Random Thoughts on November 19th.

Thought #1: U of Calif students think they are guaranteed an edumacation.
Numerous news outlets are reporting that students in the University of California system are gathering in "near-riots" to protest a 32% hike in tuition. One young man who spoke on an ABC news radio clip indicated that "rich white men" were responsible for this. I'm going to go with "not so much". If this young skull full of mush would listen to something other than Air America or MSNBC, he might have heard that the State of California is looking at a 21 BILLION dollar short-fall in their state budget. Unlike the U.S. Federal government, California can't just crank up the printing presses to monitize their debt. Hey, California DUDE! You're state is BROKE, man! There isn't any more money in the TREASURY. My recommendation... get a job, like I did.

Thought #2: Apparently, conservative black men aren't black.
Ask Jesse Jackson, who apparently isn't very happy with Representative Artur Davis (D-Ala) who was the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus to vote against the current version of the bill. “We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill,” Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.” More proof that if you are black and you have decided to try and live free of the government dole and further, you expect others to do so as well, then you are an "Uncle Tom". Quote was courtesy of www.thehill.com. The hypocrisy is as deafening as the reporting by the "mainstream media" is non-existent.

Thought #3: If you write a book and you are a conservative, you get "fact-checked" by the AP. But if you are a liberal candidate for president, you get a free ride.
The AP managed to get a hold of a "printer's proof" copy of former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin's book Going Rogue. What did they do with it? They assigned 11 reporters "part-time" to fact-check it. Apparently, only Fox News feels this is newsworthy because neither President Obama's book Audacity of Hope or VP Biden's book Promises to Keep were given the same scrutiny. If you use the following search text: "obama's book fact checked", the links that came up were to articles about the fact that Sarah Palin's book was fact-checked but Pres. Obama's wasn't. More proof that liberals get a free pass from the "fourth estate" while conservatives are grilled.

Thought #4: Senate Marjority Leader Harry Reid is going to try and ram a 2,074 page version of the health-care reform bill through the Senate this weekend.
Republicans are trying to slow down the process by invoking a parliamentarian rule that requires the Senate Clerk to read, in total, the text of a bill before discussion begins. At a minute per page, which should be easily attained because the text is double-spaced and relatively large font, it will take somewhere between 34 and 45 hours to read it entirely.
Courtesy of John Boehner, one more reason that conservative will hate this bill: Section 1303(a)(2)(C) defines the process whereby the Health Benefits Commission will assess the monthly premiums that will be used to pay for elective abortions under the government-run health plan as well as those who are given "affordability credits" to buy such coverage that includes abortion through the Exchange. Minimum charge: $1 per month. You can read it for yourself at page 118.