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Can We Ask? YES WE CAN!

1. Since you have said you will sit down with our enemies and you belong to a church that has printed Hamas propaganda, why would you find it surprising that Hamas supports you? More importantly, why do you find it “flattering,” but complain when it’s mentioned by others?

NOBAMA no questions no answers no vote 2. Why do you demand one set of rules for opponents, but live by the complete opposite of those rules? Why do you demand civility from your opponent, then you attack him, distort his record and send out surrogates to question his integrity? Are you a liar, a hypocrite, or both?

3. Considering the fact that 1) you may be the most pro-abortion person on Capitol Hill, and 2) you equated pro-life Senator Tom Coburn with a terrorist, I must ask: would you belong to a church for 20 years that had opposition to abortion as a fundamental value and focus of activism?

Oh, I have plenty more questions to ask, but I’ll have to ask more of them later. Maybe I’ll make this a regular thing, since there’s a whole website set up for the purpose of asking Barry questions. Not that I expect to be given answers, since we all know how irritable he gets about being asked questions. Thou shalt not question thy Obamessiah!

Boohoo Obama

Can we ask? Yes we can!

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Are you a fascist?

Of course you are, you jackbooted Rethug. ;-P

Actually, probably not. If you’re like me, “you are disciplined but tolerant; a true American.”

stein hoist Dan Collins @ PW

The Next Right

I’ve complained in the past about how ineffectual the right side of the blogosphere is; it’s part of the reason I grumble about how I “hate blogging,” in fact. Oh, yeah, we had Rathergate and the Reuters Fauxtography scandal, and a couple other things that hit critical mass, but that’s just a handful of things in the last four years or so. It’s nothing compared to the things the Nutroots gets done, and I’m not even talking about the enormous amounts of money they can raise compared to us.

The difference: While we talk about how they are negative–and they are–they’re also working FOR something. We’re just generally carping from the cheap seats, playing at punditry and media criticism. They’re getting the nutroots agenda heard on Capitol Hill regularly, and they even were able to take down a Senator who was once a Vice-Presidential candidate (Lieberman) in a primary. There’s no way Ned Lamont could have beaten Joe Lieberman in the primary without the Nutroots. And now, the conservative blogosphere is top-heavy with people who are largely lukewarm (or worse) toward our Presidential candidate, and more against the idea of a President Barack Obama. Well, it’s pretty much our own fault as a collective whole.

Enter The Next Right.

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The Next Right is a new project started by Patrick Ruffini, Jon Henke, and Soren Dayton, designed to foster political activism using technology like blogs and other Web 2.0 structures. Patrick Ruffini introduces it here:

If you’re looking for pure-play opinion and link bait on sundry topics from Ann Coulter to Jimmy Carter/Hamas, you won’t find it here. What you will find is in-depth (often unabashedly technical) writing about the election, the polls, the strategy, and the issues. Our analysis will track truth and stay true to the numbers. But it will self-consciously serve a greater purpose — educating YOU to be your own political strategist and start doing something — whether that’s blogging about your local Congressional race or Democratic corruption in your state, organizing fundraising drives, and maybe even managing races or running for office yourself. Only a revival of civic engagement at the grassroots level will create a conservative future we want: one that is pork-free and robust in the defense of our country and its values. We can’t call a switchboard and wait for Washington to fix the mess. We have to do it ourselves, from the ground up, in every state.
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We don’t think this alone will solve the activism gap. Anyone who tells you that they alone have the answer is fooling you. This is not “the Daily Kos of the right.” What we’re hoping to do is create momentum and an intellectual framework for action — because action ultimately starts with narratives and ideas. We want grassroots conservatives and libertarians to start believing that they can make a difference again — a sense all too many have lost. Only you – and not some well-funded 527 — can bring the movement into the future. Only when grassroots conservative have a direct stake in the future of the party are we effective. The Next Right is about creating a vision for a 21st century Republican Party and conservative movement.

We need this. Desperately. Go read more about the how and whys of The Next Right, and sign up to be notified when it’s open for business. TAKE BACK CONTROL OF YOUR GOVERNMENT.

THIS MEANS YOU.

Obama on divisive politics: “We will end it by telling the truth”

During last night’s speech in North Carolina, Barack Obama said the following, referring to the divisive way the political game is played:

We will end it not by duplicating the same tactics and the same strategies as the other side, because that will lead us down the same path of polarization and of gridlock.

We will end it by telling the truth.

