tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-248292 2009-11-19T13:40:37-05:00 NEWS ~ OPINION ~ COMMENTARYNews and ideas of lasting importance TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef012875b8f5a7970c 2009-11-19T13:40:37-05:00 2009-11-19T13:40:37-05:00 Gina Cobb Lindsey Graham spells it out for Eric Holder.<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k6Jq9L12aCG7z9_MWIiQYPg72fE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k6Jq9L12aCG7z9_MWIiQYPg72fE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k6Jq9L12aCG7z9_MWIiQYPg72fE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k6Jq9L12aCG7z9_MWIiQYPg72fE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef012875b88c18970c 2009-11-19T12:24:15-05:00 2009-11-19T12:24:15-05:00 Gina Cobb Obama to troops: "You guys make a pretty good photo op" Nice that the military has some purpose in Obama's mind Housing Starts “Unexpectedly” Tumble "Unexpected" only if you don't understand basic economics Schumer, 2001: 9/11 Terrorists Won’t Get Courtroom Trials And if Osama Bin Laden were captured, "it is ludicrous to suggest he should be tried in a Federal court on Center Street in Lower Manhattan" GAO Says More Than 50,000 Jobs From Stimulus...<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nh3FyG2B5qdzLLnagULgZgfBdu4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nh3FyG2B5qdzLLnagULgZgfBdu4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nh3FyG2B5qdzLLnagULgZgfBdu4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nh3FyG2B5qdzLLnagULgZgfBdu4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef012875b2f730970c 2009-11-18T13:59:17-05:00 2009-11-18T13:59:17-05:00 Gina Cobb <br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cm5Ef5RNSadjtzlWs-9Us6q81T4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cm5Ef5RNSadjtzlWs-9Us6q81T4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cm5Ef5RNSadjtzlWs-9Us6q81T4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cm5Ef5RNSadjtzlWs-9Us6q81T4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef012875ad4377970c 2009-11-17T11:57:43-05:00 2009-11-17T11:59:59-05:00 Gina Cobb Budget Deficit is Sending U.S. to 'Third-Class Status as a Nation' America was once both proud and strong William Jefferson's Judgment Day Richly deserved Chavez's Policies Go From Bad to Worse Tells people to limit selves to 3 minute "Communist shower" Revised Govt Formula Puts Medicare Waste and Fraud at $47B, Three Times Last Year's Figure So obviously the solution is to expand govt healthcare massively to include the entire population We Are Very Close...<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/puHNnivZYJBgfQ8PJqmOo0dMuog/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/puHNnivZYJBgfQ8PJqmOo0dMuog/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/puHNnivZYJBgfQ8PJqmOo0dMuog/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/puHNnivZYJBgfQ8PJqmOo0dMuog/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef0120a6a0e6b1970b 2009-11-16T03:26:00-05:00 2009-11-16T03:26:00-05:00 Gina Cobb Jeff Jacoby in the Boston Globe: PRESIDENT OBAMA was too busy to attend the celebrations in Germany this week marking the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago. But he did appear by video, delivering a few brief and bloodless remarks about how the wall was “a painful barrier between family and friends’’ that symbolized “a system that denied people the freedoms that should be the right of every human being.’’ He referred to...<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uIzqLBd5bK8faggCgfqreXid5ME/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uIzqLBd5bK8faggCgfqreXid5ME/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uIzqLBd5bK8faggCgfqreXid5ME/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uIzqLBd5bK8faggCgfqreXid5ME/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef0120a6a3e063970b 2009-11-15T21:54:32-05:00 2009-11-15T21:59:54-05:00 Gina Cobb From Doctor Zero at HotAir: Ed Morrissey relayed an interesting quote from Democrat representative Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire earlier today: “I think when you can pay for insurance, you must,” said Shea-Porter. “For those who are blessed to have insurance through their companies, they should keep it.” Those who are blessed to have insurance through their companies? You might have thought your health insurance was part of your compensation, following a pattern set by...