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To: Sully- who wrote (77582)	2/16/2010 11:10:24 PM
From: Sully-	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 90947

Murderous Alabama professor 'far-left political extremist who was obsessed' with Obama By: Mark Hemingway Commentary Staff Writer 02/15/10 2:29 PM EST A few days ago, liberal blogs trumpeted banner headlines about a Massachusetts man who was charged with stockpiling weapons. It seems he was a Tea Party activist and a Sarah Palin fan. Naturally, this confirms the left's suspicion that all conservative activists are violent anti-government terrorists. Well, I wonder what those same bloggers will make of this tidbit in today's Boston Herald about Amy Bishop, the Alabama professor who recently went on a shooting rampage killing three people: <<< A family source said Bishop, a mother of four children - the youngest a third-grade boy - was a far-left political extremist who was “obsessed” with President Obama to the point of being off-putting. >>> I don't have any reason to believe Bishop's crime was politically motivated. However, when a Harvard-educated professor "obsessed" with far-left politics goes on a killing spree her politics are considered incidental by the same people who think everyone who complains about the IRS is an Eric Rudolph in the making. (Oh and for what it's worth, Rudolph, McVeigh and others frequently cited by the left aren't exactly the right-wing, Christian terrorists they would have you believe.) Bishop's politics are worth pointing out for no other reason than to show that the idea there are disproportionate levels violence on the right is a self-serving fiction. To that end, I highly recommend Jesse Walker's essay from Reason last fall, "The Paranoid Center: How the panic over right-wing violence is being used to marginalize peaceful dissent." (h/t Ace) Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com

To: Sully- who wrote (77582)	2/17/2010 10:07:42 AM
From: Peter Dierks	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Just Say No to the Health-Care Summit Democrats need to take mandatory insurance off the table. FEBRUARY 16, 2010, 6:42 P.M. ET. By BETSY MCCAUGHEY Republicans are dithering over whether to accept President Obama's invitation to a Feb. 25 health-care summit. The White House says the health bills passed with Democratic support—the Pelosi and Reid bills—will be the basis for talks. Republicans should just say no to a summit based on these bills. These bills reduce American freedom. Forcing people to buy insurance and empowering government to dictate what your doctor does—key elements of these bills—need to be off the table. There can be no negotiation between coercion and freedom. Until recently, Mr. Obama promised that if you like your health plan and your doctor, you won't have to change. But at a recorded meeting with Republican leaders on Jan. 29, he admitted these bills break that promise. You will have to enroll in the type of plan the government requires you to have (House bill, pp. 15-16). The Internal Revenue Service is given new powers to make sure you comply. Also, for the first time in history, government officials are given power over how doctors ... Message 26326315