Adrienne's Corner

Is America Waking Up?


Obama Poll Sees Doubt on Budget and Health Care

A substantial majority of Americans say President Obama has not developed a strategy to deal with the budget deficit, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, which also found that support for his plans to overhaul health care, rescue the auto industry and close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, falls well below his job approval ratings. read the rest

The GOP Can Stop ObamaCare
The public is in no mood for drastic changes in current coverage.

Americans will listen more closely to Republicans if they make empirical and specific arguments against Mr. Obama's attempted government takeover of the nation's health system. But they must also offer proposals that families, small-businesspeople and health-care providers will applaud.

Fortunately, Sens. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Richard Burr of North Carolina, and Reps. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Devin Nunes of California have devised a plan that will likely appeal to anyone interested in making health insurance more affordable and portable. read more

Harsanyi On Health Care: What's The Rush?

In his latest column, David Harsanyi voices several legitimate concerns over Obama's envisioned health care reform.

News on Michigan from the BlogProf:

Michigan Retains Unemployment Title In The U.S. - Now At 14.1%!!!

14.1%!!!! And rising! How much further can it go? And it's going to get worse before it gets better.

Robert Stacy McCain explains Caveat Emptor for those that don't know the true meaning. Growing up I was taught this lesson well, and have paid plenty of "stupid tax" as it's called by Dave Ramsey.


RightKlik has a great summation in his post The Iranian People And Obama’s Ruthless Pragmatism

When you believe in nothing, you will fall for anything. Dare I say this is the reason people of faith have no faith in Obama?

America's Fatal Attraction

by David Limbaugh

..."Even some not entranced by his supposed charisma are indirectly affected by it, evidenced by their unbounded willingness to give him the benefit of every doubt. They are impervious to his narcissism, indifferent to his megalomaniacal pursuit of power, ceaselessly forgiving of his childish scapegoating of the previous administration, and oblivious to his extremism. read the rest

Bush Speaks Out

"Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States"

"I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor," he said. "I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that -- persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind."

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