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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2011 6 Comments

Yes, this is the point, isn't it?  It's not just about big liberal government, it's about big government. By way of example, it's why I am against centralize federal tort reform; just because you like the result doesn't mean you have to empower the federal government...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2011 6 Comments

This week in 1983 Iranian backed Shiites bombed the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 299 Marines and French soldiers. The Marines had been sent as part of an international peacekeeping force in the wake of the Lebanese civil war.  Iranian-backed Shiites who later formed Hezbollah...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2011 21 Comments

From Nile Gardiner at The Telegraph (h/t reader John): Instead of hope and change, the Obama presidency has delivered decline and despair on a scale not seen in America since the dying days of the Carter administration. Both at home and abroad, the United States is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2011 2 Comments

Thanks to frequent photographer Jason who writes: This one was parked at a hospital in Raleigh, NC. The sun was messing me up, so I had to get right up close to get the sticker on the right. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2011 10 Comments

From the files, a freak show on the Ed Show, with Anthony Weiner commenting on Alan Grayson: ...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2011 20 Comments

Aka Rep. Connie Mack (R-Florida) is going to run against Bill Nelson in the 2012 Florida Senate race: U.S. Rep. Connie Mack unexpectedly signaled late Wednesday that he will enter the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, apparently convinced other candidates cannot defeat Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2011 30 Comments

Whether Rick Perry ends up showing up at the debates or not, this sends precisely the wrong signal.  This is not May or June.  If you want the nomination, you show up to debates in November and December, without hesitation: After a series of poor debate performances...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2011 11 Comments

I will not repeat everything about how The Washington Post misstated Marco Rubio's record in order to portray Rubio as having misrepresented how his parents came to the U.S. and whether they were exiles. But true to form, WaPo not only is not backing down, it's...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 27, 2011 6 Comments

Apparently George Soros foot the bill of the Frank La Rue's 'research' for the UN that concluded that the Internet is a "human right" subject to the same creeping legislation and special interests as every other 'right.' Advocates of net neutrality, a position championed by the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2011 10 Comments

They will not have China to bail them out: For so long we have heard nothing but how the Chinese were doing things right. Hundred of millions rising up out of poverty. News cars replacing bicycles on the streets of Beijing. An economy that could not...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2011 14 Comments

The editors of the San Francisco Chronicle: The Obama White House's restrictions on media access to its fundraising  events makes a mockery of its claim to be the most transparent administration in  history. If anything, there is almost a Nixonian quality to the level of control,  paranoia...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2011 2 Comments

This war has been going on for a long time.  At least we're still winning. Thanks to reader Dickie who writes: First…..Let me express my thanks and gratitude for the time and effort you put into your site. I am an avid –several times a day- visitor. I came...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2011 20 Comments

This California time zone is messing with my head.  I think I'll walk into the desert, sit with my legs folded and palms raised towards the sky, and watch the sunset. A couple of things I noticed: A long-range rocket already has been fired from Gaza at...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2011 58 Comments

Romney and Perry are doing each other and themselves damage by going at it in the way they have been, which at times seems childish, petty and insincere, which has even such mainstream commentators as John Podhoretz (A Pack of Nonsense) and Scott Johnson (Send in the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2011 5 Comments

The New York Times is shocked, just shocked to find that a New Poll Finds Deep Distrust of Government: With Election Day just over a year away, a deep sense of economic anxiety and doubt about the future hangs over the nation, according to the latest...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2011 14 Comments

Reading this article at The Boston Herald reminded me of the 10 plagues from the Passover story: Food-borne illnesses, a flu outbreak, hypothermia, sexually transmitted diseases and vermin are just some of the hazards experts say make Occupy Boston a public health disaster waiting to happen — as City Hall turns...

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