlash.
How concerned are you — how much of a threat is this split within the GOP to your chances in 2010, the way it kind of messed up things in that upstate congressional district in New York?
MCCONNELL: No threat at all. I mean, what you see here is enormous enthusiasm to run. People believe that getting the Republican nomination means you have a good chance of winning.
And so we've got, for example, a four-way primary in Connecticut for our nomination, a state we haven't been competitive in in a very long time. So our view is this is an indication of the shifting political environment.
We all know the Gallup poll just last week, in response — asked the American people if the election were held today would you vote for the Republican candidate for Congress or the Democratic candidate for Congress. Our side had a four-point lead. Among independents it had a 22-point lead.
The political landscape, Chris, has shifted dramatically in the last year…
WALLACE: But — but let…
MCCONNELL: … since this administration, and that's…
WALLACE: … but let me just…
MCCONNELL: … why all of these — that's why all of these people want to run for office.
WALLACE: But let me just briefly ask you about the political landscape within the party, because it now seems that an endorsement by the National Republican Senatorial Committee is a bad thing, not a badge of honor.
MCCONNELL: Well, they generally don't endorse anyway. So it doesn't make any difference. I mean, we're happy that there are a lot of people running, and the reason they're running is because they think the nomination's worth having because they think they can win in November.
Now I find all of that very interesting for a couple of reasons. One:
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's public support is collapsing in South Carolina – driven by a wholesale revolt among the GOP electorate and a steady erosion of his support amongst independents.
Already consistently loathed by a solid third of GOP voters, Graham's recent leftward bent – including his co-authoring of a controversial "Cap and Tax" proposal supported by President Barack Obama and liberal Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) – has him locked in a "terminal free fall," according one prominent Republican consultant.
I told you about that in a post entitled "Why The GOP Remains A Minority Party". Graham is typical of the type of politician the conservative base is sick and tired of. While NY-23 was the harbinger, Graham's defeat in a primary would be the definitive signal that the game has decidedly changed within the GOP. Mitch McConnell, putting the best face he can on it, has obviously sniffed out the trend and is "enthusiastically" supporting it.
That's the second thing I find interesting – will the NRSC be throwing funds Graham's way in his next re-election campaign (certainly doing so would be interpreted as a sign of endorsement) or not? Taking McConnell and the NRSC at their word (always an iffy bet) I'd have to say no.
The bottom line here is the politicians are paying attention. Given McConnell's words they don't see this building opposition to the more "moderate" Scozzafava-type Republicans as going away. In fact, when McConnell says they're seeing a "shifting political environment", he's admitting they've finally figured out where that shift is headed, the fact that it is not a fad or a temporary phenomenon and that he and the rest of the GOP politicians had better get on board or find themselves facing a primary opponent.
I'm going to be very interested to see where that leaves mushy old Lindsey Graham in all of this when election time rolls around.
The Bow
I've got to tell you I'm a lot less excited about "the bow" Barack Obama gave the Emperor of Japan than many on the right. But it does, surprisingly, show an amazing lack of sophistication in our supposed cool and sophisticated President. Not about Japanese culture in particular – a bow is not necessarily a bad thing if it is a bow of equals. His was decidedly not a bow of equals. But instead it demonstrates his lack of knowledge concerning the job he holds. American presidents don't bow (at least to that extent) to foreign kings or emperors. Just as we don't dip our flag to any king or emperor, we don't bow before them. In fact, we made sure that we'd never have ranks and/or titles of nobility in this country by essentially outlawing them. His bow is just another in a long line of indicators that he's not well prepared for the job.
I think what offends Americans – at least some Americans – is the type of bow Mr. Obama used. Too deep, eyes to the ground, etc. etc. You can read all of the critiques elsewhere. Had he matched the Emperor's bow (much like the bow he gave the Empress), no problem.
You have to wonder who his protocol people are and whether or not he listened to them or did this on his own. Regardless, he looked foolish and that's not what we pay our Presidents to do. Of course, as some have pointed out, it's probably, better than blowing your lunch in the Japanese PM's lap George HW Bush did – but not much.
In diplomacy, symbolism is very, very important. So is tradition. Both were set on their ear with the bow. You have to wonder when Obama is going to realize that with the job comes the examination of every single thing he does or doesn't do. But in the big scheme of things, I find his gaff below to be much worse than his bow to the Emperor of Japan.
Commander's in Chief salute or put their hands over their hearts at appropriate times during ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknowns on Veteran's day (like when everyone else is saluting or putting their hand over their heart). They don't stand there giving a crotch salute. Typically self-absorbed, I'm sure he just completely forgot this particular ceremony wasn't all about him.


