Classic newsreel: 1946 USA, 82nd Airborne Division victory parade
Q&O: Death panels"? Don’t make me laugh. Why look at other single payer systems, they don’t have "death panels", do they?
Surber:
No fainting girls. No styrofoam pillars. No planted questions.
Just her — and Todd, Bristol, Willow and Piper.
On motorcycles.
America is a cool place. Politics is pure insanity.
Via Driscoll:
“Whenever there is a shortage of bread,” wrote Ortega y Gasset, “the first thing people do is burn down the bakeries.”
At Dino:
According to some reports, 90% or so of China’s wealth is in the hands of the relatives of Communist Party officials.
Commies are always all about materialism. They just want other peoples' stuff.
Mark Steyn: Cowed by udderly insane regulations
Video: Why Israel mustn't withdraw to its pre '67 borders
Barry vs. Bibi on the Middle East: The Dreamer Goes Down For The Count
The President’s descriptions of the situation are comprehensive and urbane. He correctly identifies the forces at work. He develops interesting policy ideas and approaches that address important political and moral elements of the complex problems we face. He crafts approaches that might, with good will and deft management, bridge the gaps between the sides. He reads thoughtful speeches full of sensible reflections.
But the last few weeks have cast him as the least competent manager of America’s Middle East diplomatic portfolio in a very long time.
and, Mead continues,
Netanyahu beat Obama like a red-headed stepchild; he played him like a fiddle; he pounded him like a big brass drum. The Prime Minister of Israel danced rings around his arrogant, professorial opponent. It was like watching the Harlem Globetrotters go up against the junior squad from Miss Porter’s School; like watching Harvard play Texas A&M, like watching Bambi meet Godzilla — or Bill Clinton run against Bob Dole.
Indonesia and USA 'Most Entrepreneur-Friendly Nations': Global Poll
Via Insty:
WILL AMERICA SEE EUROPE-STYLE RIOTS? Newsweek sounds hopeful, but in America, unlike Europe, it’s usually the taxpayers who are behind the revolutions, not the parasites.
Good news: Obama Administration getting ready to ditch the Food Pyramid
Nobody knows what we should eat. I believe we should eat whatever the heck we want to, and ignore the experts and the nannies. We're all gonna die. Just take some Lipitor and hope for the best.
