Bob's Political Digest for July 17, 2009

CIA Assassin Program Was Nearing New Phase
Panetta Pulled Plug After Training Was Proposed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/15/AR2009071503856.html?wpisrc=newsletter
Killing bad guys with bombs from planes and drones is good, despite the collateral damage to civilians. Killing bad guys with a gun or knife individually is bad because it’s “Assassination.” Got it? And you have to share security information with the Congresscritters, so they can share it with our enemies while generating self-serving press, never mind if Americans die because of it. Maybe if we called it “Peace Stimulus” and pumped a few million into Dem congressional districts for each kill, the weenies would let us defend ourselves against murders.

CBO Chief Criticizes Democrats' Health Reform Measures
Director Says Proposed Changes Would Weaken Economy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071602242.html
Courage in a tough job market. He’s history—the Obamaites will silence him.

The Case of the Stumped Jurist
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/15/AR2009071503189.html?wpisrc=newsletter
Hard to know if this is for real, or satire. It’s getting so I can’t tell.

Private Insurance is Not an Option
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=18208
Excerpt: It didn't take long to run into an "uh-oh" moment when reading the House's "health care for all Americans" bill. Right there on page 16 is a provision making individual private medical insurance illegal, says Investor's Business Daily (IBD). The provision would indeed outlaw individual private coverage.

Obama Frees Iranian Terror MastersThe release of the Irbil Five is a continuation of a shameful policy.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjY0MjkwOWVkYTNlYzE2ZjM1N2E5M2M0MTdiYTI3MzM=
What could go wrong? Maybe he talked to them first.

No one gasped in shock when Obama said he was committed to the will of the people
http://ccantoni.blogspot.com/2009/06/no-one-gasped-in-shock-when-obama-said.html
Excerpt: … a moral government is not necessarily a government that reflects the will of the people. Rather, a moral government is one that protects the rights of the individual, especially against the transgressions of the majority.

It's Not an Option
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=482329
Excerpt: It didn't take long to run into an "uh-oh" moment when reading the House's "health care for all Americans" bill. Right there on Page 16 is a provision making individual private medical insurance illegal. (Government: good. Private business: bad. But they assure us it’s not socialism. They may be right—that may be too mild for the government taking over huge sectors of the economy.)

A Ploy to Clip Some Wings
http://townhall.com/columnists/GeorgeWill/2009/07/16/a_ploy_to_clip_some_wings
Excerpt: How does the Obama administration love organized labor? Let us count the ways it uses power to repay unions for helping to put it in power.

Understanding the House Democrats Health Plan
http://docs.house.gov/gopleader/House-Democrats-Health-Plan.pdf
At last some clarity

Only In America: A Communist Czar
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293064/posts
Excerpt: President Obama is the first president in recent history to appoint a communist to a key government position. It is amazing that Obama would not only choose an admitted communist for this czar position, but someone with a criminal record. (why is that amazing? Did I miss something about BO?)

Two Presidents and the Court: When Bigotry Takes the Bench
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/07/14/when-bigotry-takes-the-bench
Will history repeat?

The Little Scandal that Could
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/07/14/the-little-scandal-that-could/print
A friend wrote: Imagine if G.W. Bush had fired one Inspector General after another!

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I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal. -Thornton Wilder