Does Obama believe his own words?

Listening to President Obama explain “his” health care plan, I can’t help but wonder if he actually believes his own words.

Maybe it’s been so long since the adoring press corps has held him accountable for his innumerable exaggerations, omissions and misstatements that he believes he can create a new reality simply by speaking it into existence.

However, for anyone who’s been paying attention, the President’s recent health care pep rally disguised as a press conference was littered with statements that just don’t square with reality: (more…)

Ritter backs cap-and-tax despite costs to Colorado

Kudos to Heritage Foundation for this clip of Gov. Bill Ritter waffling on Waxman-Markey but backing the basic concept of cap-and-tax, despite documented costs to Colorado’s economy.

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NEA lawyer: It’s all about power, money, job protection

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Not since the late Albert Shanker has a teachers union official been so candid about the true priorities of the National Education Association.  Shanker, the late president of the American Federation of Teachers famously said: “When school children start paying union dues, that ‘s when I’ll start representing the interests of school children.” (more…)

Farm lobby blew it on cap-and-trade

Once climate-change regulators strangle the economy and carbon-counters turn gas, oil and electricity into expensive luxuries, perhaps American farmers will recognize how “our friends” in Washington, D.C., sold us out in the name of political compromise.

Last week, Capitol Hill’s agriculture lobby had a choice:  withhold support from the Waxman-Markey climate control bill or agree to a compromise that provides cover to rural district Democrats who support it.

Without those rural votes, Waxman-Markey was bound for the shredder.  With those votes, it garnered just one more vote than the bare minimum needed for passage. (more…)