Bill Kill: Vol. 2
Tea Partiers return to Capitol to protest health care, storm congressional office for friendly visits
'So what?' - The Daily Caller
Democrats deflect criticism by downplaying importance of process, focus on future results
FCC Broadband Plan Faces Hurdles - WALL STREET JOURNAL
Federal regulators detailed a $20 billion, 10-year plan to ensure all U.S. households access to high-speed Internet service
Top counties for conservatives: part two - The Daily Caller
The Daily Caller is ranking the 100 conservative friendliest counties in America: numbers 61-80
Top conservative counties: part two [slideshow] - The Daily Caller
Touring conservative country: part one - The Daily Caller
Rielle Hunter: A scandal in review [SLIDESHOW] - The Daily Caller
Hunter cries over 'repulsive' GQ spread - NY DAILY NEWS
The baby mama is apparently not pleased with how several suggestive photographs turned out
A behind-the-scenes look [Video] - GQ Video
GQ has a behind-the-scenes look at Rielle Hunter’s photo shoot with Mark Seliger
Opinion
Free trade equals free jobs - Rep. Aaron Schock
Last week, President Obama declared his plans to double domestic exports over the next five years and announced a renewed push on the pending free-trade agreements with Panama, Colombia and South Korea that are currently pending
Earmark victory shows power of one persistent voice - Tim Phillips
A few years ago in Congress, one man—Rep. Jeff Flake from Arizona—stood and waged a principled battle to stop earmarks
Bruno Pelosi and Harry the Horrible - Lenny McAllister
As we continue to see the arm-wrestling by Democratic leadership to bring about health care “that the American people want”, perhaps the American people and tentative members of Congress have grown immune to their tactics in a way that jeopardizes the plan
Massa of his domain: Political intrigue and tickling - Ron Hart
Politicians often make my job easy. Now we have the curious case of former Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) and tickle champion
Higher energy taxes worsen state pension woes - Margo Thorning
Instead of relying on rhetoric, politicians need to focus on finding solutions that won’t harm the very people they are trying to protect
Amnesty bill is latest White House crisis - Rep. Steve King
In November 2008, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel famously said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” The Obama White House has followed this Rahmism to a tee
Strange brew: The Coffee Party - John M. O'Hara
In a tacit admission of the Tea Party’s success, backers of the wildly unpopular big-government, liberty-crushing policies of the Obama administration are brewing up their own movement—the Coffee Party
Afghanistan: The end is nigh - Chet Nagle
The White House, the Pentagon and Congress fear the surge. Not the recent shipment of a few troops to Gen. Stanley McChrystal, but the surge of angry American voters in November
The ultimate losers in love and war - Jerry Maldonado
My hope is this will be the final chapter of a soap opera that now has our children feeling the most pain
Path to a new Middle East rests on those campaigning for freedom in Iran - Jamie Fly
Vice President Biden’s visit to Israel last week was the latest in a phalanx of Obama administration officials visiting the region to attempt to resuscitate talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians and conduct a diplomatic offensive against an Iranian regime making steady progress toward a nuclear weapon
Why I don’t do earmarks - Rep. Joe Pitts
The Constitution gives Congress the exclusive power to decide how taxpayer money is spent. It may come as surprise, therefore, that House Republicans voted almost unanimously on March 11 to declare a moratorium on the practice of earmarking funds for specific projects.
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What exactly to we want the federal government to do, anyways? - Frank Hill
The next decade will be even worse unless we slam on the brakes of federal spending right now and try to prevent it from being like one of those terrible Toyota incidents
Dems’ version of health reform will destroy America as we know it - Dr. Melissa Clouthier
I don’t think the American people got President Obama’s meaning exactly. They heard rhetoric of hope and change that sounded vaguely optimistic. They did not hear the ominous undertones. They did not hear the subliminal message: America is bad and must be changed to good, i.e. to my vision
Keep trade on the back burner, please - Sallie James
One might be forgiven for thinking free traders saw a glimmer of hope on international engagement from President Obama recently. First, he sent U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk on the offensive to pitch the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a new regional trade agreement with seven Asia-Pacific countries. Then he gave a major speech outlining the administration’s strategy for meeting their much-hyped goal of doubling exports within five years
Voters ready to punish Members who cave on health care - Carrie Lukas
Wavering Members be warned: Your constituents can’t twist your arm or make creative threats, but they will be voting in November
Regulating the Internet: Stop trying to fix what’s not broken - Dave McClure
The Internet works. Reliably, efficiently and economically. Yet Washington now wants to step in and “fix” what’s not broken, possibly subjecting the Internet to decades-old rules intended for the old Bell Telephone network
The ayes of Texas - Richard Olivastro
Americans everywhere should applaud the Texas Board of Education action to reconstitute a more historically accurate (read: open and balance) traditional stamp on school curriculum taught in the Lone Star State
New Jersey’s first step forward on pensions - Daniel M. Rothschild and Eileen Norcross
States across the country, with some notable exceptions such as Florida and Oregon, have massively underfunded state pension funds
Health care reform and ‘The Princess Bride’ - Dino Teppara
Many conservatives thought that the health care reform legislation died upon the election of Sen. Scott Brown to the Senate. But it turns out the bill was in fact only mostly dead. The bill has now been magically revived with a new student loan bill attached to it, after being stuffed with kickbacks and language relating to abortions that have absolutely no bearing to reforming our health care delivery system
Congress in Wonderland - Richard White
If the House and Senate are able to return back through the “looking glass” one would envision that the House of Representatives will be forced to vote up or down, probably before the beginning of the March 26 congressional recess, on the Senate-passed health care reform bill with little or no assurances of Senate action on the changes sought through budget reconciliation
Debtor’s Prism: Confessions of a collector - A.G. Gancarski
Third-party collections is arguably the only growth industry left in the states besides those folks who wave signs advertising local businesses at intersections, millions of Americans find their lives disrupted by them
What happened in Israel? - Benjamin Kerstein
What happened in Israel this week is still coming into focus—but what is already clear is that it turned a relatively low-key visit by Vice President Joe Biden into a bona fide diplomatic incident
The truth about health insurance premiums and profits - Alan Reynolds
The president’s health insurance proposals hoped to use stern command-and-control techniques to run the health insurance system
Lessons in leadership via Shakespeare - Stephen Richer
President Obama is smart—very smart. He undoubtedly knows these characteristics of leadership, but their retelling in Henry V and Richard II could serve as a useful reminder
The audacity of the re-elect - Myra Adams
Politico reported recently how President Barack Obama’s senior advisers are already planning what they are calling “The Re-Elect.” Is this just smart forward-planning or an over-reaction to recent predictions that Obama will be a one-term president, boldly proclaimed by former Vice President Dick Cheney and other notables?
