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I will be out for most of the day<\/strong>, running errands, and won\u2019t be back to writing until the afternoon, but a few links to keep you amused:
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\nPicking up on yesterday\u2019s piece on the Sisters of Mary<\/strong> visiting Oprah<\/a>, and the cheapening and distortion of our sexual understanding, a couple things. First, the sisters unveiled their new web site design, today, in honor of their 13th anniversary, so check be sure to check it out<\/a>, and also, read what Fr. Z has to say about the sexualizing of children<\/a> (seems we need to let our 10 year olds know they are sexual beings<\/a>, stat!) and what Mary Eberstadt writes on Christianity Lite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Remember when Bush said, \u201cif you\u2019re not with us<\/strong>, you\u2019re with the terrorists\u201d to our allies? Remember how that was a bad thing, a stupid thing, a \u201cnazi\u201d thing, for him to say? Remember how offended the press was? Remember how offended the Democrats were on our allies behalf? Remember how dissent used to be called \u201cthe highest form of patriotism\u201d? Well\u2026the Obama White House says if you\u2019re part of the loyal opposition, and you don\u2019t like his policies, you\u2019re helping AlQaeda!<\/a>. Almost sounds like something Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity might have said about the Dems, at one time, but it is extremely jarring to hear that charged lobbed by the administration. I can\u2019t wait to hear the press and the Democrats scream about Bush<\/del> Obama saying such an awful thing to his own countrymen! Or, will they just say, \u201cBush did it, too,\u201d -the weird magic words that -in their minds- justifies almost anything, even though when \u201cBush did it,\u201d they thought it was a stinking thing to do.<\/p>\n

Ed Morrissey<\/strong> has the best commentary on this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also, it seems Janet Napolitano wasn\u2019t kidding<\/strong> when she listed pro-life groups as possible threats to national security<\/a>. Maybe if Obama had not filled his cabinet and advisers with Chicago thugs<\/a>, Ideologues and Captains of Mediocrity, he wouldn\u2019t be struggling so much, now.<\/p>\n

Or, perhaps he\u2019s a bit of a mediocrity himself, which is why he can\u2019t govern<\/a>, without his instincts running to the world \u201crule.\u201d<\/p>\n

Is Obama\u2019s \u201chealth care summit\u201d<\/strong> just meant for show?<\/a>. I vote a big yes<\/a>. The guy spent the past year saying, \u201cI won. Shut up. The GOP has no plan; they just want the status quo. I don\u2019t want to hear a lot of talk. Do it my way. Bush sucks.\u201d Now, he wants to confer with the GOP after he has a final bill prepared. It\u2019s Roy Scheider in All That Jazz again, lighting a cigarette, looking into the mirror and announcing, \u201cShowtime!\u201d<\/p>\n

Clearly, the GOP has figured this out,<\/strong> and they\u2019re responding with a very highly raised eyebrow<\/a> and some justified skepticism. Allahpundit has highlighted the pertinent parts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Baseball Crank has<\/strong> a few ideas on how to deal with this<\/a> too. America has made it clear, they want Obama to start over; Obama is being clear he does not intend to. So, yes, it\u2019s a farce and theater.
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\nBut I thought Obama was going to do a \u201chard pivot\u201d<\/strong> away from healthcare, and start focusing on jobs? When does he do that? When does he start thinking about job creation in the private (not public<\/a>) sector? He keeps saying he cares about jobs, but again \u2013 it\u2019s just words \u2013 his actions are still betraying his obsession with pushing through a health care policy his nation is telling him it does not want, while ignoring their desires for jobs. Then again, we\u2019re<\/a> so not smart enough,<\/a> to his thinking. The same nation that was \u201cbrilliant\u201d when it elected Obama in \u201908 is now irredeemably stupid<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Seems special interests are doing well<\/a> in this era that was supposed to be \u201cfamine-time\u201d for them.<\/p>\n

I made this point last week<\/strong>: Obama admits Bush was right<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, some NPR readers are having<\/strong> an \u201cI Am Spartacus\u201d<\/a> moment, about a billboard in Minnesota. The article is a tad clueless (and also a tad troubling; why do they care who bought that sign?) Some of the comments are pretty funny.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"