March 5, 2010
Friday Flash
Early Saturday and Sunday morning, you can get the best of the always-excellent Imus in the Morning on the Fox Business Network. Last Saturday featured great interviews with Tommy James (who sold 100 million records) and Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer. MSNBC must be kicking themselves for letting Imus go and replacing him with the thoroughly unwatchable ratings joke, Morning Joe. The Fox Business set is neat, and Jen, Dagen, Chuck, Bernie, Lou, and the inimitable sports guy, Warner Wolf, form a compelling, warm, and humorous team. Enjoy.
Happy Friday.
The Danger of Daily Aspirin
By Anna Wilde Mathews – The WSJ
Empty Skies Over Afghanistan
By Lara M. Dadkhah – The New York Times
Friday Flash
Early Saturday and Sunday morning, you can get the best of the always-excellent Imus in the Morning on the Fox Business Network. Last Saturday featured great interviews with Tommy James (who sold 100 million records) and Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer. MSNBC must be kicking themselves for letting Imus go and replacing him with the thoroughly unwatchable ratings joke, Morning Joe. The Fox Business set is neat, and Jen, Dagen, Chuck, Bernie, Lou, and the inimitable sports guy, Warner Wolf, form a compelling, warm, and humorous team. Enjoy.
Happy Friday.
The Danger of Daily Aspirin
By Anna Wilde Mathews – The WSJ
Empty Skies Over Afghanistan
By Lara M. Dadkhah – The New York Times
March 4, 2010
ObamaCare: Twenty-One Key Democrats—and Three Things for Them to Consider
By Jeffrey H. Anderson – The Weekly Standard
Commentary by Dick Young:
According to a CNN poll, 73% of Americans don’t want Obamacare. Americans have indeed made it clear that either congressional Democrats will vote to keep health care in the private sector, or the people will vote to return congressional Democrats to the private sector. All nine of the representatives discussed in the article voted yes with Bart Stupak following the last-minute addition to the House bill of wording that protects against taxpayer-funded abortions. The Senate, in a loud slap to the Stupak team’s face, junked the Stupak language in the Senate bill. Here’s a real Democratic sticking point: the Stupak language cannot be reinstated via “budget reconciliation.”
The nine congressmen in the article and 21 other Democratic representatives who supported Stupak and voted for the overall bill will now have their backbones examined regarding their opposition to abortion funding. Remember, the wording these Democratic representatives want is not found in the Senate health-care bill—and after reconciliation, it still won’t be there.
Healthcare Heat on the Blue Dogs
By Michelle Oddis – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
When the House voted for Obamacare, about half the Blue Dogs (ducking their avowed fiscal responsibility to their constituents) voted yes on the bill. The National Republican Trust PAC says that 18 Blue Dogs are especially vulnerable in the 2010 elections. Will the Blue Dogs step in to defend fiscal sanity or not? If not, a huge price will be paid this fall.
ObamaCare: Twenty-One Key Democrats—and Three Things for Them to Consider
By Jeffrey H. Anderson – The Weekly Standard
Commentary by Dick Young:
According to a CNN poll, 73% of Americans don’t want Obamacare. Americans have indeed made it clear that either congressional Democrats will vote to keep health care in the private sector, or the people will vote to return congressional Democrats to the private sector. All nine of the representatives discussed in the article voted yes with Bart Stupak following the last-minute addition to the House bill of wording that protects against taxpayer-funded abortions. The Senate, in a loud slap to the Stupak team’s face, junked the Stupak language in the Senate bill. Here’s a real Democratic sticking point: the Stupak language cannot be reinstated via “budget reconciliation.”
The nine congressmen in the article and 21 other Democratic representatives who supported Stupak and voted for the overall bill will now have their backbones examined regarding their opposition to abortion funding. Remember, the wording these Democratic representatives want is not found in the Senate health-care bill—and after reconciliation, it still won’t be there.
