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Saturday, September 26, 2009

America.com digest

America.com digest

Friday, September 25, 2009

Today's Top Feature
Pluck of the Irish The finance minister of Ireland announced a plan to ransom the hostage economy. Others should follow suit, VINCENT R. REINHART says.

New at The Enterprise Blog

Getting It Wrong in Honduras The Obama administration's position that removing Honduran President Zelaya "was some form of unconstitutional coup is a dangerous exaggeration," warns GARY SCHMITT.

The G-20 Trades in Its Credibility Based on history, expect little to come from the Group of 20 nations summit this past week, says PHILIP LEVY.

The Worst Economy Since...the 1980s? Despite media hype comparing the current economic crisis to the Great Depression, our present economy actually rates closer to the 1980s, writes MARK PERRY.

Netanyahu Lays It on the Line DANIELLE PLETKA highlights the Israeli prime minister's bold address to the UN.

Consumer Financial Protection: Vanilla or Mint? Good thing the administration dropped certain finance-reform mandates, NICK SCHULZ writes, because the market already achieves their goals.

Should Religious Leaders Trust President Obama’s Assurance on Abortion and Health Care Reform? It doesn't matter if abortion isn't explicitly covered under a healthcare reform bill: any such bill will likely lead to that coverage, argues JAY RICHARDS.
Datapoints

Increasing the Deficit While some have made claims of deficit neutrality during the healthcare debate, the public isn’t buying it. In the September ABC News/Washington Post poll, 65 percent said that healthcare reform would increase the federal budget deficit, 24 percent said reform would have no effect on it, and only 9 percent said reform would decrease the deficit. In a mid-September CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, 74 percent said if the president’s plan becomes law, it would increase the deficit, while 24 percent said this would not happen.

Source: ABC News/Washington Post, September 2009.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Washington Examiner Political Digest

Washington Examiner Political Digest

For the Left, war without Bush is not war at all By: Byron York Chief Political Correspondent August 18, 2009

Not too long ago, some observers worried that Barack Obama would come under increasing pressure from the Left to leave both Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, it seems those worries were unfounded. For many liberal activists, opposing the war was really about opposing George W. Bush. When Bush disappeared, so did their anti-war passion.

Columnist Robert D. Novak dies after battle with cancer

Robert D. Novak, who began covering Washington during the Eisenhower administration and later achieved fame as a columnist and television commentator, died in his home Tuesday morning after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 78.

A nationally syndicated columnist for 45 years, Novak wrote “Inside Report”—a reported column on the inner workings of Washington policy and politics—with Rowland Evans six days a week from 1963 until Evans’ retirement in 1993. For 15 years, Novak continued the column—thrice weekly—until a brain tumor forced his retirement in July 2008.

Cable television made Novak’s a familiar face nationwide. An early star at the nascent CNN in 1980, Novak was a fixture on the right at CNN’s Crossfire, and he relished his work as the executive producer of the Capital Gang.

Susan Ferrechio - Pelosi digs in on public option
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she will forge ahead with a health insurance bill that includes a robust government-run insurance plan, despite signals from Senate negotiators that they may exclude a government plan from legislation it is drafting.

Mark Tapscott - CBS News, AP report AARP losing thousands of members protesting group's Obamacare support

Earlier this month, I reported that a revolt was breaking out among AARP's 40-million members in response to the enthusiastic and extensive lobbying by the group's Washington leadership on behalf of Obamacare. Now, other media are beginning to notice and we are starting to get a trickle of numbers that hint at the magnitude of the outrage among AARP's members.

Julie Mason - Obama adopts tough talk on Afghan war
"Our new strategy has a clear mission and defined goals: To disrupt, dismantle and defeat al Qaeda and its extremist allies," Obama told the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Phoenix. "This will not be quick, nor easy, but we must never forget: This is not a war of choice, this is a war of necessity."

Kimberly Kagan - Afghan army and police forces must grow much larger
More U.S. troops are needed in Afghanistan in part because there are too few Afghan National Security Forces, and they are not yet effective enough to conduct counterinsurgency missions. The growing strength of the insurgency and the limitations on the ANSF create a security gap that only additional international forces will be able to fill over the coming few years.

