Recalled To Life

Suspicious
Mr. Hagel also announced on Friday that the U.S. is cancelling plans to deploy defenses against ICBMs in Europe within the next decade, and the suspicion is that Mr. Obama is offering them as a bargaining chip in his next arms-control deal with the Russians. Recall that Mr. Obama was overheard last year telling then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he'd have "more flexibility" after his re-election. (WSJ, 3/18/2013)

Read a history of Poland - any one - and this is what you will find:

- In 1791 Poland passed the first written constitution in Europe.
- Poland has been a stalwart friend to the U.S. and to democracy.
- Throughout history, Poland has been subject to invasions and accompanying acts of genocide from neighbors.

If Obama was the great mind that his hagiographers tell us he is, he would understand history. Instead, he sides with the Russians. 


Draft Dodgers
The Democratic-drafted budget, approved narrowly a couple hours before dawn, calls for almost $1 trillion in new taxes over the next decade to help reduce the deficit.
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The budget plan was opposed by four Democrats who are up for re-election in 2014: Sen. Max Baucus (D., Mont.), Kay Hagan (D., N.C.), Mark Pryor (D., Ark.) and Mark Begich (D., Alaska). (WSJ, 3/23/2013)

Besides the fact that this is the first budget that the (Democrat-dominated) Senate passed in four years, this is all you need to know:

- $1 trillion in new taxes.
- Not supported by Democrats who have to face voters. 

Republicans should be mopping the floor with Democrats, but they are not. Time to stop listening to Karl Rove and start listening to Ann Coulter. 


Tax Time
Former Vice President Al Gore published a blog post on his website entitled “‘The time has come’ for a carbon tax,” which includes excerpts from an editorial from the Financial Times which endorses a carbon tax. (Dailycaller.com, 3/22/2013)

For Democrats, the answer is taxes. Always taxes.


The Way They Are
Public support for gay marriage has hit a new high as Americans increasingly see homosexuality not as a choice but as a way some people are, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The poll shows that 58 percent of Americans now believe it should be legal for gay and lesbian couples to get married; 36 percent say it should be illegal. (Washington Post, 3/18/2013)

* Poll conducted in Vermont, California and Provincetown, MA (?)