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I found myself thinking this morning about the recent, somewhat challenging thread about breastfeeding. I am a huge breastfeeding advocate and was lucky enough to be successful at nursing my first 2 children for more than a year. But I also recognize that feeding baby #2 was WAY easier than baby #1. The funny part if that baby #2 had a much more difficult time. (She had severe reflux for 6 mo., was a biter, refused a paci, bottle and never sucked her fingers so it was just me.) If I am really honest, baby #2 was easier for me because I had already done it and knew what to expect and how to handle the snags. I wish I had that feeling of confidence with #1 that I had with #2. There are lots of FTMs on the board (or mom's who want to try nursing again or for the first time) who discuss their desire to nurse their children. I would love to hear from other BTDT moms -- what helped you stick with it, what advice did you get that helped you, what do you wish you had known that you only figured out later?
For me, nobody in my family had EVER nursed. So there was somewhat veiled disapproval at the start. And once baby #1 was here, I was told several times that I needed to get formula and feed the baby so she didn't starve. But I had one neighbor that told me when I was pregnanct, "if you want to nurse, commit to 8 weeks. Don't let anything sway your decision (unless there is a need for medical intervention). The first 6-8 weeks are really hard. But don't even think about giving up during that time. If you are going to revisit your decision, do it after 8 weeks." That ended up being the greatest advice ever. About 6 weeks, everything finally clicked and I realized I had figured out what I was doing, the baby had learned what she was doing and we had worked out a pretty great schedule.
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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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Skip to comments.9 Performers Injured During R.I. Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus Act
Posted on 05/04/2014 1:48:03 PM PDT by massmike
Nine circus performers were injured in a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus act at the Dunkin Donuts Center.
The performers were part of an aerial act during the noon show. Witnesses on scene said scaffolding holding the performers fell more than 20 feet to the ground.
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The performance was suspended after the apparent accident and the 3 p.m. show canceled.
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I bet that was hair raising.
Too bad, hope they recover well. My Dad, now 90, and I are circus fans. Ringling is almost the last big American circus still doing shows across America. Thanks to the Feld family for keeping it going.
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I heard on the radio that one of the performers fell 40 feet. Pretty amazing nobody was killed. Doubly if everyone will be able to walk after they recover from "non life-threatening" injuries. Not long ago, I think a Cirque d'Soliel performer died in a 30 foot fall.
There is a small local circus out of Oklahoma that occasionally comes to a nearby town. It's a lot more enjoyable than the big arena circus.
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Aw man, you crashed that little dream I just had!
The animal rights activists hate circuses. Let's hope this incident doesn't give the liberals any ammunition.
I saw this very show.....Legends....about 3 months ago in Orlando.
Amazing performers.......incredible show.
But they're at the mercy of whoever is in charge of the rigging, I guess and they're constantly tearing down and putting up.
Hope everyone is recovering!
FWIW........An organized group was in the street ....as we were in line for the. show......loudly demanding people not attend, because of 'so called' animal cruelty........they were rude.....had pictures and were scaring the children.
Wondering if the show could have been sabotaged??????
PETA is probably pleased...all the injured were humans. You can imagine the outrage if a falling acrobat had landed on an elephant.
At least two clown cars didn't have a head on, it's two score or more dead and injured when that happens.
A lot of scalping going on in the parking lot before the show.
follicle malfunction?
The last time I was in a walmart, it was like the circus was in town, with everyone all tattooed up like carnival workers...One 300 pound lady appeared to be wearing her 11 year olds shorts....gak
Maybe the shorts were 11 years old
I am ashamed of some posts here today.....uncalled for and mean spirited.
Those ladies were trying to make a living......and now they are injured.
Who knows how critical they are......falling from 40 feet!
Could you not pray for them??????
Did that have something to do with the story?
Just making a point, it could be worse...
I saw the Ringling Bros circus back in 1953. Under the Big top! We saw how the elephants raised the tent and everything! I think they referred to the people watching as "Lot Lice".
It was like a real life blue meanie and she had what appeared to be headless demon tattooed on her back.
When I got to the doors, I was almost running.
I've seen them! A small nice show under the Big Top. Also seen Circus Vargas.
That's right. The elephant could have been badly hurt. The Senate would have called a hearing to see what went wrong and find solutions.
Sounds like a bad blind date
So, the oversized broad was no lady.
People do seem a little flippant, considering these women were just injured, and we don't yet know how serious they all are.