U.S. unions aid anti-democratic forces in Latin America
Anti-democratic forces working to de-stabilize the new government in Honduras have attracted U.S. labor unions as allies in their cause.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), UNITE HERE, and the United Steelworkers (USW) have lined up behind Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega to express their support for Manuel Zelaya, the former president of Honduras
More Political Stories

No new fishy emails, but Cornyn wonders about the old ones

Enough Obama on TV

Boehner rips Tauzin for giving in to big government "bully"

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Wednesday, July 08, 2009

This week in The Tentacle

This week in The Tentacle

Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Palin Derangement Syndrome
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Last Friday the liberal hate machine gasped in collective horror at the very idea that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may not be around in the foreseeable future and be the object of anger looking for a safe victim.

What’s Up with Republican Governors?
Michael Kurtianyk
So what is it with these Republican governors these days? Is there some sort of Kool-Aid trough they’re drinking from that’s making them go wacko? In no particular order, let’s look at the Hall of Shame.

English Lessons
Tom McLaughlin
Kuching, Malaysia – “Sir! Sir!” the voice pealed behind me. I turned around and there was a very pretty young Malay girl trying to hail me. I was on a busy shopping street that had been closed to traffic and reverted into a pedestrian walk way in downtown Kuching.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Sarah Palin's Bye-Bye
Roy Meachum
Resigning as Alaska's governor may have been the smartest move by Sarah Palin, a politician noted more for smarts than intelligence; it cheers her fans and confounds her enemies, including those in the media. Journalists have criticized their colleagues – never themselves – for being too hard on the ex-vice presidential nominee.

Hail and Farewell, Sarah Palin
Patricia A. Kelly
Sarah Palin just announced her resignation as governor of Alaska, effective July 26, 2009.

Motorcycle Touring – Part 2
Nick Diaz
Summertime is motorcycle touring time. This year I’m headed for West Virginia, (heaven, not “almost…”), in late July, to meet with a bunch of friends from far and wide. Two weeks later I’m headed for northwestern Ohio for a high school reunion.

Monday, July 6, 2009
Becoming a Billionaire – Part 1
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
In the last few weeks, the transformation of my life from a relatively normal one to one of a 1920s industrial tycoon began.

The Take Back America Rally
Steven R. Berryman
It was my honor and pleasure to bear witness to the first annual rally in front of the Frederick County Courthouse on the 4th of July. Not a “tea party,” it was about taking back America.

Friday, July 3, 2009
Four Fourths
Roy Meachum
The orgy of fireworks came late to the Independence Day celebration, long after my youth. A gathering on July 4th to see a brilliant display of pinwheels and rockets may have been the rule in Philadelphia, but it was unknown in New Orleans and the surrounding South. Maybe because Confederate Fortress Vicksburg fell to Union forces on that date? More probably, the costs of the shows.

Time Can’t Change Its Meaning
Joe Charlebois
On July 2nd, 1776 our Founding Fathers voted to declare independence from Great Britain. On July 4th they attached their signatures to a document that will be hailed as one of the greatest statements for individual freedom ever written. The preamble states the basic principles of individual rights, liberty, equality, and self-government or “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Thursday, July 2, 2009
Non-Answers and Squirrelly Financing
Farrell Keough
The Frederick County Board of Education had a televised meeting on June 10, 2009. During that meeting, many things were discussed including re-districting and the budget. It is the latter for which we will focus our discussion today.

Sacrifice in the Name of Freedom
Chris Cavey
This weekend there will be thousands of “Tea Parties” across the United States. In Maryland at least seven are planned, being diligently promoted and advertised. If you can attend a local Tea Party please do so. While you are there, take a little time and ponder these thoughts.

The Doers and the Talkers
Joan McIntyre
Will this subject ever die, ever be solved? No! As long as there are people, there will be waste and, of course, opinions aplenty on its disposal. There are those who do and those who just yammer about what others should do. Those who do, finally make a decision; those who talk, are still talking.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Zelaya has left the building
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Early Sunday morning four units, consisting of 200 soldiers of the military in Honduras, stormed the presidential palace in the capitol, Tegucigalpa, at 6, arrested and bundled-up their pajama-clad president, Manuel Zelaya, and carted him off to the airport and flew him to Costa Rica.

