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Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Obamacare, and Death Panels by rayharvey on August 27, 2009 Poor misunderstood Ezekiel J. Emanuel. Ezekiel, if you don’t know, is the older brother of the statist Rahm Emanuel, and recently Ezekiel got his feeling hurt. In an interview he just gave the Associated Press, Monday (August 24th), Ezekiel said this: “I’m completely dumbfounded. I’ve been in academic disputes before, but I never thought I’d be disparaged on Sunday morning talk shows and in the papers, being distorted in ways that can only be described as willful and intentional.” What Ezekiel Emanuel is referring to here is...

In times past, coalminers working in the depths of the earth took along caged canaries. As long as the canaries warbled, the miners knew they were safe from the methane and carbon monoxide that would kill them in minutes. But when the tiny songbirds stopped singing, the miners knew to run for their lives. Jews have always been the canaries in the coal mines of civilization, serving as a warning of impending doom to those who believed, as Churchill said, that the crocodile — of tyranny — would eat them last. The Jews of Hitler's Germany who listened carefully to...

Just wondering. I guess it should be paired with the One's $100k donation from AIG

Facing 30 years in prison on corruption charges, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is assembling the best defense team money can buy. The question is, whose money? There has been speculation that Blagojevich will use his expansive campaign war chest, $3.6 million at last count, to pay for his defense. Can he really do that? To paraphrase a fellow Chicagoan: Yes he can! Possibly. State law does not prevent the Democratic governor from tapping his campaign committee's funds to pay legal bills, even though he stands accused of illegally soliciting and obtaining some of the funds in exchange for official actions....

Okay. Here's what Obama's Chief of Staff has planned for you! UNIVERSAL CITIZEN SERVICE All Americans between 18 and 25 should serve their country by reporting for 3 months' of basic civil defense training and community service. UNIVERSAL COLLEGE ACCESS The Government should give the states tuition grants to make college free. A College Tuition Grant of $3,000 per year, fully refundable and available for 4 years of college and 2 years of graduate school, should be made available. UNIVERSAL RETIREMENT SAVINGS Employers should be required to offer 401 (k)'s to all workers. Workers must be enrolled unless they choose...