Health Care and More

• Red Alert: Paul Ryan's "Roadmap" - Newsweek

And in news related to the health care "summit". These guys just don't get it. We CANNOT keep spending money like this.

• What Happens Next in Health-Care - Politico
• Pelosi: Health Reform Will Create 400,000 Jobs "Almost Immediately"- Real Clear Politics

You gotta love hot mics:

• Being the VP is Easy - Politico

Other interesting articles:

• Liberal and Conservative Rankings in Congress - National Journal
• January Hottest January Ever? - UK Daily Express

Global Warming Shenanigans

The information just keeps coming out show how AGW has been supported by doctored data and outright lies.

• The Great Global Warming Collapse - Globe and Mail
• Hansen Colleague Rejects IPCC Assessment Report - Watts Up With That
• Phil Jones Considers Suicide - UK Times Online
• RFK, Jr: Global Warming Means No Snow in DC - Washington Examiner
• Climate Scientists Withdraw Claims of Rising Sea Levels - UK Guardian

3/2/10 Update - More on ClimateGate

• Phil Jones Gets Grilled by Parliament - UK Daily Mail
• British "scientist" Admits Awful Emails - Breitbart

News of the Week - 2/11/10

• Feds Want to Track All Cellphones - CNET news
• Obama to Raise Taxes on the Middle-Class - Business Week

And some articles on the shenanigans in Iran:

• More Nutjobs with Nukes - UK DailyMail
• Huge Rally in Iran - MyWay News
• Iran Shuts Down Google Email - FoxNews

And here is a great article with amazing pictures from the 9/11 collapse of the WTC

• Dramatic Images of WTC - UK Daily Mail

UN Credibility

The question is not whether they have any credibility now, but whether or not they ever had it. The stories coming out lately about the IPCC and UNICEF are further proof that the UN is not credible (if they ever were).

• Africa-Gate - FoxNews
• World Misled Over Himalayan Meltdown - UK Guardian

There are about 10 more articles if you search on the "Global Warming" tag of this blog.

Conflict of Interest?

I've been talking about this with colleagues for weeks now. Its good to see that the American media is finally talking about this. My conspiracy theory has been that Obama and the current administration forced this recent Toyota recall when the situation didn't necesasrily warrant one. What first tipped me off was how GM came out with commercials the very same day the recall was announced. Coincidence?

At the very least, you have to admit that there is a major conflict of interest here. When the government owns 2 major auto makers AND holds the power to come down on any of its competitors, that's a problem.

• Is the US Bullying Toyota - Google News

Obama Deserves Some Praise

As a conservative both fiscally and socially I am diametrically opposed to nearly everything that Obama has tried to do since he was sworn into office a little over one year ago. But let's be fair here, it has not been all Obama. He has to a large extent shirked his responsibilities when it comes to formulating a plan for health care and cap-n-trade and handed those reins to the likes of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi . The list of things that these 3 buffoons have peddled on us include:

• a $787 billion dollar stimulus
• a cap and trade bill that will increase a households energy costs by up to $3,000 a year
• health care legislation that no one wants.
• a take-over of GM and Chrysler
• a take-over of AIG
• a $3.8 trillion dollar budget for next year.

And that's just a partial list. Pretty crappy, right? Well, yes, it is. Yet, part of me wants to also commend Obama and his co-horts. In a scant 12 months they have done what it took the "moral majority" and George Bush 12 years to do... lose the confidence of the people. And not only did they lose the confidence of the American electorate, they've woken them up! For years I have harped how the American people are mind numbed robots who are letting their elected officials get away with all sorts of things that were unconstitutional. And if they did know, they seeminly didn't care. So thank you Obama, Pelosi, and Reid.

But President Obama has changed that here in America. For the first time in my life everyone I know is engaged and passionate. The irony is that the man who campaigned on "hope and change" is now eliciting that desire from American's at an alarming rate. They want hope and change alright, but the change is in Obama and the Democratic leadership.

Unfortunately America, you got exactly what you thought you wanted. On the bright side, you no longer appear to be those mind numbed robots who elected a radical left wing socialist into the White House. Here's to hoping he won't do irrepairable damage before he can be replaced.