We will end it by telling the truth forcefully, repeatedly, confidently, and by trusting that the American people will embrace the need for change, even if it’s coming from an imperfect messenger, because that’s how we’ve — that’s — because that’s how we’ve always changed this country, not from the top down, but from the bottom up, when you, the American people, decide that the stakes are too high and the challenges are too great.

FAIL. You’ve been fact-checked, Barry.

You’re going to tell the truth, Barack? What, did you decide suddenly to turn over a new leaf?

See, he can keep repeating this lie and play divisive politics himself by painting all of his opponents as “fear mongers” and racists, but he’s not fooling me with his rhetorical gymnastics. Here’s how he rolls:

* Opponent points out his faults, whether it’s his far-left agenda, his lackluster Chicago Democrat political record (that shows nothing resembling “change,” “unity,” or “hope”), or his history of alliances with radical leftists.
* Obama says this is divisive, and a distraction from the issues.
* Obama lies about his opponent’s record and agenda.
* Obama surrogates pile on, calling opponents racists.
* Obama surrogates/supporters lie about and attack the other candidates, and repeat absurd and demonstrably false accusations about them. (AKA “libel.”)
* Opponents are called “divisive” for drawing attention to Obama’s actual history.
* Obama surrogates claim that it’s all a smokescreen for what’s really just fear of a black President.

You tell me–who’s being divisive, if he and his supporters aren’t?

When IS he going to start telling the truth?

AI Execution. Please off them all

Well, after tonight, we have only 2 weeks and 4 shows to go. Wow, time flies fast. Here’s hoping that one of the dudes go. I’m not big on syesha, but at least she has a nice enough bahonkis to crush on for a while…

Today’s Anti-Islamofascist Action: Save Media Freedom in Yemen

URGENT help needed, via Jane at Armies of Liberation, who is the go-to for news about the Yemeni dictatorship. A prominent pro-democracy journalist in Yemen is facing a jail sentence–again:

Renowned journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani is one of Yemen’s most prominent democracy advocates - for which he has paid a steep price. His paper has been closed, his website blocked, and his children threatened. He is now due to be sentenced on May 21 for “insulting the president” and “demoralizing the military.”

During his arrest in June of 2007, Al-Khaiwani was beaten and his six-year-old daughter slapped unconscious. While released on bail in August, Al-Khaiwani was kidnapped and tortured by thugs who threatened his life if he continued to write about Yemen’s president.

As al-Khaiwani’s sentencing approaches, there is growing fear a guilty verdict will open the door for a brutal crackdown on Yemen’s already-endangered journalistic community. Join with al-Khawiani’s supporters in Yemen and throughout the world as we urge the Yemeni government not to imprison journalists for their work.

Al-Khaiwani stands on principle for free speech. When he was arrested in 2004 (for “insulting the president”), prison guards broke his jaw - yet he still refused to agree to stop writing. In June of 2007, he was re-arrested on similar charges and dragged outside in his underwear. After being released on bail, he abducted by gunmen who broke his fingers threatened to kill him if he “wrote another word against the president or national unity.”

Civil rights advocates inside Yemen and abroad believe the charges against al-Khaiwani are unsubstantiated and simply punishment for his critical reporting. In fact, one of the main pieces of evidence used against him by prosecutors is an unpublished article criticizing Yemen’s president.

All I ask is for you to send a letter–it’s already filled out, you just have to send it. You won’t get spammed or anything; you can opt-in for updates from them about freedom of the press in Yemen if you want. (Or you can just read Jane’s blog, like I do, and get other news as well, like the latest on the USS Cole bombers.) You can keep your name off the public list, too.

Jane tells me this is due to get some major media coverage in the region, so every bit of support is needed. Just one minute of your time, please. Click and send the letter.

Hillary’s Not Backing Down

She’s not going anywhere yet.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A campaign aide says Hillary Rodham Clinton loaned herself $6.4 million in the past month.

Politically wounded and financially strapped, Clinton plunged back into the presidential campaign Wednesday even as Barack Obama declared that Tuesday’s primary results left him with a “clear path to victory.”

Her website doesn’t look like they’re winding down, either–although they’re asking for $5 donations on the splash page. I admit it - it’s awfully tempting to send in $5 just to keep the circus going, but I don’t want to end up on the DNC’s beg list. I get enough phone calls begging for money from Republicans as it is, thanks. And more importantly, that’s $5 I’d rather send to John McCain, anyway. Looking at the Obama fundraising juggernaut, McCain’s gonna need it.