A Reunion
Tom McLaughlin
Kuala Pilah, Malaysia – My friend Dzul urged me to return to Kuala Pilah, a two-hour flight, for a reunion with his class. I had started teaching in 1974, just after his group had left; but some had returned for the next level of education (form six). The best and the brightest, they scored the highest on their exams. These were the former students who remembered me after 35 years.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009
R.I.P. – For a Pair of Stars
Roy Meachum
Two celebrity deaths this past week brought an outpouring from the general public and the people who knew them. Farrah Fawcett's dying was both documented and expected. She bowed out with great grace. Although she came a great way professionally from the tousled-hair "Charlie's Angel" in the poster, she earned her greatest review on the manner of her passing.

Of Minnows and Whales
Michael Kurtianyk
I was thinking over the weekend how great it was that the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team made it to the finals of the Confederations Cup in South Africa. I remember when I was growing up that the biggest claim to fame for the team was a win over England in 1950. That was at the World Cup, which was played in Brazil. It was dubbed “The Miracle on Grass” (not to be confused, of course, with the “Miracle on Ice” in the 1980 Olympics).

Monday, June 29, 2009
The Bagel Master Burgermeister
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
So what is it about a very friendly and congenial local shop keeper that suggests he has the tools to the lead the City of Frederick? Only in City of Frederick politics could the phrase "He's a really nice guy" be considered pejorative.

Cap and Traitor
Steven R. Berryman
The House of Representatives barely passed the first stage in President Obama’s “Cap-and-Trade” energy/ecology legislation late Friday 219-212. This, with the help of eight Republican traitors crossing over to vote, and having not read the bill, hundreds of pages of which only just became available at 3 A.M. on the day of the vote.

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

The Tentacle: Zelaya ha dejado el edificio

1 de julio de 2009

Zelaya has left the building

Zelaya ha dejado el edificio by Kevin E. Dayhoff


Early Sunday morning four units, consisting of 200 soldiers of the military in Honduras , stormed the presidential palace in the capitol, Tegucigalpa , at 6, arrested and bundled-up their pajama-clad president, Manuel Zelaya, and carted him off to the airport and flew him to Costa Rica . Domingo por la mañana temprano cuatro unidades, que consta de 200 soldados de las fuerzas armadas en Honduras, irrumpieron en el palacio presidencial en la capital, Tegucigalpa, a los 6, detenido y paquetes de sus vestidos de pijama presidente, Manuel Zelaya, y fuera de él carted al aeropuerto y voló a Costa Rica.

It was the beginning of a long – real bad day for the leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, described in an Associated Press article as a “tall, wealthy rancher with a black mustache and a white Stetson…” Fue el comienzo de un largo - verdadero mal día para el izquierdista aliado del presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez, que se describe en un artículo de Associated Press como "de alto, con un rico ranchero bigote negro y un blanco Stetson ..."

However, in spite what the traditional media in the United States would want you to believe, this was – paradoxically – a good day for the forces of democracy. Sin embargo, pese a lo que los medios de comunicación tradicionales en los Estados Unidos quieren que usted a creer, esta fue - paradójicamente - un buen día para las fuerzas de la democracia.

Allies of President Zelaya, such as Presidents Chávez and Barack Obama, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, were immediately up in arms. Aliados del Presidente Zelaya, como Presidentes Chávez y Barack Obama, y el Secretario de Estado de Hillary Rodham Clinton, inmediatamente se levanta en armas.

For many who are not well versed in Honduran politics – or where it is on the map, for that matter – the entire scenario seems to have been taken from a screenplay written by Woody Allen. Para muchos de los que no están bien versados en la política de Honduras - o cuando está en el mapa, para el caso - la totalidad del escenario parece haber sido extraído de un guión escrito por Woody Allen. However, it isn't funny. Sin embargo, no es gracioso. It is deadly serious. Es muy en serio.

“Manuel Zelaya,” according to the same AP article, “spent the last three years turning the political system on its head. "Manuel Zelaya," de acuerdo con la AP mismo artículo, "pasó los últimos tres años, convertir el sistema político en su cabeza. At public events, he hurled insults at the rich and powerful, sometimes reinforcing his points by breaking into song….” En eventos públicos, que profirió insultos a los ricos y poderosos, a veces por el refuerzo de sus puntos de ruptura en la canción ... ".

Okay, I'll bite. Bueno, voy a morder. Why in the world should anyone care? ¿Por qué en el mundo si alguien la atención? Isn't it just another day in the world of politics below the Mexican-US border? ¿No es simplemente otro día en el mundo de la política por debajo de la frontera mexico-estadounidense?

