Posts Made By: Mel Maki

James C Chandler Jr said:

After a zillion speeches on HC Reform, BHO finally gets his hobby horse.

Then what does he do? What? Burn multiple tons of jet fuel to fly off and give the [Nth + 1] speech on Healthcare Reform? Huh?

Does BHO's handlers believe that it is impossible to become over exposed? Or perhaps BHO so enjoys giving Healthcare Reform speeches that he'll just keep on making them forever?

Charles R Genovese, Jr MD said:

Illegal alien amnesty will be the next agenda. They of course should vote and get free healthcare-if your agenda is to bankrupt the country this would be the logical next step. After thast comes the "fairness doctrin" legislation- they are tired of hearing from any opposition.

Mike Strieber said:

Interesting article on the potential outcome of the midterm elections. A few snips that I find most interesting:

“Millions of white men who voted for Barack Obama are walking away from the Democratic Party, and it appears increasingly likely that they'll take the midterms elections in November with them. Their departure could well lead to a GOP landslide on a scale not seen since 1994.”

"By February, support for Democrats among white people (male and female) was three percentage points lower than in February 1994, the year of the last Republican landslide."

"It's no accident that the flight of white males from the Democratic Party has come as the government has assumed a bigger role, including in banking and health care. Among whites, 71 percent of men and 56 percent of women favor a smaller government with fewer services over a larger government with more services, according to ABC/Washington Post polling.
Obama's brand of liberalism is exactly the sort likely to drive such voters away. More like LBJ's than FDR's, Obama-style liberalism favors benefits over relief, a safety net over direct job programs, health care and environmental reform over financial reform…"

"…and a stimulus package that has focused more on social service jobs -- health care work, teaching and the like -- than on the areas where a majority of job losses occurred: construction, manufacturing and related sectors."[/I]

[I]"In 1994, liberals tried to explain their thinning ranks by casting aspersions on the white men who were fleeing, and the media took up the cry. The term "angry white male" or "angry white men" was mentioned 37 times in English-language news media contained in the Nexis database between 1980 and the 1994 election. In the following year, the phrases appear 2,306 times." Sound familiar?

"Tarnishing their opponents as merely "angry" was poor politics for the Democrats."

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=915922&category=OPINION&TextPage=1
Mike

Mike Strieber said:

"From Audacity to Animosity"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703766704576009943102291486.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

"We have not in our lifetimes seen a president in this position. He spent his first year losing the center, which elected him, and his second losing his base, which is supposed to provide his troops. There isn't much left to lose!"

Even the usual suspects, Olbermann, Maddow, and Matthews, have turned on him. Maddow has been at a 50' hover the last couple days. Noonan, I believe, describes the situation pretty well.
Mike

Rod Kaufman said:

It seems WikiLeaks discovered a secret British Embassy cable disclosing the rather disturbing results of a poll of Muslim students at British universities. The results speak for themselves:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/19/embassy-row-930120260/
Again, it's not getting any better...

Rod Kaufman said:

So this ex-Reagan defense official thinks he can slash a trillion from the Pentagon's budget:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/05/news/economy/lawrence_korb_defense_spending/index.htm?cnn=yes&hpt=Sbin
Hmm, I don't know if China is going to be cutting any of theirs. Ditto for North Korea. But it does appear he has some reasonable suggestions. I just don't hear any of the tea party types going ape over this guy's suggestions. OTH, IF what he says is correct, we wouldn't have to worry as much about social security and medicare cuts, now would we?

Lee Spain said:

So, what does society do to identify the mentally ill, get them treatment, warn their fellow citizens, and reduce their access to dangerous technologies (cars, guns, aircraft, etc.)?

I would pay an extra dollar or two when instant background checks are run or drivers licenses are issued to make sure criminal/mental health background check records are up-to-date.

Any conviction, restraining order, or mental health finding should be in the system within 1 hour of being issued. Anything less should result in civil liability against the state or jurisdiction that was slow in maintaining their records.