Ed Morrissey:

Truthfully, Hillary has been a long shot since the first Super Tuesday defeats made Obama the front-runner. Operation Chaos may have helped her to remain in the race, and her predicament certainly made her a better candidate over the last few weeks, but her strategy always relied on convincing superdelegates to dump Obama. His unexpectedly strong showing in Indiana will convince them to stick with the frontrunner.

So how long will it take? Will Hillary really go all the way to Denver before surrendering? I’d guess that they will contest the last few primaries remaining. Kirsten Powers made a good point last night on Fox when she suggested that Hillary sees herself as a safety net — ready to take over if Obama has a “catastrophe” on the campaign trail. It would have to be at least an order of magnitude worse than Jeremiah Wright to knock him off the ticket now, but Hillary may be resting her ambitions on such slender reeds, and she doesn’t lose anything but time and money running out the string now.

Hillary won’t leave until the last primary contest closes its polls.

She’s not finished with her campaign, but writing is on the wall. West Virginia votes on Tuesday (the 13th). Kentucky and Oregon are on the 20th. After that, it’s just Montana, South Dakota, and Puerto Rico. All eyes on the superdelegates now…

~~Yoda~~ Patrick Ruffini made a good point at Twitter this morning about the protracted primaries:

I’m hoping Hillary stays in so we can have a full 50 state electoral map of this contest. The demographics will be studied for decades.

Oh, yes they will. It’s a rare opportunity.

Stupid Gubmint: Use alternative fuels, get a tax fine!

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” –Ronald Reagan

Gaze at the stupidity of gubmint regulation.

Dave Eck, a Half Moon Bay mechanic, had attracted a media spotlight with his fleet of vehicles fueled by used fryer grease from a local chowder house. So when Sacramento called, he figured officials wanted advice on promoting alternative fuels.

Not at all. The government rang to notify Eck that he was a tax cheat. He was scolded for failing to get a “diesel fuel supplier’s license,” reporting quarterly how many gallons of grease he burns, and paying a tax on each gallon.

“All of a sudden they nailed me for a road tax,” said Eck, who drives a Hummer converted to run on vegetable oil. “I said, ‘Not a problem. I’ll do my part. But what do I get? At least let me into the carpool lane.’ ”

No such luck. The state offered Eck only a potentially large fine — and not just for failing to pay taxes. He can also get in trouble for carting kitchen grease away from eateries without a license from the state Meat and Poultry Inspection Branch.

Or for not having at least $1 million in liability insurance, in case he spills some of the stuff. Or for not getting permission from the state Air Resources Board to burn fat in the first place.

The regulations are so burdensome that even Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, trying to set an example for Californians by driving a Hummer that burns cooking oil he buys at Costco, had not complied. Schwarzenegger, who has said that the exhaust from his Hummer smells so much like French fries that his passengers get hunger pangs, was unaware that he was required to send Sacramento an 18-cent road tax for every gallon of kitchen oil he burned, according to spokesman Aaron McLear. After The Times raised the issue, McLear said the governor would pay the taxes he owed.

The governor’s staff says it is working on making it easier to drive using vegetable oil without being an outlaw.

facepalm Picard

stein hoist Neatorama

Got plans on May 10th?

Make plans, if something is happening in your area. Get your Halloween masks out - we are ALL Anonymous. Background at Wikipedia (caveat lector - it’s often tainted by Scientologists).

Please re-post this!

Transcript below the break.

If that doesn’t get your attention, maybe this will, from a Catholic forum: A Catholic Call to Arms: Coerced Abortions in Scientology - READ IT.

Message to teh Internets from Anonymous:

A message to all Internet Citizens

So you want to join Project Chanology eh? Fight the good fight for the Internet? Or perhaps you are a skeptic, doubtful we can do anything? I won’t lie to you. I am an /i/nsurgent first, a /b/tard second, and an all around Anonymous, but I know that for a fight against the Beast it will take more than what every chan combined can muster. We might be rivals; hell, we might hate each other’s guts, but this goes beyond just us. The people of the Internet, Anonymous, LLers, the Goons of SA, OTers who were previously thwarted in an attempted stunt at the Mission: Impossible 3 opening, the YTMNDers, various hacker groups, trolls of the world, the GameFAQs members, the Gaians, the eBaumers, and the Mxicans; us old time Internet users, and the newest of noobs, the YouTubers and MySpacers, must band together for a fight that transcends our differences and takes us to a level beyond our individual selves. When things happen to Scientology, like that South Park episode or Tom Cruise going insane on Oprah’s show, Scientology loses lots of credibility. We need to finish that off, or leave it open for the major media to deliver the coup-de-grace.