Well, maybe. Bueno, quizás. Then again, maybe not. Por otra parte, tal vez no. Multiple news accounts report that this is the first unscheduled change in government in Central America in 16 years. Múltiples cuentas de noticias informan de que este es el primer cambio de gobierno no programadas en Centroamérica en 16 años. Other historians beg to differ. Otros historiadores discrepar.

As an aside; if you will notice, the actions taken by the Honduran military were not referred to as a coup d'etat. Como acotación al margen, si se habrá dado cuenta, las medidas adoptadas por los militares hondureños no se a que se refiere como un golpe de Estado. Perhaps it is an argument over semantics. Tal vez es un argumento más de la semántica. One could certainly argue that the Honduran president is no longer in the building and whether it is referred to as a coup or not – or an eventful impeachment – the result is the same. Uno podría argumentar que el presidente de Honduras ya no está en el edificio y si se conoce como un golpe o no - de acontecimientos o un juicio político - el resultado es el mismo. And this is a good thing… Y esta es una buena cosa ...

Nevertheless, if the potential destabilization of yet another government is troubling, what is more perplexing is the reaction of the state-run US media and President Obama. Sin embargo, si el potencial de desestabilización de otro gobierno es preocupante, lo que es más sorprendente es la reacción de los estatales de EE.UU. medios de comunicación y el Presidente Obama.

It was not lost on many that President Obama was so quick to defend leftist President Zelaya – in stark contrast with how he seemed to have lost his voice for more than a week in the wake of what many feel was the results of a stolen election in Iran . No fue perdido en muchos de que el Presidente Obama fue tan rápido para defender izquierdista Presidente Zelaya - en marcado contraste con la forma en que parecía haber perdido su voz por más de una semana a raíz de lo que muchos se sienten los resultados de un robo de elecciones en Irán.

Upon closer scrutiny one discovers that the actions taken in Honduras were, if anything, taken to prevent a coup, a coup that was being attempted by the leftist President Zelaya, with the full support of President Chávez. Un estudio más detenido se descubre que las medidas adoptadas en Honduras fueron, en todo caso, para evitar un golpe, un golpe de Estado que se intentó por la izquierda el Presidente Zelaya, con el pleno apoyo del Presidente Chávez.

Lost in all the rhetoric and righteous hand wringing is the fact that the military had an arrest warrant for the president issued by the Honduran Supreme Court with the complicity of the Honduran Congress “for repeated violations to the Constitution.” Perdidos en toda la retórica y justos manoteos es el hecho de que los militares tenían una orden de detención emitida por el presidente de la Corte Suprema de Honduras con la complicidad del Congreso de Honduras "para repetirse violaciónes de la Constitución."

Sort of puts a new angle on things, now doesn't it? Pone una especie de nuevo ángulo en las cosas, ahora ¿no?

It seems that several months ago, President Zelaya decided he would begin the process of having his one four-year constitutional term limit overturned. Parece que hace varios meses, el Presidente Zelaya que se decidió iniciar el proceso de tener sus cuatro años de un plazo límite constitucional anuló.

However, according to the Honduran 1982 constitution, only the National Congress may undertake such an initiative; and then only by a two-thirds vote in two consecutive regular scheduled sessions. Sin embargo, según la Constitución de 1982 de Honduras, el Congreso Nacional sólo puede emprender una iniciativa de este tipo, y entonces sólo por una mayoría de dos tercios de los votos en dos períodos de sesiones regulares.

Scott Wilson notes in The Washington Post : “The one-term limit is commonplace in Latin America . Scott Wilson, señala en The Washington Post: "El plazo límite es común en América Latina. It is meant as a legal check to ensure that the region's rich tradition of public corruption and political patronage could only last so long in some of these nations. Es como una verificación jurídica para garantizar que la región de la rica tradición de la corrupción pública y el clientelismo político sólo podría última tanto tiempo en algunas de estas naciones.

“ Venezuela 's Hugo Chávez was among the first to challenge the limit…” "Venezuela 's Hugo Chávez fue uno de los primeros en impugnar el límite ..."

