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Friday, April 24. 2009

Must Read

Krauthammer: The Grand Strategy. A quote:



Taken as a whole, Obama's social democratic agenda is breathtaking. And the rollout has thus far been brilliant. It follows Kaus' advice to "give pandering a chance" and adheres to the Democratic tradition of being the party that gives things away, while leaving the green-eyeshade stinginess to those heartless Republicans.


It will work for a while, but there is no escaping rationing. In the end, the spinach must be served.


Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 17:13 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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As someone whose health care will be "rationed" under the Obama Master Plan, I am worried more than a bit. If, as is planned by the devisers of this pernicious plan, a civilian board of non-medical people are going to decide whether it is "worthwhile" to prolong my useless [to them] life, it's really scary. Like Pastor Niemoller famously said in the Second World War, "First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I was not a communist, then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew ... and then they came for me, and there was no one to speak up for me."

"This is the way the world ends ... not with a bang, but a whimper."

Marianne
#1 Marianne Matthews on 2009-04-24 17:33 (Reply)
The young are mostly foolish, heartless. They think they will never get old.
#2 bob on 2009-04-24 21:23 (Reply)

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