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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2009 17 Comments

Alan Grayson, Democratic Congressman from Florida, is building his claim to fame on the accusation that 45,000 Americans die each year from lack of health insurance. Grayson even has started a website to count the dead. Grayson bases this number on a study released by...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2009 10 Comments

I'm no polling methods expert, but something about automated telephone polls strikes me as strange. Such as this question and method of response:Do you think that Barack Obama loves America?If yes, press 1. If no, press 2. If you’re not sure, press 3.The responses to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2009 21 Comments

With each passing day, I am becoming more and more convinced that the Obama administration's sustained and crude attacks on Fox News are a big diversion.Sure, the attacks on Fox News are unprecedented in the post-Nixon era. Barack Milhous Obama may not be change we...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2009 1 Comment

Anita MonCrief is an ACORN whistleblower who is facing substantial legal fees to defend lawsuits brought against her by ACORN and its affiliates. A new website has been established to support her, the Anita MonCrief Defense Fund.While you're at it, visit Defend Hannah Giles, the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2009 1 Comment

The process by which Democratic leaders are strong-arming various groups to coerce support for health care restructuring is a warning sign to all about the abuse of government power which will take place if the Democratic proposals pass.The Democrats shook down the pharmaceutical industry to...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2009 2 Comments

From Chicago-Sun Times columnist Steve Huntley:The White House trying to dictate who's a news organization. Democrats out to gut a business group. Obama media allies damning Americans as racist, unpatriotic and treasonous. Is this the America Obama promised when he campaigned to end the cynical...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2009 1 Comment

The NY Times wants John Corzine, who never met an election he couldn't buy, to defeat Chris Christie in the NJ Governor's race. So the Times is back to its old (never really changed) self, engaging in a hatchet job masquerading as news close to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 19, 2009 5 Comments

When everyone was talking about the Baucus Bill (the Senate Finance Committee proposal), there was no actual Baucus Bill (something I quietly pointed out). Now there is a real Baucus Bill, and it is a whopping 1502 pages. (h/t The Note)The actual Bill was released...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 19, 2009 29 Comments

Who would associate with the likes of the two South Carolina Republican county committee leaders (yes, county leaders) who wrote to praise Sen. Jim DeMint:There is a saying that the Jews who are wealthy got that way not by watching dollars, but instead by taking...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 19, 2009 5 Comments

The Obama administration has put its hopes of stopping the Iranian nuclear weapons program on negotiations with Iran. At best, Iran has been an unwilling participant, seeking to buy time.I suspect Iran's attitude is about to change for the worse. A suicide bombing took the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 18, 2009 8 Comments

Over a month ago, I was optimistic that President Obama would act decisively on Afghanistan. With each passing week, it grows more clear that I was wrong.White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel signalled today that no decision will be made any time soon on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 18, 2009 2 Comments

On Saturday morning, Barack Obama gave a rip-roarin' speech lashing out at the insurance industry.Obama finally found his mark, a villain he could love to hate. After months of corporate lobbyist wheeler-dealering, in which Obama's minions squeezed advertising dollars out of Big Pharma and others,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 17, 2009 2 Comments

I'm starting a new theme, the Saturday Night Card Game, to highlight the use of the race card as a political tool. Those on the left, lacking meritorious arguments, increasingly turn to false accusations of racism as a way of ending an argument they are...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 17, 2009 5 Comments

On January 31, 2009, I wrote that Turkey Looking Like The Next Iran: My prediction: Turkey is the next Iran, unless Obama stops blaming the U.S. for Islamist aggression and gives support to Turkey's secular institutions, including the Turkish army. Jimmy Carter tried the blame...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 17, 2009 4 Comments

The Stimulus Plan is the key to Barack Obama's claim that he has helped create and save jobs. But it is all a word game, as indicated by this report released by the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (the state's official name), stating...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 17, 2009 11 Comments

Barack Obama is on another "it's all Bush's fault" tear again. This time, using the tired campaign theme of cleaning up Bush's mess:Another way of putting it is when, you know, I'm busy and Nancy busy with our mop cleaning up somebody else’s mess –-...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 16, 2009 10 Comments

I never really understood Technorati. That may sound foolish, but when everyone would write about how essential it was to be properly linked or whatever to Technorati, how many people use Technorati to find blogs, etc., I really didn't follow the advice. I tried using...

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