Left-wing blogger Jonathan Chait and others have been knocking Gov. Sarah Palin for quoting Ronald Reagan in the vice-presidential debate. Palin said :
It was Ronald Reagan who said that freedom is always just one generation away from extinction. We don’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream; we have to fight for it and protect it, and then hand it to them so that they shall do the same, or we’re going to find ourselves spending our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children about a time in America, back in the day, when men and women were free.
Chait noticed that Palin pulled that Reagan quote not from The Speech , nor from Reagan’s 1987 remarks at the Brandenburg Gate , but from this 1961 AMA -sponsored effort to block the enactment of Medicare :
It is notable that neither Chait nor the others took issue with Reagan’s claim that Medicare is a step toward ushering all Americans into a socialized health-care syste...
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Huckabee has one quote in “ Do the Right Thing “Â that’s absolutely correct.
Huckabee writes in Chapter 7: Faux-Cons Worse Than Liberalism, “I will likely say things in this chapter that will be misunderstood by sincere people who will react without taking the time to put my comments into context. Others will purposefully misrepresent it, just as they did during the campaign.”
Such has been the case with this chapter. It’s been represented to suggest tha... more
“You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man’s age-old dream–the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order — or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path. Plutarch warned, ‘The real destroyer of the libertie... more
The following was adapted from Bob Prechter’s 2002 New York Times and Amazon best seller, Conquer the Crash – You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression .
Deflation requires a precondition: a major societal buildup in the extension of credit (and its flip side, the assumption of debt). Austrian economists Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich... more
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin implored Georgia Republicans to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his hotly contested Senate runoff, telling a cheering crowd Monday that the first step in rebuilding the GOP begins with the Southern state.... more
Palin rallies crowd at first of four rallies
Sarah Palin is on a barnstorming tour of the state of Georgia
today, campaigning for fellow Republican Saxby Chambliss. The
incumbant senator faces a runoff election tomorrow against
challenger Jim Martin, his Democrat challenger. With votes still
being recounted in the Minnesota senate contest between Al Franken
and Norm Coleman, the outcome of Tuesday’s Georgia runoff could
determine the size of the Democrats’ majority in... more
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged Georgia voters to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in Tuesday’s runoff in an election eve appeal that underscored her popularity within the Republican Party and the GOP’s efforts to stave off erosion of its shrinking Senate numbers.... more
In a previous post , I wrote the following about friend and debate partner Sally Pipes :
And I’m now prepared to induct John Stossel into the Anti-Universal Coverage Club . Sally Pipes I’m still not sure about; you can judge for yourself when the IQ2 folks post the transcript of the debate here .
My intention was not to disparage Pipes. The Anti-Universal Coverage Club  exists to challenge the idea that government should pursue a policy of universal health insurance coverage. Som... more
In a study released today by the Cato Institute, economist and Cato adjunct scholar Shirley Svorny says no:
In the United States, the authority to regulate medical professionals lies with the states. To practice within a state, clinicians must obtain a license from that state’s government. State statutes dictate standards for licensing and disciplining medical professionals. They also list tasks clinicians are allowed to perform. One view is that state licensing of medical professiona... more
The results are in from last night’s Intelligence Squared debate on universal health coverage:
Before the debate, 49 percent of the audience was pro-universal coverage, 24 percent anti-, and 27 percent undecided.
After the debate, 58 percent of the audience was pro-, 34 percent anti-, and 8 percent undecided.
As many have noted, the anti- side won over more of the undecideds (10 percentage points) than did the pro- side (9 percentage points). Considering this... more
In this morning’s Washington Post, columnist Bob Samuelson earns himself a membership in the Anti-Universal Coverage Club :
At the Democratic National Convention, Sen. Ted Kennedy echoed the view of many that health care is a "right" that demands universal insurance. This completely understandable view is, I think, utterly wrong. Take note, Barack Obama and John McCain.
The central health-care problem is not improving coverage. It’s controlling costs.
Welcome, Bob. Here&rsq... more
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