Author: William Teach

Does The Individual Mandate Violate Contract Law?

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An interesting point from the Institute For Justice (via Hot Air) If government-mandated health insurance is upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) case is argued in March 2012, the Institute for Justice warns in its amicus brief that there will be dire and predictable threats to […]

 

Dharun Ravi Could Face At Least 10 Years For Thought Crimes

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You’ve probably heard about the issue with Dharun Ravi: he was the Rutgers U. student who used a webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, having homosexual sex. Clementi later disappeared, then was found to have committed suicide. Ravi’s trial has started (Seattle PI) Early witnesses testified that Ravi expressed discomfort about having a […]

 

James Inhofe: Climate Realists Have Beaten Warmists On Cap And Trade

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But, to my way of thinking, Realists have to keep the fight up against the Warmists, who will keep attempting to enact their legislation and regulation. I once asked Ed Morrissey, back when he was still at Captain’s Quarters, why he bothered exposing the 9/11 Truthers, since they were basically wackjobs and conspiracy nuts. He […]

 

72% Think Health Insurance Mandate Is Unconstitutional

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I think Team Obama has finally found their new slogan “who cares about that pesky old Constitution” (Boston Herald) Nearly two years after President Barack Obama signed his landmark health care package into law, three-quarters of registered voters believe the law’s requirement that every American carry health insurance is unconstitutional, according to a new survey. […]

 

Bummer: “Climate Change” Hoax Will Cause Volcanoes And Earthquakes

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Sadly, this isn’t a repeat of the previous fantasies, this is actually a new story proclaiming that someone charging their iPhone will cause all manners of bad geologic things to happen (UK Guardian) The idea that a changing climate can persuade the ground to shake, volcanoes to rumble and tsunamis to crash on to unsuspecting […]

 

Warmist Scott Mandia Says Peter Gleick Was Saving The Children!

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Gotta love publicly funded radio. Over at 89.3, Southern Calibankrupt’s public radio station, which has “no rant, no spin” as its slogan, we learn Last week we brought you the story of several documents that were leaked from The Heartland Institute regarding their plans to push an anti-climate change agenda in public schools. Heartland is […]

 

Joe Biden: “Hey, Let’s Put Osama On Obama 2012 Bumper Stickers”

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He’s the gift that keeps giving (Washington Times) The quest marches on for a bumper sticker for the 2012 Obama campaign, and Vice President Joseph Biden Jr. believes the slogan should highlight the death of Osama bin Laden. At a fundraiser in Manchester, N.H., Thursday night, Mr. Biden offered this suggestion for the campaign’s 2012 […]

 

Remember The Meme About Santorum Being “Anti-Women”?

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The Politico and the Democrats, but, I repeat myself, thought that the contraception mandate issue was the perfect issue for Democrats, as they could paint Republicans, and Santorum, as “anti-women” (despite marrying one and having three daughters). How’s that working out? (Washington Post) Over the past several weeks, Republicans have watched squeamishly as presidential contender […]

 

Obama Thinks You’re Stupid: Pushes Algae For Fuel

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He does, he really does (Via The Lonely Conservative) (Washington Examiner) President Obama admitted today that he does not have a “silver bullet” solution for skyrocketing gas prices, but he proposed alternative energy sources such as “a plant-like substance, algae” as a way of cutting dependence on oil by 17 percent. “We’re making new investments […]

 

Warmist DeSmog Blog Deems Heartland Doc “Authentic”, Fail To Consult Dan Rather

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Megan MCardle has the perfect quote “When skeptics complain that global warming activists are apparently willing to go to any lengths–including lying–to advance their worldview, I’d say one of the movement’s top priorities should be not proving them right” And they will go to any lengths to protect their religion A line-by-line evaluation of the […]

 

Six Takeaways From The Arizona Debate

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Whew! Last nights debate, the 220th one during this primary season….what? It was only number 20? Seems like 220. Anyhow, it came and went, and Politico’s Maggie Haberham breaks it down with six takeaways 1. Rick Santorum didn’t get it done The evening could have been Santorum’s moment to move the needle in his favor, […]

 

Obama To Blame Others For Gas Prices Thursday

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While attempting to toot his own horn (Bloomberg) President Barack Obama will try to head off the political impact of rising gasoline prices as Republicans vow to make the price at the pump an issue in the 2012 election campaign. Obama plans events this week focusing on his administration’s efforts to expand domestic exploration and […]

 

Tax Law Provision Could Keep Supreme Court From Making Obamacare Decision Till 2015

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Perhaps this is one of the reasons Team Obama is arguing that the mandate is a tax (USA Today) Next month’s challenge to the Obama-sponsored health care law could affect the care available to most Americans, alter the balance of power between Washington and the states and remain a flash point through this presidential campaign. […]

 

Obama To Take Victory Lap On Payroll Tax Extension, Forgets To Do One Thing

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Despite having done zip regarding the extension of the payroll tax cut (which will decrease the available money available for Social Security), his typical leading from behind, Campaigner In Chief Obama is taking a victory lap today (ABC News) President Obama will spend this morning touting the agreement to extend the payroll-tax cut and urging […]

 

Warmist Peter Gleick Admits To Being Part Of Heartland Document Leak

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You remember the kerfuffle over the Heartland documents, right? The ones that include what is charitably called a completely faked “gotcha” document. And now, Peter Gleick, involved in globull warming advocacy for numerous organizations, including the National Academy of Science, has admitted to obtaining the documents by impersonating a Heartland board member The Origin of […]

 

Time: “Our social contract requires that we must occasionally stomach government policies that offend and outrage us”

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Of course, this is all about the contraceptive, sterilization, and abortifacient mandate (Time Magazine – Erika Christakis) There was lots of excitable talk last week about birth control, with President Obama dialing back his initial plan for mandating contraceptive coverage to exempt employers who object to such coverage on religious grounds. In those cases, the […]

 

Excitable Jen Rubin: Is Santorum The Sharon Angle Of 2012?

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With friends like this, who needs enemies? Jen Rubin starts off her article with a mention of an unnamed and completely anonymous Republican Senator “quoted” in an ABC article saying Santorum would lose 35 states, then on to another article using another anonymous “tippy top” Republican discussing the need for another candidate if Santorum wins […]

 

Sunday’s Worst Person(s) In The World

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Late yesterday, excitable John Cole decided to name Tyler Cowen his “worst person in the world” (that’s not particularly civil discourse, but, then Powerline highlights that civil discourse is so 2011) for a tweet that wasn’t necessarily for Virginia’s abortion bill, but simply highlighted Liberal hypocrisy By informing consumers, he is of course referring to […]