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Massachusetts, Scott Brown, Obama's First Year, Haiti And More

Monday Brief from The Patriot Post
The Foundation
Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread. Thomas Jefferson
What has [Scott] Brown done for us? He just administered a stunning Tea Party Republican thrashing to the Kennedy Liberal Democrats in Massachusetts  with Obamacare front and center as the core issue at hand. Thats what. Forget any other spin you hear  that is what just happened. That Brown did not stress the party or the term tea party does not matter. His issues were right off of the tea parties posters and out of the official GOP platform manual. Sure, Martha Coakley ran a horrible campaign. But Democrats win safe seats with horrible campaigns all the time. Brown ran a great campaign, but good candidates lose uphill battles all the time in places like Massachusetts. And no, MS-NBC, this was not a Tip ONeil all politics are local referendum on potholes and such. Thanks to big government liberals, no politics are local anymore. Not even an obscure congressional district known as NY-23. Every single seat may now hold the key to Washingtons ability to reach into the homes and wallets and lives of every American for any reason they deem necessary. And thats what this was about, with health care as the key issue but only one of many concerns about intrusive government. columnist C. Edmund Wright
Liberty
On December 16, 1773, several dozen colonists in Boston, angered by King Georges financially ruinous tea tax, took action into their own hands. Dressed as Mohawk Indians, they snuck onto 3 British tea ships and dumped over 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. That revolt was said to have sparked the American Revolution. Last [Tuesday] night, the state of Massachusetts was the site of yet another revolt, only this time it was Attorney General Martha Coakley, the Democratic Party, and President Obama, health care and health care reform that were thrown into the drink, following the stunning election of Republican Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate.
Yet on the eve of the election, the White House suggested & that they would not moderate the presidents policies, but in a fit of madness akin to King Georges, would double down and strike a more combative tone. I have a feeling that over the next few days, the White House will want to & amend their remarks. & In response to the tea party protest, King George passed the Coercive Acts, which was every bit as punishing as it sounds. Will King Barack respond to the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts with moderation and scrap health care or with madness and shove a coercive bill down Americas collective throats? columnist Brian Doherty
Political Futures
The stunning upset in Massachusetts should send shock waves through the Democratic Party nationwide. The people have spoken, yet again, with the election of Republican Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate and as such, have soundly rejected the leadership of the president and the Congress. The elections in Virginia and New Jersey this past November should have been a wake-up call for Democrats. Democratic candidates were defeated because the people thought the candidates, like the leadership of the Democratic Party, were out of touch with the needs of the citizenry. While Republicans focused on the economy, job creation, deficit reduction and responsibility, Democrats were bogged down  almost exclusively  on health care, blaming Bush and defending their failed economic policies. & The Democrats set forth an agenda that was 180 degrees opposite of what needed to be done and what the American people wanted to see done. The Democrats manufactured a crisis on health care, when we have an honest to goodness economic crisis and recession  the worst since the Great Depression. & The American people are more than disappointed with the change they got this past year and are worried about their future and the condition of the economy. But its not over, the people will continue to let their frustration be known this coming November in the midterm elections. Georgetown University professor Bradley Blakeman

