From a Republican poll watcher friend’s email:
CBS News released its own poll on Tuesday, finding that Americans disapprove of Obama’s handling of health care by 47%-40%, a 9 point increase since July. A majority believe “the health care reforms under consideration in Congress” will “mostly hurt” the middle class (43%) or have no effect (21%). Twice as many (46%) believe it will hurt small business than believe it will help them (23%). By two to one, Americans believe the proposals will increase their health care costs and by almost three to one, they believe the proposals will make it harder to see their doctor. In CBS’ June poll, a majority (50%) believed government would do a better job of providing health insurance than private companies; now, a plurality (47%) thinks government would do a worse job and only about a third (36%) believe government will do a better job.
A poll from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press released this week found that a majority of Americans, 53%, have now heard “a lot” about “the bills in Congress to overhaul the health care system” while another 40% have hard “a little.” So it seems the more people learn about the proposals from President Obama and Democrats, the less they think they’re a good idea. That might suggest to the president that the problem lies more with the policies than the pitches.
'Anne Frank from Baghdad'
FROM 1948 to 1970, 850,000 to a million Jews fled or were expelled from Arab lands. Many of these forgotten refugees were members of ancient Jewish communities that predated Christianity. More than a few were wealthy, powerful and successful. Nearly all of them left their homes with little more than the shirts on their backs, leaving behind houses, bank accounts, investments, personal treasures and their means of livelihood. They resettled, mostly in Israel. From then until now, they have received no reparations, no inventory of their lost possessions and virtually no consideration in negotiations for Middle East peace.
According to scholar Maurice M. Roumani, "In contrast to the high profile maintained by the Palestinian refugees, Jewish refugees in Israel began a costly rehabilitation program and played down their refugee status as much as possible. Their story was little known until 1976, when a new organization named WOJAC [World Organization of Jews from Arab Countries] undertook to make their voice heard so that no Middle East refugee settlement could take place without their claims being part of the equation. These claims are based on both historical and legal rights from centuries of continuous living in the Mediterranean region under Muslim rule."
Reality-Challenged Politics Daily Inverts Political Cannibalism Story
Michelle Malkin explores Obama’s schoolyard chums.
My prolific friend Barry Rubin weighs in: Neutrality on Iraq-Syria: Obama Administration Betrays Ally and Doesn't Even Defend Its Own Soldiers
The inside story on how UC was forced to fund bogus labor 'think tank'
The President's Speech To Congress: If He Doesn't Demand Serious Tort Reform He Isn't Serious About Health Care Reform. He promised it at least once before. Still waiting. Maybe we should say tort reform first, then we’ll talk.
Received in email, origin?, but it may be a documentary!
Der Spiegel: How Appeasement Failed to Stop Hitler
My First Appleseed Shoot. If you don’t know what that is, click and find out. If you do, enjoy this post from a friend.
Gadhaffy Dhuck
Flashback 1991: Gephardt Called Bush's Speech to Students 'Paid Political Advertising'
House Democrats’ ObamaCare Creates 53 New Government Programs, Offices & Bureaucracies
Charlie Rangel pays off Ethics Committee Members?
This demonstrates the problems of having the House (and Senate) holding its members accountable for their actions. In theory, it works great. However, in practice, elected officials on Capitol Hill do plenty of backscratching, and Rangel gets a lot of contributions in defense of a safe seat. That makes him powerful on the Hill, as he can dole out cash to allies and deny it to foes. In this particular instance, Rangel is using it to corrupt an Ethics Committee investigation, which would be the height of irony everywhere else but Capitol Hill.
More AARP evasions, spin doctoring on Obamacare
AARP's Washington office, which is among the most heavily financed lobbying operations in Washington for higher taxes, more regulation, and bigger government budgets; it is, effectively, an appendage of the liberal wing of the Democratic party.
Gallup: Labor Unions See Sharp Slide in U.S. Public Support
Could this be a reason?
Or, this: Perfect... Injured Thug Who Beat Ken Gladney Asks For Workman's Comp From the SEIU For His "Work" Injury
Myth, Fact & ObamaCare It’s the facts, not the communications, that’s at fault.
Peggy Noonan wakes up column: Obama is “Faux Eloquent Boring”; his staffers are bright, inexperienced punks: “Long-term it is hard to get people to trust your policies if they think you're coolly operating on some intellectual or ideological abstractions.”
Research on Men
[M]en use up so much of their brain function or 'cognitive resources' trying to impress beautiful women, they have little left for other tasks.
The findings have implications for the performance of men who flirt with women in the workplace, or even exam results in mixed-sex schools.
Or even sports. Time to saddle-up, my ride is waiting
