In Epic Upset, GOP's Brown Wins Mass. Senate Race

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_massachusetts_senate

In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a century, leaving President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in doubt and marring the end of his first year in office.

The loss by the once-favored Democrat Martha Coakley in the Democratic stronghold was a stunning embarrassment for the White House after Obama rushed to Boston on Sunday to try to save the foundering candidate. Her defeat on Tuesday signaled big political problems for the president's party this fall when House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates are on the ballot nationwide.

Voting Democrat Causes Cancer

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/voting_democrat_causes_cancer.html

Barack Obama won with 53% of the vote, which means the cancer mortality rate could be reduced by almost 66 -- or from the current U.S. average of 209 to about 143 deaths per 100,000 person-years -- if everyone refused to vote Democrat. That is a reduction of over 30% in cancer deaths. Given that there are over 500,000 cancer deaths in the U.S. every year, over 150,000 cancer deaths could be averted by not voting Democrat.
Also, the 0.594 correlation coefficient indicates that about 35% of cancer mortality is "explained" by voting Democrat. (The amount of explanation is the square of the correlation coefficient.) Thus, not all cancers are caused by voting Democrat.

Harry Reid said, "On average, an American dies from lack of health insurance every ten minutes." If he can say that, then I can say, "On average, an American dies from voting Democrat every 3.5 minutes." Both statements are equally valid.

What is Universal Voter Registration?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/what_the_dems_know_universal_v.html

In January, Chuck Schumer and Barney Frank will propose universal voter registration. What is universal voter registration? It means all of the state laws on elections will be overridden by a federal mandate. The feds will tell the states: 'take everyone on every list of welfare that you have, take everyone on every list of unemployed you have, take everyone on every list of property owners, take everyone on every list of driver's license holders and register them to vote regardless of whether they want to be ...'

The problems with universal voter registration are numerous and obvious. Many states' lists include vast numbers of illegals, including some states which allow illegals to obtain drivers licenses; because many homeowners have more than one home, there will be duplicates; because so many people are on so many separate federal and state government agency lists, there will be duplicates; and because so many lists exist with little or no cross-checking capability, all of these duplicates are likely to go uncorrected. Add to this the fact that Dems hope to extend voting rights to felons, and the whole thing begins to look like a nationwide Democrat voter registration drive facilitated by taxpayers.

Obama holds to measured course on unrest in Iran

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iZfgLuKrg3QBRltJ0qQMIzgIohdQD98U22IG2

Is anyone really surprised? It is quite easy to do without convictions. Do you really think that by not speaking out about tyrannical crackdowns on civilians is going to leave you in a stronger position when push comes to shove? Absolutely not. They now will see us as even weaker for not having the backbone to speak out against something that is supposedly against your values.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wins Victory in Iran's Turbulent Presidential Election

http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1395

Is the White House just naive or is it just me? You are talking about a theocracy-dictatorship and you say that there has been "robust debate" and that "the reformist Mousavi could still make it in a run-off." You can't hope your way into a better world. Of course the reformer won, but did you guys really think that the election would be fair? C'mon now!

The White House was given erroneous intelligence evaluations about the way Iran's presidential election was managed. The administration's Iranian experts missed the point that in Middle East politics (except for Israel) it is not the people who determine an election, the shape of government and its policies but the unelected head of the tribe - in this case supreme ruler Khamenei
Riiighhhttt. Who the Hell are these people giving intelligence? I learned in a basic international relations class in college that the really power in Iran lies in the supreme ruler, the president is just a figure head. Seriously, you are the president of the United States and you have people less intelligent than me giving you intelligence. That is saying quite a lot.

"Despite the US envoy George Mitchell's unquestioned diplomatic skills, the tour he began in Israel and the Palestinian Authority, moving on to Cairo, Amman, Beirut and finally Damascus on Saturday, has produced no breakthroughs."
What dialogue doesn't work with tyrants and murders, who would have thunk it?