That Thing They Do

Land of the Free
RedStateVT is constantly reminded by Liberals that the U.S. is the ONLY civilized nation in the world that does not have free health care for its people.....or some such variant. (Of course, as we have noted previously, someone always has to pay for "free" but that is another story.) Yet when RedStateVT asks which country they would like to emulate that provides better, faster, cheaper health care, they never have an answer and usually say something like: Bush lied. 


And, by the way, we will NOT accept "Cuba" as an answer!


Outrage (The Selective Kind)
As the Obamas return from another million dollar vacation and word leaks out about their million dollar Halloween party, we can only ask: Where is the outrage from the Occupy crowd?


Vows
Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, declared that “we have to realize that our schools are not an employment program” and vowed to press for the speedy establishment of a statewide teacher evaluation system. (NYT, 1/16/2011)


He took on public employee unions. Now he appears willing to take on the teachers' union. On the negative side, he raised taxes. Overall, however, we give Cuomo credit for recognizing where the fundamental problems lay and attempting to cure them.


Air Time
Yes, in the Bush years the air was also thick with accusations that the Constitution was being "shredded." We now know that the professed concern for the Constitution was fake. We know it was fake because the same Bush claims of executive authority in war that provoked such apoplexy in our pundits, professors and politicos have for the most part been embraced by Mr. Obama—all to the distinct sound of silence. (William McGurn, WSJ, 1/17/2012)

We are still awaiting the thoughtful Liberal who reflects, and then announces: maybe we were unfair toward Bush...