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I asked her how she can verify I received the "first letter" as I never have and she stated, "because we sent it". I told her in 2006 I consolidated all my debts and paid through a consolidation company. I was cleared of any debt and do not know what this debt is for and why I have not been contacted previously if it is mine. She stated they received the debt in September 2007 and had no explanation as to why I was just receiving this type of letter today.
Her comment when I disbuted the debt was, " I will note you are refusing to pay". I asked to speak to her boss and she stated she was the boss and hung up on me. When I called in on the local number rather than the 800#, I was put on hold when I asked to speak to the Manager and no-one ever came back on the line.
My questions, were simple, who is the company and what is the debt for? I would also like proof of this debt. I was not able to ask the questions and therefore still am in the dark as to what this is all about.
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The latest addition to our Reviews Section is by Jan Pytalski on María Rosa Lojo's Passionate Nomads, translated by Brett Alan Sanders, published by Aliform Publishing.
Jan (a.k.a. Janek) is a current student in the MA in Literary Translation Studies at the University of Rochester, and hails from Great Poland (where the potato was invented). As a Fulbright scholar and Eastern European, his duties include playing on our Literary Folk indoor soccer league team, teaching us how to make paçzki, and introducing us to some great Polish literature. He's also a great lover of world literature in general. This review is one of several we'll be posting in the near future, written as assignments by Chad's Intro to Publishing students. Here's the beginning of Janek's review:
Passionate Nomads, by Argentinian writer María Rosa Lojo, comes to us from Aliform Publishing in a riveting translation from its Spanish original by Brett Alan Sanders. And before I get into the book's details, allow me to first make a quick and rather bold statement: if these roughly 250 pages of prose lack anything, it's proper marketing and getting word about it out there. Consider this an executive order, if you will, to dig deep into your pockets and buy a copy.
Behind the publishing of Passionate Nomads is also a passionate story. Sanders received a grant to translate the book, but due to external circumstances had to make a rather dramatic decision and in the end used the grant to actually publish the book. Now, if that's not passionate enough for you, I don't know what is. Ursula K. Le Guin blurbed the book and wrote:
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The Right Man is the first inside account of a historic year in the Bush White House, by the presidential speechwriter credited with the phrase axis of evil. David Frum helped make international headlines when President George W. Bush's 2002 State of the Union address linked international terrorists to Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. But that was only one moment during a crucial time in American history, when a president, an administration, and a country were transformed.
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Before becoming a White House speechwriter, David Frum was a highly regarded author of books and political commentary and an influential voice on the pages of The Wall Street Journal and The Weekly Standard. His commentary has been described by William F. Buckley as "the most refreshing ideological experience in a generation." Now, in The Right Man, we see Frum as a front-row observer and participant. Not since Peggy Noonan's account of her time in the Reagan White House has an insider portrayed a sitting president with such precision, verve, honest admiration, and insight.
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Jan 12, 2013 - 12:41 am
Well I made it thru the whole brain radiation, lost my hair, felt sick most of the time. I have to wait a few weeks for a folllow up MRI but in the mean time they found some disease in a few lymphnodes and a small spot on my hip. No rest for the weary..started right on Abraxane. First treatment was 1/2/2013. I don't think I feel that bad from it. It's hard to tell because I still have the effects of the radiation. They said those could last 6-8 weeks.
The rads also caused swelling in my nasal passages and ear canals which have become infected so I am having trouble hearing too. I got steroid drops and anti biotics today so hopefully they will kick in over the weekend.
Just wondering how others have done on the Abraxane. I will be getting a treatment every three weeks. The doc said the side effects will be similar to the Taxol. I was achy for a few days and tired but not really sick. When I was doing Taxol my hair started growing back! Hoping for that.
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I am glad to see your post. Yes, keep fighting there is hope and future for you and your family. Sorry for all side efeects, hopefully your brain is clear fromcancer and sidE Effect will go away.
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Hey Dana,
Thank you for the update. Praying for good MRI results. Glad your not feeling to bad. Hope that continues. You always in my prayers. Stay strong. Be well.
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Sister in Pink. Hoping for wonderful news regarding your MRI. Please know that we are here for you, sending positive thoughts and loads of prayers.
Strength, Courage and HOPE for a Cure in 2013.
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Good to see your update Dana. Praying for good news on your MRI!
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Glad the rads are over and hope they did the trick. Best of luck on the Abraxane and knocking the mets back. Sending hugs and prayers.
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Congrats on finishing rads and keep fighting!
Hugs, Jan
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Dana, sending you lots of prayers and hoping that you will get good MRI results.
Jan 12, 2013 - 7:56 pm
As long as there is hope, why not keep fighting? I think that is how most of us here feel.


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