Healthcare Heat on the Blue Dogs
By Michelle Oddis – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
When the House voted for Obamacare, about half the Blue Dogs (ducking their avowed fiscal responsibility to their constituents) voted yes on the bill. The National Republican Trust PAC says that 18 Blue Dogs are especially vulnerable in the 2010 elections. Will the Blue Dogs step in to defend fiscal sanity or not? If not, a huge price will be paid this fall.
March 3, 2010
Wake Up Commentary
Wednesday’s 6:00am Imus in the morning on Fox Business News channel featured the Gatlin brothers and John Hiatt, both outstanding musical favorites. There is not another show on cable that brings the enthusiasm, background and skill of Don Imus when it comes to R&B, Rock N’ Roll, and country music.
Stakes Are High in Chicago Gun Case
By Marco Rubio – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
I support Marco Rubio for the U.S. Senate in my home state of Florida. In his essay, Mr. Rubio comments that “Beyond the impact on Second Amendment rights, the McDonald case also serves as a timely reminder of the important ‘advise and consent’ role the U.S. Senate plays regarding judicial nominations to the federal bench.” The focus here is, of course, on Sonia Sotomayor, whose nomination to the court both Mr. Rubio and I strongly opposed. We view Sotomayor as an activist judge, weak-kneed on the Second Amendment.
Time for a Spending Cap With Teeth
By Jeb Hensarling And Mike Pence – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Federal spending is at the highest level since WWII. The national debt has soared to $11.9 trillion, from $7.3 trillion just five years ago. The increase equals all the debt accumulated between President George Washington and President Bill Clinton. The current administration is clearly the most anti-constitutional and destructive in my lifetime. And the prior administration was a clear contributor to the debt buildup. There is an obvious reason the TEA party movement has swept America and Texas governor Rick Perry swamped a Washington insider in the recent Texas Republican primary.
Wake Up Commentary
Wednesday’s 6:00am Imus in the morning on Fox Business News channel featured the Gatlin brothers and John Hiatt, both outstanding musical favorites. There is not another show on cable that brings the enthusiasm, background and skill of Don Imus when it comes to R&B, Rock N’ Roll, and country music.
Stakes Are High in Chicago Gun Case
By Marco Rubio – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
I support Marco Rubio for the U.S. Senate in my home state of Florida. In his essay, Mr. Rubio comments that “Beyond the impact on Second Amendment rights, the McDonald case also serves as a timely reminder of the important ‘advise and consent’ role the U.S. Senate plays regarding judicial nominations to the federal bench.” The focus here is, of course, on Sonia Sotomayor, whose nomination to the court both Mr. Rubio and I strongly opposed. We view Sotomayor as an activist judge, weak-kneed on the Second Amendment.
Time for a Spending Cap With Teeth
By Jeb Hensarling And Mike Pence – The WSJ
Commentary by Dick Young:
Federal spending is at the highest level since WWII. The national debt has soared to $11.9 trillion, from $7.3 trillion just five years ago. The increase equals all the debt accumulated between President George Washington and President Bill Clinton. The current administration is clearly the most anti-constitutional and destructive in my lifetime. And the prior administration was a clear contributor to the debt buildup. There is an obvious reason the TEA party movement has swept America and Texas governor Rick Perry swamped a Washington insider in the recent Texas Republican primary.
March 9, 2010
Jefferson, Degeneracy and Obama
By Susan Dale – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
Back in the early 19th century, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” Ms. Dale highlights the outrageous fact that under President Obama, U.S. debt has already ballooned to $13 trillion, before including the massive spending of the president’s new budget, the potential $1-trillion health-care tab, or the second stimulus. Ms. Dale concludes, “This radical leftist masquerading as a real American President has tripled our national debt in just a year and a quarter.” And whom does Ms. Dale correctly list as the benefactors of all the trillions President Obama has stolen from us and our descendents? The SEIU, other labor unions, trial lawyers, and ACORN, for starters. If, as seems likely today, the Republicans regain the House in the fall, all funds for the president’s income-redistribution orgy will grind to a halt, including any potential health-care proposals. Article 1, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives. The income-redistribution spigot will be turned off.