Meanwhile, Mr. Wilson calls to our attention that the presidents of Columbia , Ecuador , and Bolivia are in various stages of following President Chávez's example. Mientras tanto, el Sr. Wilson llamadas a nuestra atención que los presidentes de Colombia, Ecuador y Bolivia se encuentran en diversas etapas de la siguiente el ejemplo del Presidente Chávez. With the exception of Columbia , President Chávez is only too happy to help his Latin American allies in overthrowing their respective constitutions. Con la excepción de Colombia, el Presidente Chávez está muy feliz de ayudar a sus aliados de América Latina en el derrocamiento de sus respectivas constituciones.

In Columbia , President Alvaro Uribe had that country's constitution changed in December 2004, after he had only been in office for two years. En Colombia, el presidente Álvaro Uribe de que el país había cambiado la constitución en diciembre de 2004, después de que él sólo había estado en funciones durante dos años. Now he wants the constitution changed again so that he may run for a third term. Ahora quiere cambiar la constitución de nuevo para que pueda correr para un tercer mandato.

After a failed attempt in 2007, President Chávez had Venezuela 's constitution changed last February, thereby essentially guaranteeing him the president's office for life. Después de un intento fallido en 2007, el Presidente Chávez había Venezuela 's constitución cambió el pasado mes de febrero, con lo que en esencia que le garanticen la oficina del presidente de por vida.

In the case of Venezuela , the change to that country's constitution has worked greatly against the forces of democracy and doomed a once vibrant nation to years of hardship and the loss of freedom. En el caso de Venezuela, el cambio a la constitución del país ha trabajado mucho en contra de las fuerzas de la democracia y condenada una vez vibrante nación a los años de penurias y la pérdida de la libertad.

In Honduras , democratic traditions have also quickly taken hold, and there the courts decided that President Zelaya's initiative was illegal. En Honduras, las tradiciones democráticas se han apoderado también rápidamente, y los tribunales decidieron que la iniciativa del Presidente Zelaya era ilegal. Even his own “Liberal Party” opposed the referendum. Incluso su propio "Partido Liberal" se opone al referéndum.

Undaunted President Zelaya asked the military to administer the referendum. Impertérrito Presidente Zelaya pide a la militar para administrar el referéndum. When it refused, the president removed Gen. Romeo Vásquez, chief of the armed forces, Gen. Romeo Vásquez, from office. Cuando se negó, el presidente el general retirado Romeo Vásquez, jefe de las fuerzas armadas, el general Romeo Vásquez, de la oficina.

The Honduran Supreme Court voted 5-0, that he be reinstated. La Corte Suprema de Honduras votó 5-0, que se restablezcan. The president refused. El presidente se negó.

Furthermore, President Zelaya insisted on scheduling the referendum for last Sunday. Además, el Presidente Zelaya insistió en la programación para el referéndum el domingo pasado. The court ordered the military to stay out of administering the scheduled referendum. El tribunal ordenó a los militares a mantenerse fuera de la administración del referéndum programado. The Honduras 's Supreme Electoral Tribunal ordered that the ballots, which were printed in Venezuela , to be confiscated, and the county's attorney general requested that the National Congress remove the president from office. El Honduras' s Tribunal Supremo Electoral ordenó que las papeletas, que fueron impresos en Venezuela, para ser confiscada, y el procurador general del país pidió que el Congreso Nacional eliminar el presidente de su cargo.

It was this series of lawful and constitutional events that led to President Zalaya's removal from office, thereby upholding the basic tenants of democracy. Es esta serie de actos legales y constitucionales que llevaron al presidente Zalaya la separación del cargo, con lo que la defensa de los inquilinos de la democracia.

And that is why we should care. Y es por eso que debe cuidar.

Instead of denouncing the lawful actions of the people of Honduras , who saved their country's democracy from a wannabe populist dictator with a black mustache and a white Stetson; we should be applauding. En vez de denunciar las acciones lícitas del pueblo de Honduras, que salvó a su país la democracia de un dictador populista aspirantes con un bigote negro y un blanco Stetson; debemos aplaudir.

So, now the question is why President Obama is so quick to ally himself with leftist dictators at the expense of freedom-loving democracies. Por lo tanto, ahora la pregunta es por qué el Presidente Obama es tan rápido aliado a sí mismo con los dictadores de izquierda a expensas de los amantes de la libertad democracias. I'm just asking. Estoy pidiendo. Think about it. Piénsalo.


Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster . Kevin Dayhoff escribe de Westminster.