» Who Do You Think We Are, Mr. President? Subjects or Citizens?

Put aside all the serious fights over the climate science, the astronomical costs associated with capping carbon emissions, the endless demands for carbon reparations, compliance and verification, etc., the only question that really matters this week at the Copenhagen Conference on climate change is whether President Obama is really going to end up corrupting the American constitutional system in front of the entire world.
Who will President Obama heed? The American people and our constitutional system of checks and balances, or the collection of dictators, tyrants, and mostly undemocratic heads of government convened by the United Nations in Copenhagen this week? They are tempting the American president to do what he wants to do and what they mostly do: ignore the will of their own people and sign a political agreement based on an unconstitutional sham.

Dear Mr. President:

I would like to express my concern regarding reports that the Administration may believe it has the unilateral power to commit the government of the United States to certain standards that may be agreed upon at the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The phrase “politically binding” has been used.

Although details have not been made available, recent statements by Special Envoy on Climate Change Todd Stern indicate that negotiators may be intending to commit the United States to a nationwide emission reduction program. As you well know from your time in the Senate, only specific legislation agreed upon in the Congress, or a treaty ratified by the Senate, could actually create such a commitment on behalf of our country.

I would very much appreciate having this matter clarified in advance of the Copenhagen meetings.
Sincerely,
Jim Webb
United States Senator

North Carolina
» Are Democrats trying to kill 'Castle Doctrine?'

... the easiest way to kill a bill without going on record against it is to simply ignore it. This they do by shunting the bill to a committee from which it will never see the light of a hearing.

Such is the possible fate of Senate Bill 928, “The Castle Doctrine.”

This week, the General Assembly adjourned until May, 2010. Fortunately, because SB 928 passed one chamber, it remains alive for next year. Anyone who either lives or spends time in North Carolina should let Holliman and Ross know they will be held accountable for flouting the will of voters.

Contact Rep. Hugh Holliman (D-Davidson) at Hugh.Holliman@ncleg.net, 103 Sapona Road, Lexington, NC 27295, or 336-956-1385.

Contact Rep. Deborah Ross (D-Wake) at Deborah.Ross@ncleg.net, 425 S. Boylan Ave., Raleigh, NC 27603, or 919-832-6508.

» Officials in Southern California prepare for inevitable nuclear attack, thanks to SmartPower? policies of Obama, Clinton and Holder

Given an administration that coddles terrorists, cozies up to nutcases like Kim Jong-Il and wink-winks at a nuclear Iran, these preparations seem sensible.
Cheering news, but not unexpected from the hard left Democrats that support, enable and appease world despotism.

» KSM Glamor Shot, Trial Serve as Infomercials for Jihad

What kind of administration permits KSM to publish glamor shots that market Jihad around the world? What kind of Attorney General supports these efforts?

The same kind of A.G. that expends enormous effort to cover up voter intimidation by its New Black Panther allies, in a seeming effort to encourage anarchy and violence at polling places.

» Dems Threaten Nelson In Pursuit of 60

...the White House is now threatening to put Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC list if Nelson doesn't fall into line.
Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson's demand that taxpayer money not be used to fund abortion has still not been met.

More ....
» The Offutt AFB Closure Threat

The White House and Ben Nelson’s office are denying the threat was made. Media Matters says it is a “dubious rumor.” Meanwhile Michael Goldfarb at TWS is sticking to his guns saying “I’m confident it’s true.”

One of these days a story like this will be a tipping point for Americans. The sheen will finally have rubbed off the plastic messiah. When that happens, there will be a retrograde reconsideration of a lot of events including this one.

For when that tipping point is reached, I'd like to point out that the capital lawn is peppered with good sized trees with lots of strong branches ... maybe not enough, but a good start.

» Using taxpayer money to subsidize electoral victory

Fisker got taxpayer money-hundreds of millions for a venture that had it been appealing would have drawn interest from private investors. Instead the government stepped in with our dollars in order to reward to play politics, help the very blue state of Delaware, and the political chances of Vice-President Biden's son.

Hope and change, hope and change.

Nothing new, after all, the entire Stimuless Bull was about socking away billions to fund Dhimmicrat political ventures.

» PLCAA Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed Beretta U.S.A. and the firearms industry another victory by rejecting the Brady Center's appeal of Adames v. Beretta U.S.A. Corporation challenging the constitutionality of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA).

The PLCAA is the 2005 federal law passed by Congress in response to the flood of reckless lawsuits brought by the Brady Center on behalf of anti-gun mayors seeking to hold members of the firearms industry liable for the criminal or unlawful misuse of their products.

This is now the third time this year the Supreme Court has denied a challenge to the PLCAA backed by the Brady Center

I love a good straight-forward, no BS headline:
» Communists Aim to Step Up Pressure on Healthcare

If any kind of Healthcare Bill is passed by the US Senate, the the Communist Party USA/Democratic Socialists of America/Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, will not rest until they achieve fully socialized 'single payer' health care.

» My War of Words With the Canadian Health Care System

In 2007 the Canadian government issued a series of reports to address the outcry over long wait times for critical tests, procedures and surgeries. Over a two year period:

? Wait times for knee replacements dropped from 440 to 307 days.
? Wait times for hip replacements dropped from 351 to 257 days.
? Wait times for cataract surgeries dropped from 311 to 183 days.
? Wait times for MRIs dropped from 120 to 105 days.
? Wait times for CT scans dropped from 81 to 62 days.
? Wait times for bypass surgeries dropped from 49 to 48 days.

I had no idea that the Canadian Socialist Hellth Scare system had made such drastic and remarkable 'improvements'.

Victor Davis Hanson
» Is America a Deer in the Headlights?

Millions of Americans are dutifully paying their under-water mortgages each month, but getting peeved when they hear of all sorts of new programs to ensure others do not.

Congress’s mood seems to be “let us race to cram through this statist agenda and get it institutionalized before we all get thrown out in 2010.”

Why did a terrorist shoot the innocent at Ft. Hood or plot in Pakistan when we promised to close Guantanamo and will try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in New York?