Let’s do this. Together.

Another great reason: http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/ CRAZY PEOPLE FOR THE LULZ

The fight to get the truth out will go on however.

Informative BBC Panorama documentary “Scientology and Me”: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-126281853779690652

Another video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsHZqVGDRq0

PS. Beware of Scientologist misinformation. Watch out for YouTube videos claiming to be Anonymous that are suspiciously out of character. These videos may be harmful to our cause.

Please re-post this!

NEXT PROTEST: MAY 10

NUMBERS WERE DOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD AT THE APRIL 12 PROTESTS
WE NEED TO RALLY AND MAINTAIN OUR COMMITTMENT TO EXPOSE THE CRIMES, HUMAN-RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND DEATHS ENDEMIC IN THIS CULT
WE CANNOT LET SCIENTOLOGY OFF THE HOOK

To the Leaders of Scientology and the General Public:
We are Anonymous.
We support the right of all people to worship freely, to read and write freely, to think, speak and assemble freely.
We do not support the right of a corrupt and self-serving corporation to hide abuse, exploitation and bigotry behind the cloak of religion.
We have stood up, in February and March and in April, to protest the crimes and abuses of the Church of Scientology and the Religious Technology Center.
These protests were entirely peaceful, with the intent of carrying our message to the public in a non-violent and entertaining matter.
However, the leaders of the Church of Scientology, seeing a threat to their control of the Church’s followers have retaliated, not with reasoned arguments like civilized people, but with their tactics of old, the tactics of back-alley thugs: stalking, harassment, and defamation.
The Church used to call these tactics Fair Game, but the name was revoked due to “public relations” concerns. It is unknown what this Policy is called now, but the Church teaches that L. Ron Hubbard’s teachings are perfect, that the Church is perfect, and anyone attacking the Church or the “Tech” is a criminal, and must be eliminated by any means necessary, including the falsification of evidence, intimidation, and murder. This is no way for a modern religion to behave in a climate of religious tolerance. Any true faith group, respectful of other beliefs and mindful of its place in the marketplace of ideas, would not act this way. The Church leadership’s blatant attempts to suppress ideas that it disagrees with shows its insecurity, paranoia and intolerance.
In retaliation for peacefully and lawfully using their human rights of freedom of speech, thought, and expression, the Church of Scientology has attacked these individuals. Many have been defamed, called terrorists and bigots, several have been arrested on faked evidence. One’s cat was poisoned, simply to send him a lesson. He was later arrested on falsified charges of ‘Criminal Threats.’ At a peaceful protest in Los Angeles, an Anonymous was followed by men with signs bearing his picture, full name, and home address. A third has been harassed mercilessly, including multiple phone calls to his 82-year old grandmother. These tactics have been favored by the Church since the days of Paulette Cooper, an investigative reporter who was defamed, harassed, sued, and framed for terrorism charges, as part of what the Church called “Operation Freak-out.” Since then, dozens of people have been subject to the Church’s vengeance, for merely speaking out and exercising their human rights.
Thus, in the month of May we will stand in support of all of those, past and present, who have faced harm physical, mental, and financial as a result of standing for what they believe in. We stand for Paulette Cooper, Shaun Lonsdale, and the Anonymous unmasked by the malignant actions of the Church of Scientology’s corrupt and despotic leadership.
We are Anonymous.
We are SP’s.
We are legion.
We do not forgive your crimes.
We do not forget your victims.

Commies for Obammie

File this one in the dossier, Vast Right Wing Conspirators: Nice Deb has (rather nicely, in fact) compiled a list of Marxists for Obama, as a companion to her list of terrorists for Obama.

Not that it should come as any surprise to anyone that he’s so closely associated with Marxists, considering his own history (per his book). “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for” = “we are the revolutionaries Karl Marx promised.” Hope! Change! Orwell is spinning in his grave.

Oh, but nevermind Obama’s radical politics–you’re supposed to ignore that, otherwise you’re a “racist.” /eyeroll

Upgrading Wordpress

(update) DONE!

a steaming pile of obama part 2

Hey, Edwardsina, where the heck are you? Dang it. 4 hours at the hair dresser. I’ve had it. She’s going to pay. This week, I’m taking care of that.