The Newest Hybrid Model
By Jad Mouawad – The New York Times
Commentary by Dick Young:
Piggybacking a massive solar installation onto a natural gas–fired plant could save 20% of the cost of a stand-alone solar facility. Tie-ups like this one between renewable energy and traditional natural gas power plants could help utilities smooth out the variable nature of renewable energy sources.
Jefferson, Degeneracy and Obama
By Susan Dale – Human Events
Commentary by Dick Young:
Back in the early 19th century, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” Ms. Dale highlights the outrageous fact that under President Obama, U.S. debt has already ballooned to $13 trillion, before including the massive spending of the president’s new budget, the potential $1-trillion health-care tab, or the second stimulus. Ms. Dale concludes, “This radical leftist masquerading as a real American President has tripled our national debt in just a year and a quarter.” And whom does Ms. Dale correctly list as the benefactors of all the trillions President Obama has stolen from us and our descendents? The SEIU, other labor unions, trial lawyers, and ACORN, for starters. If, as seems likely today, the Republicans regain the House in the fall, all funds for the president’s income-redistribution orgy will grind to a halt, including any potential health-care proposals. Article 1, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives. The income-redistribution spigot will be turned off.
The Newest Hybrid Model
By Jad Mouawad – The New York Times
Commentary by Dick Young:
Piggybacking a massive solar installation onto a natural gas–fired plant could save 20% of the cost of a stand-alone solar facility. Tie-ups like this one between renewable energy and traditional natural gas power plants could help utilities smooth out the variable nature of renewable energy sources.
March 8, 2010
Interview with Dick Armey
Charlie Rose – CharlieRose.com
Commentary by Dick Young:
In this video interview, Dick Armey, former House majority leader and one of the architects of the Republican revolution of the 1990s, shows why he would have been far superior president or Treasury secretary than the sad options Americans currently face.
Taylor for Congress
Commentary by Dick Young:
I support Scott Taylor for Congress. Mr. Taylor former Navy SEAL and is running for the House seat in the second congressional district of Virginia. Mr. Taylor rightly supports the release of the three Navy SEALs who have been charged with giving a terrorist a fat lip. All Americans should support the three SEALs.
Unhealthy Hype
By Thomas Sowell – National Review
Commentary by Deborah Young:
Go Back to Square One and Figure Out Exactly What Is Wrong With Our Medical System
Thomas Sowell has sensible ideas on how to help fix, not ruin, our medical system, which, as he notes, is among the best in the world.
1. Pass federal legislation that would end state legislation of insurance companies and thus mandates. Insurance companies are forced to pay for everything from wigs to marriage counseling, depending upon which special interest groups have the most power within each state.
2. Doctors and hospitals are forced to practice "defensive" medicine in order to protect themselves from being sued by unscrupulous lawyers. Tort reform is a must.
As Mr. Sowell points out, some people are willing to pay more for a private room rather than be in a room with one or more other patients. That's a simple economic fact of life. Get off the "Cadillac" health plan nonsense. This is nothing but class warfare.
