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10:25 AM ET, August 16, 2009

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Barack Obama / New York Times:
Why We Need Health Care Reform  —  OUR nation is now engaged in a great debate about the future of health care in America.  And over the past few weeks, much of the media attention has been focused on the loudest voices.  What we haven't heard are the voices of the millions upon millions …
Jo Macfarlane / Daily Mail:
Swine flu jab link to killer nerve disease: Leaked letter reveals concern of neurologists over 25 deaths in America  —  A warning that the new swine flu jab is linked to a deadly nerve disease has been sent by the Government to senior neurologists in a confidential letter.
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
G.I. Jane Breaks the Combat Barrier as War Evolves  —  As the convoy rumbled up the road in Iraq, Specialist Veronica Alfaro was struck by the beauty of fireflies dancing in the night.  Then she heard the unmistakable pinging of tracer rounds and, in a Baghdad moment, realized the insects were illuminated bullets.
Discussion: On Deadline and The Moderate Voice
theblogprof:
Macomb Township Tries To Repeal 2nd Amendment, Fails Epically UPDATED with first-hand pics  —  What is it with liberals and gun rights.  Liberals simply cannot find an individual right to carry in the U.S. Constitution, even though it is explicitly cited in amendments that specifically address …
Discussion: Moe Lane
Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Blogger's Case May Test Limits of Political Speech  —  New Jersey Man Was Arrested After Writing That 3 Judges ‘Deserve to Be Killed’  —  CHICAGO — Internet radio host Hal Turner disliked how three federal judges rejected the National Rifle Association's attempt to overturn a pair of handgun bans.
Stephen Miller / Wall Street Journal:
Former Journal Reporter Kenneth Bacon Dies of Cancer at 64  —  Kenneth Bacon, who died Saturday at 64, was president of Refugees International, the Washington, D.C.-based organization that serves as a global advocate for the displaced.  —  Sporting a trademark bowtie and an easy manner …
Discussion: ATTACKERMAN
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The Politico:
Kenneth Bacon dies at 64
Discussion: Outside The Beltway and The Page
Jon Cohen Anita Kumar / Washington Post:
McDonnell Ahead In Governor's Race  —  Va. Voters Aren't Locked In, Poll Says; Economy, Transportation Top Issues  —  Republican Robert F. McDonnell has claimed a clear early lead over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds in the race for Virginia governor, according to a new Washington Post poll.
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
Rick Perlstein's Asinine Take on the Health Care Town Yells  —  I kind of like what our friends at RSU call the health care town yells.  They're speaking truth to power, while—unlike left-liberal protests—not blocking traffic.  —  They're also generating an amusing amount of asinine wailing by left-liberal elites.
The Huffington Post:
Valarie Jarrett Heckled And Hissed At Netroots Nation  —  One year ago at the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, Texas the mood of the crowd was one of excitement and elation over the possibility of a Barack Obama presidency.  —  A year later, with that possibility achieved, a sense of cynicism has begun to creep in.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Sarah's Ghoulish Carousel  —  I'm not sure the man who popped off and tweeted that Sonia Sotomayor was a “Latina woman racist” is the best Henry Higgins for the Eliza Doolittle of Alaska.  —  But Newt Gingrich was a professor.  And he does know something about pulling yourself up by dragging …
Discussion: The Page, Daily Kos and NewsBusters.org
Gateway Pundit:
Handicapped Woman Cries After Assault By Union Thugs at Town Hall (Video) ... Update: Woman Speaks Out on Being Stomped On  —  A handicapped woman with a walker cries as she tells how union members pushed her out her seat at a town hall:  —  Gee, do you think the state-run media will report on this attack?
Discussion: Cold Fury and Freedom's Lighthouse
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Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
Dressing Down (In More Ways Than One)  —  It seems safe to say that of the hundreds of thousands of style guides currently for sale on Amazon, not one of the didactic, shop-your-closet authors was prescient enough to outline the appropriate attire for those public occasions when good citizens decide …
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Obama invokes grandmother's death in health debate  —  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - Now, it's personal.  —  President Barack Obama invoked his own anguish over the death of a loved one as he challenged the debunked notion that Democratic efforts to overhaul the nation's health care would include “death panels.”
 
 
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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
U.S. Plans a Mission Against Taliban's Propaganda
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Town halls not resulting in more presidential threats
Discussion: RedState
WBBM-TV:
City Government Closed For Business On Monday
Discussion: Don Surber
Paul / Power Line:
Who are the uninsured and should we pay to cover them?
Discussion: Sadly, No!
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