Sorry boss. Traffic was terrible. The limo was stuck in traffic.

Yeah, traffic. Right. Let’s continue our list of fun facts about Obama and see what we come up with. Last we talked to you, we were summarizing Obama up. In short, he’s a lefty super hero. They marvel at him. So do I. I want to know how he defies the laws of physics. He sucks and blows at the same time! If this is the best the Dems have to offer, then they will never again see the inside of the Oval Office without a tour reservation.

Good one boss! That was hilarious. Me Next!

He makes things up like Hillary does:

Obama was making fun of Hillary’s “Sniper fire landing” that never happened. Fair enough. It was stupid and a lie and she deserved ridicule. However, at a speech in Selma last year, he thanked and praised the Kennedy’s because JFK had a program that brought people from Kenya to America to study. In an attempt to suck up to the illegal immigrant community, he said his dad was one of those Kenyans and when he got here, he never left. He overstayed like the other illegals did. Later, he met and married Barack’s mom and they had Barack. Only one problem: Obama’s dad was here a full year before that program started. Oops! I guess he’ll have to unsear that one from his memory, eh?

Wow, that was good Edwardsina. I’m shocked you thought of that. Let’s continue.

He will negotiate with hostile regimes without preconditions:

In a debate, he said “If we think that meeting with the president is a privilege that has to be earned, I think that reinforces the sense that we stand above the rest of the world at this point in time” Hey, guess what? WE DO stand above the rest of the world! The USA stands for things like freedom and individual rights and the ability to choose what kind of life you want. Whether it is a life of work and success or a life of slacking off, welfare and poverty, you get to make yourself what you want. You can go from a nothing to a millionaire in this country. This country is generous to people inside of it and outside its borders. This country cares about freedom around the world. That makes us better than tin pot dictators. We are better than the rest. That’s why the line to get in is a heck of a lot longer then the one getting out. That doesn’t mean all Americans are better than all others. We have some big time losers too (one is named Barack). However, America is better than the rest. Being better, we have to stand for something in the world. We have to make sure people who get face time with the president are people we want to promote. Simply put, a picture with a president is worth a 1000 guns. If we meet with a butcher like the leaders of Iran or Syria, we make them legitimate in the eyes of their people. If we meet with them, we say the terrible treatment of their people by them is legitimate. We cannot do that when they stand for everything we are against. We have to have standards and we must keep them. So yes, it is a privilege to meet the president and it needs to stay that way. That means no meeting with our enemies unless strict pre-conditions are met. Heck, even Hillary knows that. Sheesh.

Think about what he is thinking when he says “It reinforces the sense that we stand above the rest of the world.” What his logic says is that we are not and should not strive to be superior. Therefore we are inferior or mediocre. Hey, Barack, by your own logic, if being superior is so bad, are you going to strive to be an inferior and mediocre president? Look, some people are good at football. Some are bad at it. Some are really good and are superior at it. We reward excellence. The best get big contracts. The rest watch them on TV. It’s the same with countries. Some are good in the world, some aren’t. What he is saying is that we should not be excellent, and we are not excellent, and we should not demand it from others. Therefore we are no better than the thugs. That is wrong. But the ironic twist is this: if not for this great nation being superior and being the one that everyone wants to get into, Barack’s dad would never have come here and Barack would be sitting on a dirt floor in a grass hut with flies crawling all over him in the middle of Kenya. But hey, the Whitehouse isn’t anything better, right Barack?

Later we’ll delve into Barack’s crime beliefs. Let’s just say they are scary as heck. Here’s one example: In Illinois, a lot of cities have banned guns. You flat out can’t own them. Gee go figure, the crime rates in these cities skyrocketed. Well, to combat the onslaught, a lot of citizens kept their guns and didn’t turn them in. People would defend their homes, and after the police collected the bad guys, they then arrested the home owners for having the gun. In some cities, it was a felony, in others a misdemeanor. The state government stepped in and decided to consolidate the laws. A new state law was proposed that would make it only a misdemenor for defending you in your home if handguns were banned in that city. Obama voted against it and for making it a felony to defend yourself with a gun. So someone kicks in your door and you defend yourself with a gun, you become a felon. It doesn’t matter what the person wanted to do to you. You are a felon and could be going to jail. Barack’s world view: thugs, criminals and dictators are great, you suck now pay the government more. This guy should be an easy win when this stuff hits the news media.