From cooling to warming - Billy Hallowell
Over the past decade, leftist theology has preached relentlessly about the impending global warming crisis. As awareness has turned to panic, enviro-scare tactics have millions of Americans “going green” to the extreme
To ‘Hurt’ critics, the truth hurts - Scott Sadler
Critics will argue of the movie’s inaccuracies. Proponents will say this is what war is like. What movie, based on a real world event, hasn’t received some push back? The Deer Hunter and Platoon, two movies based on the events of the Vietnam War, had their fair share of critics
Obama should learn from Corzine’s mistakes - Heather Bachman
For over two decades the state of New Jersey has been a financial joke. With constant increasing taxes and even further decreasing family incomes (if the family even attempts to stay in New Jersey), it seemed like there was no end. In 2005, New Jersey thought it saw the light at the end of the tunnel
Butler rejects Roberts as a commencement speaker - Indy Star
Butler's faculty has rejected an effort by students to have Roberts speak at graduation
Boehner: I'd rather die than vote for Gitmo plan - CNN
Two months past President Obama's self-imposed deadline for closing Guantanamo, the facility remains open
Protests in Indonesia ahead of Obama's visit - AP
Thousands of members from a conservative Islamic group took to the streets in Indonesia to peacefully protest President Obama's planned visit later this week
Reid's wife, daughter recovering from truck crash - AP
After surgery, she regained the use of her arm and is now home wearing a neck brace, Reid said
Army changes basic training for first time in 30 years - AP
Army aims to to toughen recruits from a more sedentary generation by revamping its basic training for the first time in thirty years
Fed pledges to keep interest rates at record low - Reuters with CNBC.com
The Federal Reserve held benchmark rates near zero Tuesday and renewed a promise to keep them exceptionally low for an extended period while pointing to increased momentum in the economy's recovery
Tea partiers make history: recall senator - NBC NEWS
Tea party members took their senator to court and have won the first round
Health care vote may or may not be constitutional - Political Wire
The constitutionality of health care reform is being debated, as a vote on legislation nears
Promises, promises - AP
Use of nearly every Freedom of Information Act exemption to withhold information rises in 2009
Clyburn: Dems may miss deadline - The Hill
House majority whip indicates vote on health reform legislation may slip past deadline
Housing construction drops in February - AP
Housing construction drops 5.9% for the month due to several northern storms
Earmark bans forcing K Street to get creative - The Hill
Lobbyists are turning to the Senate to get earmarks inserted into bills due to competing bans in the House
Armey: Tancredo is 'destructive' to GOP - The Daily Caller
Former House Majority Leader takes swipe at former Rep. Tom Tancredo on illegal immigration
'Going green' makes you more likely to steal and cheat - The Guardian
When people feel they have been morally virtuous it leads to the 'licensing [of] selfish and morally questionable behaviour'
Late-term abortion doctors fill in for murdered George Tiller - LA Times
After Kansas abortion provider George Tiller was killed in church, his supporters worried about what would happen to the hundreds of women who sought late-term abortions
US Israel criticism ignites firestorm in Congress - AP
The Obama administration's fierce denunciation of Israel last week has ignited a firestorm in Congress and among powerful pro-Israel interest groups
Cali. GOP primary debate avoids fiscal specifics - LA Times
Republican candidates for governor Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner lightly skipped over detailed solutions to California's grievous fiscal mess
Investigators seek motive in 3 slayings in Mexico - AP
Gunmen chased down the two vehicles and opened fire in attacks that raised the chilling prospect that Mexico's cartels have dropped any reservations about killing American officials
Noted spendthrift EU tells Britain to rein in spending - Times Online
The European Commission wants the Labour government to outline further spending cuts and spell out where the axe will fall
Caution: Biden Xing - The Daily Caller
The VP's condemnation of a construction project in Jerusalem was the international focus of his visit to the Holy Land. But for average Israelis, Biden's visit caused problems of a much more practical nature — major traffic jams
Spring broken: Travel warnings for popular tourist destinations - AP
Texas, State Department step up warnings after Mexico violence hits closer to home
