Posted on 02/22/2010 2:18:03 PM PST by Michael van der Galien
Commentary’s Peter Wehner rightly draws attention to George Will’s superb speech at CPAC last week. Although the speeches of other speakers, such as Newt Gingrich, Andrew Breitbart, Glenn Beck and, yes, even Ron Paul were covered extensively in the blogosphere, Will’s speech has largely been ignored. This is, as far as I’m concerned, a shame, because Will truly “knocked one out of the park,” as Wehner puts it.
Will’s main point was that the Left’s main goal is to make Americans dependent on the government for pretty much everything. He succinctly called this “the dependency agenda.”
I strongly encourage you to watch the 3o-minute video. I know you’re busy and that thirty minutes is quite a long time for the average blogreader, but please, watch it nonetheless. It will help you understand the Left’s agenda and the threat it poses to the American way of life better than ever before. In other words, as far as I’m concerned it’s well worth your time.
Watch it:
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Thanks for posting. Actually the cackling laugh woman is kind of funny—it’s making me laugh.
;)
Will mentions the Washington D.C. schools. Stossel did a good program on his show about public schools/teachers’ unions the other day:
John Stossel: Teachers’ Unions and US Education (Videos 1—6)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2456292/posts
He is talking about HSA’s. I wish my husband’s employer would have those. He had it at his last job—grew to love it.
Health Savings Accounts Are The Answer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2456711/posts
Will talking about silly warning labels for the stupid and to prevent lawsuits:
Pediatricians urge choking warning labels for food
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2456646/posts
Ping to George Will’s speech at CPAC. It’s very good.
I agree. I don’t agree with him on the death penalty, but I’m going to agree with him on more things than not. I’m not a huge fan of his, but his speech is clever and entertaining and spot on.
It’s well done, informative and entertaining. Here is part one on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhFBWw8bsAA&feature=related
Interesting analysis of Brown’s vote
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Oh my: Scott Brown to vote with Dems on Obama’s jobs bill
posted at 6:09 pm on February 22, 2010 by Allahpundit
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No crying. We knew this day would come.
“I came to Washington to be an independent voice, to put politics aside, and to do everything in my power to help create jobs for Massachusetts families,” Brown said in a statement issued by his office. “This Senate jobs bill is not perfect. I wish the tax cuts were deeper and broader, but I will vote for it because it contains measures that will help put people back to work.
“I was disappointed with the continuation of politics-as-usual in the drafting of this bill, as it was crafted behind closed doors, without transparency and accountability. I hope for improvements in that process going forward. All of us, Republicans and Democrats, have to work together to get our economy back on track. I hope my vote today is a strong step toward restoring bipartisanship in Washington.”
Well, look. Obviously he needs to signal the left-leaning indies back home who voted for him that he’ll break their way sometimes.
Even armed with a huge war chest for 2012, he ain’t getting reelected as a party-line Republican. In which case, two reasons why this might not be a bad time to throw a vote to the Dems.
One: The bill might not pass, even with Brown’s vote. Because of Frank Lautenberg’s illness, Reid only has 59 at the moment with the roll coming up later tonight. If Brown can prove his “bipartisanship” on a bill that’s going down in flames anyway, sweet.
Two: Even if it does pass, Reid already had to pare the bill all the way down from $85 billion to just $15 billion to keep the heat from fiscal conservatives off of his caucus ahead of November. What’s left won’t do much to create jobs, but then, that’s not really the point; the point is to give Dems some sort of cosmetic measure to point to in the run-up to the midterms so that they can say, “See, we’re trying to create jobs!”
Brown’s strategy, essentially, is to use that logic against them by throwing them a vote he can use to try to keep the seat red in two years.
Stand by for an update once the floor vote begins. All eyes, as usual, are on Ben Nelson. Exit question: On a scale of one to 10, what’s the heart-ache rating on this one?
Update: Cloture passed, with Snowe, Collins, and Voinovich also voting yes. No surprise, really. Like I say, this was a (relatively) cheap way for moderates to purchase bipartisan cred. Or rather, most moderates: Ben Nelson voted no.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/22/oh-my-scott-brown-to-vote-with-dems-on-obamas-jobs-bill/
Well, look. Obviously he needs to signal the left-leaning indies back home who voted for him that he’ll break their way sometimes.
Even armed with a huge war chest for 2012, he ain’t getting reelected as a party-line Republican.
I was born and raised in Massachusetts, surrounded by people steeped in Republican Derangement Syndrome. My own mother (lifelong Democrat) once explained that she was raised to believe that Republicans were born with horns coming out of their foreheads. Yet she was a conservative and a huge Rush Limbaugh fan. This is the political schizophrenia that Republicans from Massachusetts must deal with.
Anyone who expected Brown to conform to the standards of Republicans from solid red states has probably never experienced a lifetime behind enemy lines.
I'm not ready to panic (yet).
Health Savings Accounts are the answer, if your question is addressing the concerns that the left is SAYING they are concerned about.
HSAs are NOT the answer if your question is “how do we control the most amount of people”.
I’m also from MA ... my high school friends,
with the exception of 2, are brainwashed,
and my sis and hubby are missing rational
political thought glands. My 92 yr old Mom
awakened to the chicanery and thievery,
God bless her, and my godson and wife see
the light .. but the majority are Dem programmed
or indifferent.
Damn embedded generational Camelot psychosis.
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