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… “But his record suggests that he is incapable of ushering in any kind of change I’d like to see. It is one of accommodation and concession to the very political powers that we need to reign in and oppose if we are to make truly lasting advances.”

… “Obama’s own plan has been widely criticized for leaving health care industry administrative costs in place and for allowing millions of people to remain uninsured. “Sicko” filmmaker Michael Moore ridiculed it saying, ‘Obama wants the insurance companies to help us develop a new health care plan-the same companies who have created the mess in the first place.’” 

… “Once I started looking at the votes Obama actually cast, I began to hear his rhetoric differently. The principal conclusion I draw about “change” and Barack Obama is that Obama needs to change his voting habits and stop pandering to win votes. If he does this he might someday make a decent candidate who could earn my support. For now Obama has fallen into a dangerous pattern of capitulation that he cannot reconcile with his growing popularity as an agent of change.” 

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From Me: I think McCain will be able to take Obama to task on conservative issues as well.  Obama is not all that he appears to be, and voters still have six more months to decide if his rhetoric has any substance.

76 of Obama’s Whoppers an counting…

“Bounding a situation forces completion of the required actions–or forces the action to change.“

The linked post above is very good.  I’ve generally agreed with the notion that a timetable in Iraq just gives jihadists a reason to lie low until we leave.  But on the other hand, there is something to be said for setting benchmarks, defining goals, measuring progress, and creating timetables.  (And no one ever said the enemy has to know about them either.)  

However, I would think the ultimate political pressure should be on Iraqi leadership, not necessarily on our U.S. troops.  But the troops have done a tremendous job under the surge strategy probably because it is in itself a benchmark of sorts with the defined goal of stablizing tough areas of Iraq by not leaving them void of law enforcement and order.  The surge is creating political breathing space for the new Iraqi government which is good, but I do wonder if more political pressure on the Iraqi Parliment would better or worsen the situation.  I’m not sure there is any way to know.  But the “bounding” point is well taken.     

A pro-life charity is suing Google over the internet company’s refusal to display its anti-abortion advert.

The Christian Institute wanted to pay Google so that when the word “abortion” was typed into the search engine, a link to a web page on its views popped up on the right hand side of the screen.

The link would have read: “UK abortion law - news and views on abortion from the Christian Institute”, and users could click on it to access the website.

However, Google has a policy of declining sites which mix topics like abortion with religious views and it refused the request.

A spokesman for Google advertising said: “At this time, Google policy does not permit the advertisement of websites that contain abortion and religion-related content.”

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