Here’s some of the buzz from the blogosphere.

• “Project Design Your Child,” Crystal Clear Conservative BBC News reported that an L.A. fertility clinic is allowing parents to select the hair and eye color for their children. I have to agree with the comment,”Every child is beautiful and is a gift from our Creator. In our image conscious society, I guess not.”
• “Hi, Sasha, Malia. Got a second?,” Moe Lane, RedState There are provisions within the Omnibus Bill that could threaten D.C. school vouchers.
• “New Research May Eliminate Need for Embryonic Stem Cells,” Conservative Belle
• “Catholics United and Abortion numbers: A Scholarly Look,” Tom McClusky, Kitchen Table Blog

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Here’s some of the buzz from the blogosphere today.

• “Inspiring Investor Confidence: Oh, Never Mind!,” Doug Bandow, AmSpecBlog The Dow keeps on dropping, and things are not looking very pretty for the economy at this point.
• “RIP Paul Harvey,” See-Dubya, MichelleMalkin.com A legend in conservative broadcast journalism passed on this weekend, and this is among the tributes in his memory.
• “Sebelius on unborn victims “I have real serious problems with that,” Tom McClusky, Kitchen Table Blog
• “Abortion is Obama’s Achilles Heel,” Connie Mackey, Kitchen Table Blog

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Here’s some of the buzz from the blogosphere.

• “New York Times whitewashes Gary Locke’s ethics/campaign finance scandals,” Michelle Malkin, Michelle Malkin.com If you need more proof on why Washington Governor Gary Locke is not a good choice for Secretary of Commerce, you should read Malkin’s analysis. After all, Malkin wrote for The Seattle Times during the Locke administration.
• “”Politics in the Guise of Pure Science,” Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
• “America Acting Like Wild Pigs,” Maggie M.Thornton, Maggie’s Notebook

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How do you know that you know way too much about Washington bureaucracies and how they “work”? Here’s how. When you hear CNBC’s Rick Santelli calling for a Chicago Tea Party tax protest this summer, you immediately start to wonder whether he’ll need to get permits from some government entity like the Environmental Protection Agency. And then you wonder whether Illinois permits will be needed also. Well, I plead guilty to having had such thoughts last Thursday.

Fortunately, I am not alone and not nearly as bad off as Scott Ott of the D.C. Examiner appears to be. Ott has written a brilliant, hilarious piece entitled, “EPA Arrests Rick Santelli, ‘Chicago Tea Party’ Cancelled.” (See Feb. 24, 2009 ed., p. 14.) The satirical article contains the following slam from President Obama’s press secretary, Robert Gibbs, commenting on Santelli’s arrest for threatening to pollute Lake Michigan: “I don’t know where Mr. Santelli lives, but apparently, like most conservative critics, he has a callous disregard for the lives of the waterfowl, sturgeon and fresh-water mollusks that inhabit the Lake Michigan watershed.”

That’s funny, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Santelli really could be arrested for dumping tea or “derivative securities” (paper) into the Great Lakes. Well done, Mr. Ott.

Andie Coller of The Politico observed today that Gibbs “dismissed [Santelli] as a know-nothing derivatives trader out of touch with Main Street.” Coller then noted that “[a] Rasmussen poll released Monday found that 55 percent of those surveyed thought federal mortgage subsidies to those most at risk of losing their homes would be ‘rewarding bad behavior.’” If I were the White House I would be very careful about trying to roll out a campaign of intimidation and bullying against journalists, in general, and a journalist, in particular, who is very much attuned to public sentiment, is an expert in the numerous cross-cutting markets traded in Chicago, and is the most popular figure on America’s #1 financial news network.

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Here’s some of the buzz from the blogosphere today.

• “Gays, child molesters, athiests and Oscar,” Brian Kirwin, Bearing Drift The Academy Awards (Oscars) last Sunday proved that only movies with a pro-gay or anti-family slant tend to be hailed by those in Hollywood.
• “Jindal’s Moment,” Philip Klein, AmSpecBlog Bobby Jindal will be giving the rebuttal to President Obama’s State of the Union Address and the spotlight will be on him tonight.
• “Red envelope campaign – send Obama an abortion reminder,” Diane Singer, Mommy Life Great story about a campaign that is occurring to remind President Obama of the lives lost to abortion every day.
• ” 9,000 earmarks in the $410 billion omnibus spending bill: Gang tattoo removal, Maine lobster, La Raza & more!,” Michelle Malkin, MichelleMalkin.com Earmarks Galore in the Omnibus Bill, and Malkin lists them in this post.

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Here’s some of the buzz from the blogosphere today.

• “Hollywood’s culture of death,” Jill Stanek, JillStanek.com Last night’s Oscars highlighted more anti-family films than pro-family films.
• “Remembering the indispensable man,” Scott Johnson, Powerline Blog Great post celebrating the life of President George Washington on his birthday.
• “What Exactly are Pro-life Riders?,” Tom McClusky, Kitchen Table Blog
• “Catholics United? More Like Catholics Looking to Divide,” Tom McClusky, Kitchen Table Blog Is the group, Catholics United, tied to George Soros?

