*Obama and the Cult of Youth, by Matt Patterson.
“To succeed in this highly competitive, intellectually and morally challenging system, a degree of wisdom and temperance was required — characteristics which are the sole province of elders then and now. The Romans were passionately attached to their Republic, which they correctly saw as a unique and precious form of government, and they wanted it helmed by wise and virtuous men. Such men are by definition free of the emotional fevers of youth…
…Last November, we gave them that power — the “youth vote” turned out in record numbers for Barack Obama. Some believe it was enough to put him over the top and into the White House. Maybe, maybe not. Obama certainly flattered the youth on the campaign trail, certainly knew what buttons to push, which poses to affect. Obama seemed cool and young…one of them. He won their devotion, and it seems he still has it.
These young people will not know the ruin they have brought until they are older and wiser and it is too late.
Read the whole thing.
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*Three Things You Absolutely Must Know About ClimateGate, by Iain Murray.
1. First, the scientists discuss manipulating data to get their preferred results
2. Secondly, scientists on several occasions discussed methods of subverting the scientific peer review process to ensure that skeptical papers had no access to publication
3. Finally, the scientists worked to circumvent the Freedom of Information process of the United Kingdom
This story is just getting started folks.
RELATED: ClimateGate: Violating the Social Contract of Science, by Charlie Martin.
RELATED II: Slack Allowance, by Jonah Goldberg.
“If these were internal Exxon-Mobil e-mails, the trial lawyers would be racing out the door with only one pants-leg filled and every Green press flack would be demanding this lead the evening news and front every newspaper above the fold.”
RELATED III: The Secret Life of Climate Researchers, by Iowahawk.
RELATED IV: They Are Criminals, by Christopher Monckton.
RELATED V: All The News That’s Fit to Bury, by Ed Driscoll.
*On Health Care, Should Dems Fear Failure or Success? By Rich Lowry.
*Solving Whose Problem? By Thomas Sowell.
*President Obama Didn’t Impress Asia, by John Bolton.
“Of course, most Americans believe they elect presidents who will vigorously represent their global interests, rather than electing Platonic guardians who defend them only when they comport with his grander vision of a just world.”
*Terrorists Use Democrat Talking Points, at The Washington Times.
*The Third Party Moment, by Doctor Zero.
*The Democrat’s Healthcare Delusion, by Rich Lowry.
“If nothing else, watching the Democrats sacrifice so much on behalf of this monstrosity is fascinating, appalling — and dramatic. Common sense suggests that they shouldn’t do it. The basic laws of political physics say they can’t do it. And yet on they march.”
*Political Correctness and the Sunset of American Power, by David Solway.
*Gun Control, Chicago Style, by Steve Chapman.