Swinging on the Hudson: An Unlikely Haven for Jazz
By Nate Chinen – The New York Times
Commentary by Timothy Jones:
As Mr. Chinen details in his article, the Hudson Valley (where I grew up) is a great place for a weekend getaway, especially from nearby New York City. Take one of the two Metro North railroad lines that travel through the valley (the Harlem and Hudson lines) or drive up the Taconic State Parkway. The valley is simply stunning. The mountains and highlands set the stage for spectacular views, especially in the season of fall foliage. As the home of the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), the Hudson Valley is blessed with a disproportionate share of CIA graduates who find eager patrons in the surrounding towns. The music scene is also stocked with eclectic artists who have filled the area since the Woodstock music festival brought them north from New York. Towns like Hudson and Rhinebeck are filled with antiques of every era, and in Kingston you can take wonderful cruises along the river. Gilded Age mansions dot the riverside in Hyde Park, and ski slopes can be found in the Catskills and the Berkshires. I second Mr. Chinen’s recommendation to visit the Raccoon Saloon in Marlboro. The burgers there are excellent, and the atmosphere is great too. The vineyards, orchards, artisans, hiking, historical sights, horseback riding, and galleries like Dia Beacon, along with much more, make the Hudson Valley a great place to visit.
Interview with Dick Armey
Charlie Rose – CharlieRose.com
Commentary by Dick Young:
In this video interview, Dick Armey, former House majority leader and one of the architects of the Republican revolution of the 1990s, shows why he would have been far superior president or Treasury secretary than the sad options Americans currently face.
Taylor for Congress
Commentary by Dick Young:
I support Scott Taylor for Congress. Mr. Taylor former Navy SEAL and is running for the House seat in the second congressional district of Virginia. Mr. Taylor rightly supports the release of the three Navy SEALs who have been charged with giving a terrorist a fat lip. All Americans should support the three SEALs.
Unhealthy Hype
By Thomas Sowell – National Review
Commentary by Deborah Young:
Go Back to Square One and Figure Out Exactly What Is Wrong With Our Medical System
Thomas Sowell has sensible ideas on how to help fix, not ruin, our medical system, which, as he notes, is among the best in the world.
1. Pass federal legislation that would end state legislation of insurance companies and thus mandates. Insurance companies are forced to pay for everything from wigs to marriage counseling, depending upon which special interest groups have the most power within each state.
2. Doctors and hospitals are forced to practice "defensive" medicine in order to protect themselves from being sued by unscrupulous lawyers. Tort reform is a must.
As Mr. Sowell points out, some people are willing to pay more for a private room rather than be in a room with one or more other patients. That's a simple economic fact of life. Get off the "Cadillac" health plan nonsense. This is nothing but class warfare.
Swinging on the Hudson: An Unlikely Haven for Jazz
By Nate Chinen – The New York Times
Commentary by Timothy Jones:
As Mr. Chinen details in his article, the Hudson Valley (where I grew up) is a great place for a weekend getaway, especially from nearby New York City. Take one of the two Metro North railroad lines that travel through the valley (the Harlem and Hudson lines) or drive up the Taconic State Parkway. The valley is simply stunning. The mountains and highlands set the stage for spectacular views, especially in the season of fall foliage. As the home of the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), the Hudson Valley is blessed with a disproportionate share of CIA graduates who find eager patrons in the surrounding towns. The music scene is also stocked with eclectic artists who have filled the area since the Woodstock music festival brought them north from New York. Towns like Hudson and Rhinebeck are filled with antiques of every era, and in Kingston you can take wonderful cruises along the river. Gilded Age mansions dot the riverside in Hyde Park, and ski slopes can be found in the Catskills and the Berkshires. I second Mr. Chinen’s recommendation to visit the Raccoon Saloon in Marlboro. The burgers there are excellent, and the atmosphere is great too. The vineyards, orchards, artisans, hiking, historical sights, horseback riding, and galleries like Dia Beacon, along with much more, make the Hudson Valley a great place to visit.
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As misguided and dangerous as the above two books are, there is nothing quite like Saul D. Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. On page 3, Saul kicks off by saying, “Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.” He continues, “In this book we are concerned with how to create mass organizations to seize power and give it to the people.” Mr. Alinsky writes, “This means revolution.” Moving on briskly, Saul writes on page 63, “The building of many mass power organizations to merge into a national popular force cannot happen without many organizers.” As examples of such organizations and organizers, he offers a nifty group including the Panthers (as in Black), radical philosophers, and SDS.
