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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2009 2 Comments
This is the second in a series of posts analyzing randomly selected provisions in HR3200, the House Democratic health care restructuring bill. In the prior post, I examined the almost incomprehensible section 1721 concerning payments to primary care practitioners. The page selected for this post,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2009 30 Comments
People often joke that government-run health care will have the efficiency of the motor vehicle department, and the compassion of the Internal Revenue Service. This joke will become reality if present Democratic health restructuring proposals are enacted. Under both the House and Senate Health, Education,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 02, 2009 13 Comments
The remains of Navy Captain Scott Speicher, a pilot who has been missing since being shot down during the 1991 Gulf War, have been positively identified. The Pentagon has released a statement: The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) has positively identified remains recovered in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2009 1 Comment
The Obama administration and Democrats in Congress are on the verge of a multi-fronted investigation of the Bush administration’s handling of the war on al-Qaeda, including a secret CIA plan to capture or kill senior al-Qaeda leaders which never became operational, before being terminated by...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2009 71 Comments
I waited a whole day before posting about the Sarah Palin resignation. Well, not a whole day, but longer than almost everyone else in the blogosphere. Here’s my take as of this moment in time, subject to change: I don’t know why Sarah Palin resigned,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 30, 2009 25 Comments
News is breaking that Supreme Court Justice David Souter is retiring. There will be a fight over his replacement, for sure. And Arlen Specter switching may have given Republicans a trump card to block an unacceptable replacement. Everyone, including me, has been blogging about how...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 30, 2009 0 Comments
I was critical of Senator Susan Collins of Maine for her support of Obama’s stimulus plan. But Collins did not deserve to be charged with contributing to the possible swine flu pandemic, which is a charge leveled against her and spread throughout the internet and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2009 3 Comments
The Nation has run a post, “GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness,” which seeks to blame the opponents of the Stimulus Plan for lack of preparedness for the swine flu outbreak. The post, like most big lies, has a kernel of truth, but twists reality for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2009 24 Comments
Ezra Klein, blogger for the “liberal” American Prospect, got caught by Politico coordinating his stories with other liberal bloggers and journalists. Exposed for being a journalistic fraud, Klein needed an enemy. He found Ann Althouse. Althouse, who has a very popular blog, could be considered...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2009 5 Comments
Adding to the disrespect shown visiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the Brits are upset once again because the U.S. Department of Treasury is not answering their phone calls on preparations for the upcoming G20 Summit: The head of the civil service, Sir Gus [O’Donnell]...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 13, 2009 3 Comments
The withdrawal of Judd Gregg as nominee for Commerce Secretary has revealed, once again, the nasty side of Barack Obama. At his news conference, Gregg went out of his way not to criticize Obama, simply explaining that he could not give “110%” in service to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2009 3 Comments
Tom Daschle, under a cloud of income tax evasion, has withdrawn from consideration for the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschle could not stand the heat not only of his current tax problems, but also the exposure of his previous tax avoidance...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2009 4 Comments
The media is all aflutter today with reports — as headlined in the NY Times — that “all active-duty and reserve forces meeting or exceeding their recruitment goals for the first time since 2004, the year that violence in Iraq intensified drastically….” This is the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 05, 2009 0 Comments
Events are moving so quickly in the saga of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, that there has been precious little time to reflect. But as I look back on the past month, I keep thinking of Raymond J. Donovan, and a question keeps nagging me; what...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2008 1 Comment
Barack Obama is one of the most aggressive politicians this nation has ever seen, but his aggression is masked by soothing talk and words of hope. Is it really surprising that Obama has named Rahm Emanuel, nicknamed Rahmbo for his aggressive partisan style, as White...
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