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Here’s some of the buzz from the blogosphere today.

• “Do you own a human embryo?,” Rebecca Taylor, Mary Meets Dolly The New Mexico State Senate just passed a stem cell research bill that would allow scientists to destroy embryos left over from IVF Treatments, in addition to considering an embryo property.
• “The Mandate Trap,” Philip Klein, AmSpecBlog With the talk of health care reform being addressed shortly in Congress, this article is worth reading, especially since it discusses the ramifications of the possibilities of government ran health care.
• “If It Moves, Tax It,” Doug Mataconis, Below The Beltway With the recent passage of the Stimulus bill, you might wonder how much will be left in your pockets. Now, it seems that the Secretary of Transportation is considering adding a tax based on how much you drive. I guess the title of this post is true, “If It Moves, Tax It.”
• “The Omnibust is coming! The Omnibust is coming!,” Tom McClusky, Kitchen Table Blog The Omnibus Bill is due to arrive next week in Congress, so beware of the pork and federal funding of research involving human embryos.

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Here’s some of the buzz from the blogosphere.

• “Pope Benedict strongly rebukes Pelosi over abortion,” WI Catholic, WI Catholic Musings Evidently, things did not go as planned for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during her visit with Pope Benedict.
• “Choose Life Debate,” Chris, FamilyFoundationBlog In Virginia, the debate still continues on the bill that will allow “Choose Life” license plates to be purchased at the DMV.
• “Unconstitutional Stimulus,” Dennis, The Recliner Commentaries
• “Gov. Martin O’Malley: Life for Criminals, Death for the Unborn,” Connie Mackey, Kitchen Table Blog

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Here’s some of the buzz from the blogosphere today.

• “Pelosis on the move,” Fausta’s Blog  Well, it appears that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be making a special trip to the Vatican to visit Pope Benedict XVI. I wish I could be a little fly on the wall to hear this discussion, especially after Pelosi shared her opinions on abortion.
• “A Picture of Dysfunction,” Pejman Yousefzadeh, RedState  The financial strategies that the Department of Treasury were about to implement were changed, because they were too complex and risky. I thought the new Secretary of Treasury was supposed to steer our economy in the right direction, evidently not.
• “A Chicago-Style Census,” Ken Blackwell, Townhall.com   The most disturbing fact is that the White House might soon resume control over the Census from the Department of Commerce. Does anyone smell scandal brewing?

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Here’s some of the buzz from the blogosphere today.

• “12 Year Old Speaks out on the Issue of Abortion,” Monastic Moments This entry features a compelling pro-life message from a 12-year old girl.
• “Right and Wrong and Religion,” Gabriel Malor, Ace of Spades
• “Education? MY Way, Or The Highway,” An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings Who would have guessed that a pro-marriage speech would have garnered such a nasty response from a Liberal Professor? Hmmm…
• “Pastor faces jail,” Jill Stanek, jillstanek.com An interesting account about a Pastor in Oakland, CA, possibly facing a jail sentence for holding a sign at an abortion clinic that said, “Jesus loves you and your baby. Can we help?.” It’s upsetting that the City of Oakland is violating this Pastor’s freedom of speech, as well as others, with their “Bubble Law.”

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Here’s some buzz from the blogosphere.

• “An Alternative Stimulus,” Marc Vander Maas, Acton’s Power Blog Today, Congress is voting on the compromised Stimulus Bill, and the Acton Institute sent a staffer out to see if she could come up with a plan. Watch the video to find out more.
• “Requiem for a Republic,” Michael Reagan, Townhall.com Michael Reagan makes a strong point that his father would be rolling in his grave over the travesty of the Stimulus Bill. Throughout the article, Reagan makes such strong points about the excessive and wasteful government spending.
• “Only a wicked, despicable monster would do this,” Voices Carry

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Here’s some of the buzz from the blogosphere today.

• “Reason and Reproduction,” Joe Carter, The American Spectator Blog
• “16 Things You Might Not Know About Lincoln,” Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire If you would like to learn more about our 16th President, then you should check out this great post.
• “Harkin: We need the Fairness Doctrine,” Ed Morrissey, Hot Air First, it was Sen. Stabenow, and now, it is Sen. Tom Harkin trying to bring back the Fairness Doctrine…who will be the next to step up to the plate? Another prime example of the wasteful legislation that the Liberals in Congress are attempting to push through.
• “‘Glamour’ Magazine Delivers One-Sided Pro-Abortion Take,” Colleen Raezler, Newsbusters Why doesn’t this surprise me? If Glamour had to take a stance on a conservative issue, I believe they might cringe.

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Here’s some of the buzz from the blogosphere.

