Happy Tea Party New Year
2009 was the year of the liberal, let us “hope” (ha!) that 2010 will be the year of change the official coming out tea party for true conservatives.
“If Republicans adopt a national election strategy next year and reach out to the Tea Party independents, November 2010 can begin the reversal of our fortunes. The platform — and the slogan — are in three words: roll Obama back. Run against Obama in every state and district race. Promise to repeal his agenda: end it, don’t mend it.” – read Jed Babbin at humanevents.com
Palin Was Right. Again.
Alan Reynolds of the Cato Insititute wrote about the criticism that was leveled against Governor Palin’s term “death panel” and the ruckus it caused. Specifically, he took apart PolitiFact’s criticism and how the “death panel” term evolved in the MSM. He opines:
The claim that Governor Palin confused one-on-one counseling between doctors and patients with any sort of “panel” was always ridiculous on its face. Indeed, that claim should itself have been a leading candidate for “Lie of the Year.” Yet Palin’s critics kept on equating death panels with counseling throughout the year, as though they could not even begin to understand plain English….
The shameless hoax that Palin had confused individual consulting with rationing by a panel was repeated endlessly. By November, the Washington Post was treating this obvious canard as a established fact: “Proposed health-care reform legislation includes a provision that allows Medicare to pay for “end-of-life” counseling for seniors and their families who request it. The provision — which Sarah Palin erroneously described as “death panels” for seniors — nearly derailed President Obama’s health-care initiative.”
Palin wrote: “Government health care will not reduce the cost; it will simply refuse to pay the cost. And who will suffer the most when they ration care? The sick, the elderly, and the disabled, of course.”
The horror of what Palin described is currently being enacted by the Congress – who wish to give us Death Panels in this mess of a health care “reform” bill that’s unconstitutional. Rationing for all, and end-of-life “consultations” for the elderly. Read Reynolds’ piece here.
Churchill on Socialism
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” ~ Winston Churchill
‘The Jacket’ Fetches $57,000
The bids are in and Governor Sarah Palin’s infamous red jacket, the one she wore on the cover of her book “Going Rogue: An American Life”, went for a cool $57,000.
Palin agreed to auction off the jacket for charity when she appeared as a guest on The Laura Ingraham Show on December 10, 2009.
Thanks to Sarah, and a very generous fan who knows what a valuable item of memorabilia this will be in years to come, the $57K will go to benefit The Wounded Warrior Project and The Fisher House. Please consider adding your own donation to these worthy projects this Christmas season.
On Democrats and Pragmatism
If 21st Century Progressives led the 19th Century Abolition Movement, we’d still have slavery, but we’d have limited it to 40 hour work weeks, and we’d be so proud of the progress we’d made.
~ John Marty, Minnesota State Senator
Sarah and Captain Kirk – Together At Last
William Shatner got an unexpected surprise when he went on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien last night. He was in a featured skit of reading excerpts from Governor Sarah Palin’s Book, Going Rogue. Little did he know that Conan had arranged for PAYBACK – Sarah came on stage right afterwards – to read excerpts from Captain Kirk’s autobiography.
Love these two people even if they are at opposing viewpoints. Classy and both were good sports.
Are you a Libertarian?
I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.” ~ Ronald Reagan