Opinion in Brief
The Democrats have no natural majority because they have no fundamental principles  at least none that they are willing to state out loud. They are like a drunken vagrant who emerges from the alley to cause havoc every few years. They are the perpetual toothache of American politics. To be sure, the fact that 52 percent of Massachusetts voters are racist, sexist tea-baggers  i.e., voted for a Republican  means only that the Democrats just went from having the largest congressional majority in a generation to the second largest. But this was Teddy Kennedys seat. And it was in Massachusetts. Now, no Democrat is safe. But the country just got a lot safer. columnist Ann Coulter
Re: The Left
Americans have been sick and tired of dishonest and destructive policies emanating from the Feds of both R and D varieties for longer than [Barack Obama's] single year of fiddling, and, in fact, longer than George W. Bushs eight years. For several decades, at least, Americans have been spitting mad about the state of their federal government. So, what is our current going to do about it? & What the president will do, in the age-old tradition of Washington, is to change the subject. Hes already found new areas of the economy to attack and demonize. First up are the banks. & Further, bad-mouthing Wall Street and slapping banks with a new fee, after handing them sacks of taxpayer cash, seems a weak alternative to not handing them sacks of taxpayer cash in the first place. Consider the failed $787 billion stimulus spending bill. Obama acknowledges it hasnt much helped Main Street. So, in his State of the Union address this Wednesday, the president will take the bold step of calling for another economic recovery package, i.e. doing the same thing again. If borrowing hundreds of billions to spend stimulating an economy crippled by too much borrowing doesnt work, thank goodness there is always the option of borrowing hundreds of billions (if not trillions) more. Feeling better yet? columnist Paul Jacob
Insight
The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private It does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government& It is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizens protection against the government. philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
The Gipper
Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power. But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector. Ronald Reagan
Culture
A company well-named Neocutis now offers a skin cream made from human fetal tissue. To quote the companys Web site: Inspired by fetal skins unique properties, Neocutiss proprietary technology uses cultured fetal skin cells to obtain an optimal, naturally balanced mixture of skin nutrients. This outfit, it may not surprise Gentle Reader to learn, is based in San Francisco, and says its product can turn back time to create flawless baby-skin again. What good news for those suffering from dry skin  and who doesnt this time of year? & But theres sure to be some reactionary who objects to progress, and a niggling objection did indeed surface here and there to this latest advance in the commodification of the unborn. In its defense, Neocutis issued a statement to all concerned: Our view  which is shared by most medical professionals and patients  is that the limited, prudent and responsible use of donated fetal skin tissue can continue to ease suffering, speed healing, save lives and improve the well-being of many patients around the globe. And improve the companys balance sheet, too. Call it another benefit from the ever-growing abortion industry. And another triumph of supply-side economics! Create the supply and demand will follow. It does make one wonder why, if the use of human fetuses for such purposes is so unalloyed a good, the company feels the need to assure us that the practice is limited, prudent and responsible. Is that a faint echo of some vestigial conscience? Arkansas editor Paul Greenberg
For the Record
Some expect Haitis 7.0 earthquake death toll to reach over 200,000 lives. Why the high death toll? Northern Californias 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was more violent, measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale, resulting in 63 deaths and 3,757 injuries. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake measured 7.8 on the Richter scale, about eight times more violent than Haitis, and cost 3,000 lives. As tragic as the Haitian calamity is, it is merely symptomatic of a far deeper tragedy thats completely ignored, namely self-inflicted poverty. The reason why natural disasters take fewer lives in our country is because we have greater wealth. Its our wealth that permits us to build stronger homes and office buildings. When a natural disaster hits us, our wealth provides the emergency personnel, heavy machinery and medical services to reduce the death toll and suffering. Haitians cannot afford the life-saving tools that we Americans take for granted. President Barack Obama called the quake especially cruel and He would be closer to the truth if he had said that the Haitian political and economic climate that make Haitians helpless in the face of natural disasters are especially cruel and The biggest reason for Haiti being one of the worlds poorest countries is its restrictions on economic liberty. & Private property rights are vital to economic growth. & Haitis disaster demands immediate Western assistance, but its only the Haitian people who can relieve themselves of the deeper tragedy of self-inflicted poverty. economist Walter E. Williams
Reader Comments
I think it would be fun and also a good exercise for those of us who are going to listen to Mr. Obamas State of The Union Address on January 27th to print off this list and keep count of how many times he says the following phrases, which I lifted from Mark Alexanders essay, State of Disunion:

let me be clear
make no mistake
back from the brink
signs of recovery
restored our reputation
fiscal restraint
greed on Wall Street
affordable health care
relief for working families
job creation
inherited as in I inherited this mess

And some Id be interested hearing him say:

Founding Fathers
Individual liberty

Im sure many of you could more. In any event, keeping score might be a good way to vector in on this mans next moves. Fred
[Mark essay, Legacy at 200,' was very difficult for me to read because of my affection for President Lincoln. After reading it, however, so much makes sense and so many questions I had were answered. There were so many things that didn't add up in my head about the war and this period of time and why things are the way they are today. I knew that Lincoln had done things that violated the Constitution, so I chalked it up to ... 'Well, it was war.' I knew he had uttered words that showed he was racist. I never understood how someone of the caliber of Robert E. Lee could have fallen to the side of slavery even under the banner of states' rights. Now I do. I am not one who's beliefs can not be challenged by truth. No matter how devastating to my very soul, I would rather every foundational belief I stood on crumble to the ground than remain ignorantly proud on a pedestal of lies believed. Thank you for being truthful about one of my undeserved heroes." --bondroid
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Massachusetts, Scott Brown, Obama's First Year, Haiti And More