• “Sycloria Williams tells the story of her botched abortion,” JivinJehoshaphat The mother at the center of the botched abortion in Florida tells her story.
• “‘Daschle Debacle’ Has Obama Team Scrambling,” Steve Gill, Pajamas Media After Daschle removed his name from consideration, this left an open void at the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the speculations of who would fill this opening.

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Here’s some buzz from the blogosphere.

• “Corruption in Legislating: Sneaking National Health Care Into the Stimulus Bill,” Wesley Smith, Secondhand Smoke The Stimulus Bill has become the hot topic of conversation with all of its pork barrel spending and government waste. Evidently, national health care will be snuck in as well.
• “PBR: A Genuine Challenge to Religious Liberty,” Joseph Knippenberg, Acton Institute’s Power Blog What is the future of the faith based initiative in the Obama Administration? I guess we will have to wait to find out.
• “Religious Liberty at Stake in the Stimulus Bill,” Kitchen Table Blog There is more than debt that will last for future generations in this bill. What about the loss of religious liberty and restricting where campus ministries may meet?

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Here’s some of today’s buzz from the blogosphere.

• “So I Guess the FOCA Is Off The Table Then?,” E.M. Zanotti, American Princess Blog Is FOCA dead after Barack Obama said, “We know there is no God who condones the killing of an innocent human being,” during last week’s prayer breakfast? I don’t know, but Obama’s actions might speak louder than words.
• “Virginia senators Warner and Webb: Anti-religious bigots?,” Kat, CatHouse Chat With all of this talk about the Stimulus legislation (which will be voted on at 5:30 p.m. tonight), it is a shame that these Senators (and others) did not step up and vote on behalf of religious liberty by supporting Sen. Jim DeMint’s amendment, which would have granted students to meet anywhere on campus for prayer meetings.
• “Christian Thinking Bad Thoughts,” LaShawn Barber, LaShawn Barber’s Corner Here is a really good response to the recent story in Miami about an abortion clinic throwing away a live baby.

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Here’s a glimpse into the buzz within the blogosphere.

• “Konichiwa,” Matthew Continetti, The Weekly Standard Blog Let’s take a look at Japan’s situation after passing a stimulus, as an example of why we should not pass such a pork-laden piece of legislation.
• “Jake Tapper Cleans Robert Gibbs’ Clock,” Caleb, RedState Great YouTube clip of ABC News Jake Tapper’s exchange with Gibbs regarding the dodging of questions by the Obama Administration on issues involving the economy.
• “A Liberal Scalia?,” Peter Suderman, The American Scene What would happen if Obama appointed a liberal equal to Antonin Scalia? The answer would be frightening, so let’s hope that never happens.
• “UK ‘Praying Nurse’ Can Return To Work,” SG, Sweetness & Light What’s wrong with praying over a patient? There’s nothing wrong. I admire this nurse for standing strong for her faith.

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Here is a glimpse into what has been buzzing in the blogosphere today.

• On the future of the GOP,” Chuck Donovan, Kitchen Table Blog. Where is the GOP headed? Donovan provides a stunning response to Michael Barone’s column on Townhall.com.
• “When Divorce isn’t an Option, Caroline Espinosa, Ladyblog. Has marriage as an institution disintegrated into resorting to an affair service? Apparently so, and read Espinosa’s response to an appalling service that specializes in extramarital affairs.

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Here’s what has been buzzing around the blogosphere today.

• “Daschle is Out,” Ace of Spaces HQ Tom Daschle is out, so is Nancy Killefer (the so-called “Chief Performing Officer” of the Obama Administration). We are left to wonder who will be the next appointee without tax evasion issues to head the Department of Health & Human Services.
• “David W. Ogden: Pro-Abortion Extremist,” Freedom Eden More buzz about David Ogden, nominee for Deputy Attorney General.
• “That’s a Lot of Americans,” Jonah Goldberg, The Corner Nancy Pelosi says a lot of thought provoking…ahem, comical things. Watch this video and leave your thoughts in the comments section.
• “College Democrats Deface Abortion Protest…Where’s the Media?,”  Kitchen Table Blog The liberals at George Washington University have too much time on their hands, if they can break into a locked room to deface crosses.

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Here’s some interesting highlights from the blogosphere today.

• “President Obama and Democrats continue to defend tax cheats,” Dan Spencer, RedState Spencer has a good post up today, which brings to life all of the recent tax evasion controversy surrounding the Obama administration.
• “The stealth health-care nationalization in the “stimulus”,” Ed Morrissey, Hot Air This article from Friday, January 30, 2009 gives an accurate outlook on to how the stimulus will nationalize health care, etc.

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Here’s two blog posts from the blogosphere today.

• “Life at Conception Act supported by Sen. John Thune,” Voices Carry The Life at Conception Act has been re-introduced by Sen. Thune, along with other Senators.
• “Pelosi On Stimulus STD Education…What?,” Orlando, Fort Hard Knox Let Pelosi’s interview on CBS’ The Early Show speak for itself.

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