Thousands rally at MN State Capitol to “kill the bill”

A day after congressional Democratic leaders announced their final legislative push to enact a bill to overhaul the nation’s health care system, opponents rallied in Minnesota to send a noisy contrary message.

By Bob Von Sternberg Star Tribune 3/13/2010

…Dozens of times, the crowd members, a combination of Republicans, social conservatives and Tea Partiers, chanted, […]

Reason TV: Whole Foods chief Mackey defends capitalism

“I believe in capitalism, I believe in markets, I believe in individual empowerment.” –John Mackey

by Ed Morrissey HotAir.com October 14, 2009

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch interview the man who became the unlikely villain for the Left in the debate over health-care reform: John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods. Mackey tells Reason.tv that he […]

Free speech wins in Canada

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 BY ED MORRISSEY

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has finally declared what everyone already knew after the persecution of Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant. It ruled Section 13 of the country’s hate-speech law an unconstitutional violation of free speech, especially as applied in the Internet age. The ruling essentially ends the […]

Malkin: Obama, Soros, Petrobras, Brazil & offshore drilling double standards

By Michelle Malkin August 19, 2009

Yes, it’s true.

Barack Obama has chipped in $2 billion in loans to exploit offshore oil resources in hopes of extracting a major new source of petroleum…in South America.

And yes, it’s true.

There is a Soros link.

Ed Morrissey has a round-up and notes:

Is it a […]

Video: C-SPAN caller blasts media

AUGUST 9, 2009 BY ED MORRISSEY on hotair.com

I’d say this explains the eruption of anger at town-hall meetings fairly clearly. “Leah” from New Hampshire says she “just wants to clarify a few things about these manufactured angered crowds,” but instead delivers a manifesto that explains the rise of the Tea Party movement in general. […]

Morrissey: Three videos show why ObamaCare is in trouble

POSTED AT 10:55 AM ON AUGUST 3, 2009 BY ED MORRISSEY

If anyone questioned why Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi wanted to get a health-care reform bill passed before the August recess, the following videos will explain it clearly. In three town-hall meetings with Democratic denizens of Capitol Hill, crowds reacted angrily to a […]

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