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That's how Tennessee Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn characterized the preventative-care sections of the Democrats' health-care bill:
BLACKBURN: And, George, this is exactly how it happens. If you go to page 1,296 of the House bill, the engrossed copy, and you began to read in title three ...
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From a $50 NRO contributor:
It's worth $50 just to be able to read lines like, "you keep us on our toes like Robert Reich at a urinal". Thanks for the light words during a dark time.
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Jean Schmidt
From a $100 NRO contributor:
For [all the authors] who always keep me entertained. Thanks for always supporting me in Iraq and at my job as a casualty officer at Bethesda.
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From a $25 NRO contributor:
As you might expect (I live in Vermont) I feel somewhat under siege. Fortunately I have NRO and NRODT to keep me sane.
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From a $50 NRO contributor:
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From a reader in response to my appeal :
The new most useful all purpose line in Internet Punditry: "And even if that's not exactly what you're saying, I'm sure that's the gist of it." If I hadn't already donated, that would of done it. Cheers, and thanks for the good work.
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It all depends on how you look at
it. From The Boston Herald : In an embarrassing
blow to the movement to combat global warming, hackers have posted hundreds of e-mails from a world-renowned British institute that show researchers colluding to ...
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How The Science Gets Settled -- By: Mark Steyn
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In many ways, you guys make us readers feel like we're part of the NR family. And where I come from, family takes care of family. Thanks for all you do. Keep it up.
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In the NYT :
IN the case of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and the Fort Hood massacre, the verdict has come in. The liberal news media have been found guilty — by the conservative news media — of coddling Major Hasan’s religion, Islam. Liberals, according to the columnist Charles Krauthammer, wanted ...
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I have an op-ed in the New York Daily News this morning on the Obama administration decision to transfer KSM and the other 9/11 jihadists to Manhattan for a civilian trial. Here's the wrap-up:
Our enemies will be given a full-blown civilian trial with all the rights of the American citizens ...
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Readers of The Corner have contributed to a first-rate discussion about conservative novels on my personal website, HeyMiller.com . As of right now, there are 146 entries in the comment section. Please feel free to add your own or just enjoy the conversation. I've come away with many excellent ...
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So what does tonight’s vote mean? Can the Senate’s week off for Thanksgiving change the politics of the health care debate? What happens if the debate ends up stretching through December and into 2010?
For answers, NRO asked Larry Sabato, the astute professor of politics at the University of ...
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From the Daily Mail:
One of the world's most famous children's toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover - wearing a burkha.
Wearing the traditional Islamic dress, the iconic doll is going undercover for a charity auction in connection with Sotheby's for Save The Children.
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Italy
An e-mail:
K-Lo, Not only does Dodd's comments show that he's after a full government takeover, it's also delusional. No one claims that this reform will cover everyone . No fewer than 24 million will still be uninsured by 2019 . That's a point that conservatives cannot hammer enough. ...
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Senator Dodd said right before the vote:
I ALSO WANT TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT, IF I CAN, MR. PRESIDENT, TO RECOGNIZE A COLLEAGUE WHO IS HERE TONIGHT ONLY IN SPIRIT, TED KENNEDY... TONIGHT WE AND IN THE DAYS TO COME WILL PAY HIM THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENT AS OUR COLLEAGUE BY FULFILLING THAT QUEST ...
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Senator Reid tonight: Today we vote whether to
even discuss one of the greatest issues of our
generation - indeed, one of the greatest issues this body has ever face: whether this nation will finally guarantee its people the right to live free ...
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This Is Called Overpromising -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
From Politico , right before the vote :
The Senate galleries are filled with spectators. Senators are starting to filter in and take their seats. Sen. Joe Lieberman is sitting on the floor next to Sen. Susan Collins on the Republican side of the aisle, listening to Mitch McConnell speaking. ...
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An e-mail (AND IT'S NOT ABOUT FUNDRAISING):
Santorum is all over this: It was a terrible mistake for opponents to allow tonight's vote such a dramatic buildup. We had no hope. What Democrat is going to deny his party even the opportunity for floor debate on such a historical piece of ...