So you get the overall slant of what the RPM is all about. And who is the national spokesperson and moving force for all I have outlined above? Why, our president, Barack Obama. Every American is welcome to his or her opinion, and that of course includes the gentlemen whose views I have shared with you. Last week at Richardcyoung.com, I shared a video of a speech our president gave to Service Employees International Union (SEIU) employees. That video is at the top of the page now. Give it your full attention.
In the above objective critique, I have not given you my opinion. Rather, I have summarized in direct presentations and quotes the views of those aligned with the RPM. I do, however, have an opinion, which could be outlined in two words. I’ll let you fill in the blanks.
I’m writing to you today with the goal of suggesting which way our president is heading from here, given the massive scale of the health-care debacle and the election of Scott Brown. Barack Obama was put up to advance the cause of the RPM, pure and simple. And the movement is not for one second going to slam on the brakes. What I can assure you is that the climate is about to turn ugly as progressives, including president Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi, have been dealt a ferocious body blow. Reid, for his efforts, will face annihilation in November. Were Pelosi running in any district except the progressive capital of the world, San Francisco, she surely would too. As for President Obama, if a new election were held today, he’d get crushed. Remember when the president was out campaigning in 2008? Glenn Beck had not begun the charge that today impacts 30 million fed-up-to-the-gizzard Americans a month. In the last election, Senator McCain was ahead in the polls until the Lehman Brothers fiasco. McCain kept things interesting, with only hold-your-nose interest at best from conservatives. McCain had no help from Rush, and the Glenn Beck express had yet to roll. A speaker better than President Obama backing a full-scale conservative menu will garner the support of Rush, Beck, and a wide array of other well-positioned conservative influentials. It will be a brand new day.
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As misguided and dangerous as the above two books are, there is nothing quite like Saul D. Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. On page 3, Saul kicks off by saying, “Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.” He continues, “In this book we are concerned with how to create mass organizations to seize power and give it to the people.” Mr. Alinsky writes, “This means revolution.” Moving on briskly, Saul writes on page 63, “The building of many mass power organizations to merge into a national popular force cannot happen without many organizers.” As examples of such organizations and organizers, he offers a nifty group including the Panthers (as in Black), radical philosophers, and SDS.
So you get the overall slant of what the RPM is all about. And who is the national spokesperson and moving force for all I have outlined above? Why, our president, Barack Obama. Every American is welcome to his or her opinion, and that of course includes the gentlemen whose views I have shared with you. Last week at Richardcyoung.com, I shared a video of a speech our president gave to Service Employees International Union (SEIU) employees. That video is at the top of the page now. Give it your full attention.
In the above objective critique, I have not given you my opinion. Rather, I have summarized in direct presentations and quotes the views of those aligned with the RPM. I do, however, have an opinion, which could be outlined in two words. I’ll let you fill in the blanks.
I’m writing to you today with the goal of suggesting which way our president is heading from here, given the massive scale of the health-care debacle and the election of Scott Brown. Barack Obama was put up to advance the cause of the RPM, pure and simple. And the movement is not for one second going to slam on the brakes. What I can assure you is that the climate is about to turn ugly as progressives, including president Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi, have been dealt a ferocious body blow. Reid, for his efforts, will face annihilation in November. Were Pelosi running in any district except the progressive capital of the world, San Francisco, she surely would too. As for President Obama, if a new election were held today, he’d get crushed. Remember when the president was out campaigning in 2008? Glenn Beck had not begun the charge that today impacts 30 million fed-up-to-the-gizzard Americans a month. In the last election, Senator McCain was ahead in the polls until the Lehman Brothers fiasco. McCain kept things interesting, with only hold-your-nose interest at best from conservatives. McCain had no help from Rush, and the Glenn Beck express had yet to roll. A speaker better than President Obama backing a full-scale conservative menu will garner the support of Rush, Beck, and a wide array of other well-positioned conservative influentials. It will be a brand new day.
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