Morning Briefing
For September 9, 2013
1. Where Congress Stands on #Syria
In case
you missed it, the Washington Post has an excellent graphic laying out
where each Representative and Senator stands on the AUMF for Syria. The
Post has divided Congress into four categories: “Against military
action”, “Leans no”, “Undecided”, and “For military action”. Long story
short: this is a winnable fight for those of us out there who want
Congress to say “No” to the war. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. Mr. Putin’s Reasonable Proposal
We’ve
reached a sad state of affairs when the Russian president has more
credibility that the American president but that is where we are.
The difficulties that Obama faces in launching his manhood-validating spring totally from his own ineptness and incompetence.
The
British have refused to sign on the strike. The hare-brained nature of
the proposal, reinforced by the reflexively anti-British actions of this
benighted administration, has ensured our most trusted ally is sitting
this one out. The French may help, but they may surrender. Who knows?
The chair of the Democratic National Committee, the aesthetically
challenged Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, assures us “dozens” of allies are
with us on the strike but they are simply too embarrassed to make their
support public. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. ObamaCare eats Kentucky
Humana
actuary Nick Mueller today confirmed the Kentucky Department of
Insurance has approved ObamaCare health premiums very close to the
eighty percent increase he requested in June.
Internal
Department of Insurance documents received today from Lori Brown at the
Department contain final, approved premium information for Humana,
Anthem and Kentucky Health Cooperative, the only three companies who
applied to participate in the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange. Anthem
and the Kentucky Health Cooperative got exactly what rates they applied
for, while Humana received a cut of less than one percent from their
initial proposed increase. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Blame vs. responsibility
The
New Yorker has a long, fascinating piece by Ariel Levy on the
Steubenville, West Virginia rape case – a confusing affair in which
teenage drinking, old town culture, and New Media hysteria combined to
produce an incomprehensible mess. The
basic outlines of the case are clear enough, as a teenage girl drank
enough to pass out, and was mistreated by a group of high-school
athletes. It’s
not entirely clear that a sexual assault took place, because both victim
and perpetrators were so drunk they don’t clearly remember what
happened on the fateful night. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. $15 for 15 days to support Quin Hillyer, a proven conservative, for Congress
It’s
rare these days to have the opportunity to send both a principled
conservative and someone brandishing pre-attained experience necessary
to make an impact on Day 1.
Yet
that’s exactly the choice the voters of Alabama’s 1st Congressional
District have in the person of Quin Hillyer, who’s time and time again
risen to the challenge of consistent conservatism over a career spanning
back to President Reagan.
Having known Quin for years, I can personally attest to each. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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