The Net Neutrality Coup

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703886904576031512110086694.html

200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes

http://www.flixxy.com/200-countries-200-years-4-minutes.htm

Larry Elder

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/elder121610.php3

Like A Condom, The First Amendment Can't Always Protect You

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40615

Judge Rejects Constitutionality of Obama Health Care Law's Individual Mandate

http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=12377565

Summary of Latest Federal Individual Income Tax Data

http://taxfoundation.org/publications/show/250.html

Jeff Jacoby

http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby121310.php3

Bush's tax-cut tactician runs down the numbers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/11/AR2010121100113.html

Swindle of the year

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/09/AR2010120904472.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

deficit

From: <larry.r.trout

'But the big gun was the economic warning from Mr. Summers, the soon-departing director of the White House National Economic Council.

"Failure to pass this bill in the next couple weeks would materially increase the risk that the economy would stall out and we would have a double-dip" recession, Mr. Summers told reporters at a briefing. '

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/us/politics/09cong.html?_r=1

I hate to say it, but if our deficit is going to be 1.5 trillion next year. I believe we should let the Bush tax cuts expire. This would bring in $321 billion more from the lower and middle clase and $41 billion nire from earners over $250k.

I would be O.K. with this if we were really going to cut federal spending also, to the tune of about $800 billion. I don't believe it can be done by targeting, because affected constitutancies will fight tooth and nail. I believe we either need to set spending, on everything but welfare and unemployment insurance, at 2008 levels or cut every federal item by 20%.

Part of me says this will cause the economy to get worse as Summers says above, but I don't think we can keep borrowing at the rate we are.

Again, getting outlays back to 2008 levels is a good start -- and an ambitious one: It amounts to $850 billion in cuts…

Then there are departments and agencies that Obama fattened up, raising outlays by $337 billion (over the 2008 levels):..

Giveaways to individuals can also be cut. Last year, the feds paid out $292 billion in "refundable tax credits" …

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/first_roll_back_bam_spending_hikes_j8bZAF6SYMycVSV1rNnUFK#ixzz174O318ST

 

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

Critical Targets list

From: larry.r.trout

It appears the United States Government made a list of critical targets that would hurt the U.S. if hit by terrorists.

Wikileaks may have released this classified list.

What should the consequences be?

FoxNews.com - WikiLeaks Supporters Launch Hack Attack on Perceived Enemies' Websites

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/12/08/hackers-attack-websites-perceived-enemies-wikileaks/

Nobel, China: China persuades 19 nations to boycott Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-nobel-20101208,0,3335507.story

Why Do the Poor Stay Poor?

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40445

Going Off The Rails With Amtrak

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40444

Muslim Brotherhood Front Group Trains Airport Screeners

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40395

Government By Executive Order

First, roll back Bam's spending hikes

No More Illegal Alien Waivers

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin120310.php3

Balanced Budget Amendment

We should have a constitutional amendment that says that the federal budget cannot increase from one year to the next if the budget was not balanced in the previous year.   There should be some sort of oversight by the courts to make sure that this is enforced.  It should be possible to override by a 60% vote in both houses.

 

Death From 10,000 Feet

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/12/02/death_from_10000_feet_108117.html

South Korea spy chief says more attacks likely

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40449265/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

Bradley Manning: Poster Boy For 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40325

Bailing Out The World

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40328

Will Carter Be Obama's Special Envoy On Korean Crisis?

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40324

The Littlest Victims of Obamacare

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40332

Senate GOP Sells Out National Security for Tax Cuts

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40329

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The Blue Bloodbath

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40326

The Hammer And The Post

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40302

‘America Must Assimilate Again’

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40308

Thank God Ronald Reagan Was a Conservative

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40306

The Blue Bloodbath

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40326

A unified Korea would be closely allied to the US. That's why China won't support it – Telegraph Blogs

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/praveenswami/100066148/a-unified-korea-would-be-closely-allied-to-the-us-thats-why-china-wont-support-it/