But that’s the problem isn’t it. The media won’t print these inconvenient truths. They are covering for this guy and we will have to embarrass them into doing their job. To show you what we’re up against, here’s a little media research. Here is an apple to apple comparison on how the media is treating Obama different from everyone else. Back when the Republicans were having their nomination process and it looked like Romney had a chance to win the nomination, there were over 200 stories in the press on how Romney’s grandfather and great grandfather had many wives and how would that shape Romney’s world view. Romney actually had to address that and point out that he is married to one woman and was never even divorced. However, only one paper has bothered to mention that Obama’s FATHER had many wives as did his grandfather. For some reason that isn’t important and won’t impact Barack’s views. I guess they expect democrats to be slime. Look, I know people shouldn’t be tied to their fathers, but in this case, the media wants it both ways. One way for Romney the republican, the other for Barack the democrat.

We’re in for a fight this year, so donate to those 527’s and let’s get to the blood letting. God Bless you and God Bless America! Good night!

The Anchoress has a name!

She’s out of the anonymity closet! Yay! Two places to read her! See her other articles at InsideCatholic here.

Okay, so dropping the veil of anonymity is probably not a big deal if you don’t have a blog, but she’s one of my all-time favorite people EVER, and I’m happy she gets to have a name in public. :) Even better, she told me she’s “out” when she sent me the best thing I’ve ever read about end of life issues, and everyone should read it–not just people who are dealing with those things right now, because everyone will at some time.

I know, you wanna put a face to the name too, right? Here. :)

John McCain on Health Care

I admit I’ve sort of been hiding from the health care debate because anything coming from John McCain would be infinitely better for me (and health care is a big part of my life) than what Hillary and Obama are selling, and I’m also sort of avoiding unpleasantries like worrying about how fast socialized health care will literally kill me.

McCain is saying all the right things with his health care agenda. Here’s his intro to it in the National Review.

What exactly is the problem with the American health-care system?

The problem is not that Americans don’t have fine doctors, medical technology, and treatments. American medicine is the envy of the world. The problem is not that most Americans lack adequate health insurance. The vast majority of Americans have private insurance, and our government spends many billions each year to provide even more.

The biggest problem with the American health-care system is one of cost and access, and as a result tens of millions of individuals have no insurance. For example, we currently spend for about 2.4 trillion dollars a year on health care. A decade from now that number, under current projections, will double to over four trillion dollars.

The Obama and Clinton response to these problems is to promise universal coverage, whatever its cost, and the massive tax increases, mandates, and government regulation that it imposes. But in the end this will accomplish one thing only. We will replace the inefficiency, irrationality, and uncontrolled costs of the current system with the inefficiency, irrationality, and uncontrolled costs of a government monopoly. We’ll have all the problems, and more, of private health care — rigid rules, long waits, and lack of choices, and risk degrading its great strengths and advantages including the innovation and life-saving technology that make American medicine the most advanced in the world.

I have a different approach. I believe the key to real reform is to restore control over our health-care system to the patients themselves. To that end, my reforms are built on the pursuit of three goals: paying only for quality medical care, having insurance choices that are diverse and responsive to individual needs, and restoring our sense of personal responsibility.

Read the whole thing here, and then get more details at the Health Care section of his website.

McCain visited the Cleveland Clinic today, and the text of the speech on health care is here.

Be sure to also read what others in the media and punditocracy have had to say about his health care agenda.

CQ Politics: McCain VP Madness

From Congressional Quarterly, vice-presidential pick brackets for politics geeks! :D

Who should be John McCain’s running mate? In our own version of the March Madness brackets, our team of political experts selected 32 possible nominees. We took into account many of the factors McCain will likely consider, such as national prominence, geographical and ideological balance, fundraising prowess, political strengths and fatal flaws. Now it’s up to you to decide who will advance to face each other in the next round. The winner will be revealed May 22. You’ll have a chance to weigh in on the Democratic ticket once the nominee is set.

Click to fill out a bracket, and you can also see how they came up with the picks (video).

UPDATE: If you can’t get enough of the speculation about McCain’s VP pick (which I can’t imagine will come before the Dems pick theirs), you can follow all the buzz at VP Watch, a blog run by the Club for Growth. Here’s a VP poll at ABC News found at VP Watch. Naturally, I ended up picking the guy with the fewest votes (Chris Cox). Oh well, nobody knows who he is, I guess.

(Cross-posted at McCain Blogs)

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