<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zEiv44_azrhchJLX87qfrdZhsEg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zEiv44_azrhchJLX87qfrdZhsEg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zEiv44_azrhchJLX87qfrdZhsEg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zEiv44_azrhchJLX87qfrdZhsEg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef012875a32903970c 2009-11-15T03:07:07-05:00 2009-11-15T03:08:15-05:00 Gina Cobb That is some serious storm weather you've got there, Britain. It was the biggest storm of the year, ripping off roofs, causing widespread flooding... and sweeping this man three feet into the air. As he and his friend braced themselves against the gales pounding Hurst Point in Dorset, one gust was so powerful that he achieved temporary lift-off. Last night the clean-up was beginning after Britain was battered by driving rain, lightning strikes and winds...<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/knlJ9oJTtwiSHRSbn7hojW5IGXM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/knlJ9oJTtwiSHRSbn7hojW5IGXM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/knlJ9oJTtwiSHRSbn7hojW5IGXM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/knlJ9oJTtwiSHRSbn7hojW5IGXM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef012875a13694970c 2009-11-14T13:27:32-05:00 2009-11-14T13:29:34-05:00 Gina Cobb "Incidentally, one of the things that apparently made Hasan angry was that another soldier ripped an “Allah is love” bumper sticker off of his car. Well, he sure showed him when he shot a pregnant woman in the back." (Frank J. at IMAO)<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rDV2t0pLn8RyqlC8--XCUxsJD4U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rDV2t0pLn8RyqlC8--XCUxsJD4U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rDV2t0pLn8RyqlC8--XCUxsJD4U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rDV2t0pLn8RyqlC8--XCUxsJD4U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef012875967953970c 2009-11-13T09:24:52-05:00 2009-11-13T09:28:00-05:00 Gina Cobb Same Old, Same Old at Fort Hood It will happen again. Every few months an Islamic-inspired terrorist plot will be foiled, or a young Muslim male will shoot, run down or stab someone while invoking anger at non-Muslims Pelosi Health Care: Drill, Baby, Drill How is Nancy Pelosi like a bad dentist? Political Bias Could Lead To Citadel-ABC Radio's Bankruptcy Gratuitous rudeness to Sean Hannity for being conservative has cost company millions Hasan on Islam...<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V3UMXAPQ5gusx8jLbbS2xh4i84s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V3UMXAPQ5gusx8jLbbS2xh4i84s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V3UMXAPQ5gusx8jLbbS2xh4i84s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V3UMXAPQ5gusx8jLbbS2xh4i84s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef012875874fab970c 2009-11-11T22:45:25-05:00 2009-11-11T22:45:25-05:00 Gina Cobb John Stossel, RealClearPolitics: The U.S. House of Presumptuous Meddlers As an American, I am embarrassed that the U.S. House of Representatives has 220 members who actually believe the government can successfully centrally plan the medical and insurance industries. I'm embarrassed that my representatives think that government can subsidize the consumption of medical care without increasing the budget deficit or interfering with free choice. It's a triumph of mindless wishful thinking over logic and experience. The...<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rAcvG-T84YvNT8DAm_eapTUSS2g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rAcvG-T84YvNT8DAm_eapTUSS2g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rAcvG-T84YvNT8DAm_eapTUSS2g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rAcvG-T84YvNT8DAm_eapTUSS2g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-61742594 2009-11-11T04:15:00-05:00 2009-11-11T04:15:00-05:00 Gina Cobb Originally published on November 11, 2008: AP Finally Notices George W. Bush's Amazing Grace That Was There All Along<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SP5LVvyVAEJ-CYOtQ4xEC1O4NOo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SP5LVvyVAEJ-CYOtQ4xEC1O4NOo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SP5LVvyVAEJ-CYOtQ4xEC1O4NOo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SP5LVvyVAEJ-CYOtQ4xEC1O4NOo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>