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How Communist is China?

Read the rest. It is quite insightful.

GOP presidential prospect Barbour questions Afghan policy - Sunday, Apr. 17, 2011

Haley Barbour intrigues me.

RealClearPolitics - The Politics of Wishful Thinking

I agree.

President Scofflaw

When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence "all men are created equal," he knew this wasn't literally true. He knew we are tall and short, fat and thin, smart and stupid, industrious and lazy, rich and poor, male and female, black and white, brown, yellow and red.

What Mr. Jefferson meant is that we are entitled to equal justice under law. Equality before the law has been the cornerstone of our democracy. But maybe not for much longer.

The Department of Health and Human Services has so far granted hundreds of waivers to Obamacare. Most have gone to labor unions, companies and other organizations which support the administration.

The law Congress passed contains no language authorizing anyone in the executive branch to grant waivers. The Obama administration claims the authority is implied by the broad powers the legislation grants to the HHS secretary. The Founding Fathers beg to differ.

via www.post-gazette.com

How do you think the Founding Fathers would respond to the Health Care Law?

Hard Rock Hallelujah - Mens Choir

RealClearPolitics - Video - Paul Ryan: No Leadership From WH; Dramatically Inaccurate Speech

Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery. We need solutions.

via www.realclearpolitics.com

Chinese Officials Discourage Time Travel in TV and Movies - TIME NewsFeed

The China Television Director Committee, an arm of the powerful State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), announced in a statement that TV dramas must not contain elements of time travel in their plots, as it "disrespects history."

via newsfeed.time.com

WOW! I am glad I don't watch Chinese TV. I loved Back to the Future!

The ‘Privacy Bill of Rights’ Is in the Bill of Rights | Cato @ Liberty

Every lover of liberty and the Constitution should be offended by the moniker “Privacy Bill of Rights” appended to regulatory legislation Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and John McCain (R-AZ) introduced yesterday.

via www.cato-at-liberty.org

Charles Wolf, Jr.: The Facts About American 'Decline' - WSJ.com

It's fashionable among academics and pundits to proclaim that the U.S. is in decline and no longer No. 1 in the world. The declinists say they are realists. In fact, their alarm is unrealistic.

via online.wsj.com

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Pray. Hope. Prepare. by Thomas Friedman - NYTimes.com

Make no mistake where my heart lies. I still believe this Arab democracy movement was inevitable, necessary and built on a deep and authentic human quest for freedom, dignity and justice. But without extraordinary leadership, the Arab transitions are going to be much harder than in Eastern Europe. Pray for Germanys. Hope for South Africas. Prepare for Yugoslavias.

via www.nytimes.com