Can You See the Difference?

One Of These Things Is Not Like the Others.

My discerning readers will quickly see far beyond the tasks being performed. They will see directly into the differing personal ideologies, strength of character and the moral and visceral fortitude of the three men in these photos. Telling, isn't it?

This is not to say that real men don't hang curtains -- they certainly do when they are needed. But real men do so much more -- they are physical, they work and sweat for the sheer satisfaction of accomplishing something worthwhile. They don't mind getting their hands dirty, or their clothes -- or their faces, for that matter. It's a manly thing and they take it all in stride.

Perhaps Obama has gotten a little sweaty on a basketball court. Great, I hope he has. Now, let's see him cut down a tree. cut it into manageable lengths, carry it to its destination, split and arrange it into usable stacks of firewood.

That would be an episode of genuine Americana I would gladly pay to watch.

HT -- Picture liberated from Mark Alexander at patriotpost.us

The Truth of the Iranian Massacre of 1979

Watch this video only if you really want to know the TRUTH about how Iran got to be where it is today. (History only in part, of course):



The Shah may have been a bum, but he was OUR bum and it was in OUR best interests to support his government and not let it fall; thereby preventing the take-over by the evil theocracy that has ruled the people with such an iron fist all these years since.

This present crisis in Iran began with an election between two primary candidates who are evil, murderous men with innocent blood on their hands. Both of whom are under the dictates of the Supreme Leader. But has the crisis now evolved into something more, much more? Is this now about freedom versus tyranny?

America must provide strong verbal and moral support for the efforts of the Iranian people who are fighting in the streets for their freedom. To do anything less would be equivalent to supporting the tyranny that most surely will continue to hold them captive.

ObamaCare Draft Leaked

Keith Hennessey, former senior economic advisor to President George W. Bush, walks us through the first draft of Obama’s health care bill.

After reading Hennessey’s piece about the 15 things to know about the bill, my first reaction is OMG! Is this the economic environment in which we want to impose new taxes on both consumers and employers? WHAT are these people thinking? And make no mistake; any government mandate requiring people to either buy insurance or pay a penalty is nothing less than a tax.

It seems that a draft of Senator Kennedy’s (D-MA) health care bill leaked over the week-end and Hennessey was able to get a copy of the draft as a text file (173 K), and as a single Acrobat file (3.4 MB). Both files are searchable.

Hennessey writes:

“Calling it the “Kennedy” bill is something of an overstatement.
Senator Kennedy chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
committee, and his staff wrote the draft. By all reports, however,
Chairman Kennedy’s health is preventing him from being heavily involved
in the drafting.

Senator Reid has designated Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) to supervise the
process, but as best I can tell, it’s really the Kennedy committee
staff who are making most of the key decisions. For now I will call it the
Kennedy-Dodd bill.

As the committee staff emphasized to the press after the leak, this is
an interim draft. I assume things will move around over the next several
weeks as discussions among Senators and their staffs continue. This is
therefore far from a final product, but it provides a useful insight into
current thinking among some key Senate Democrats.

Here are 15 things to know about the draft Kennedy-Dodd health bill.”

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