WHAT THEY SAY…
0943 by Jeff HessI think the MSM is missing the real focus of this movement. We keep describing the tea-partiers as fiscal conservatives. But this is patently untrue on its face. They have no plans to cut serious spending whatsoever. They love their Medicare, as they screamed at us last August. Do you remember them revolting against Bush’s unfunded, Medicare prescription drug bill, the worst act of fiscal vandalism since the Iraq war? They want much more defense spending. And does anyone think they would ever touch social security? Tell me of one speech this weekend in which any serious spending cuts were actually proposed.
I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog weather update I present: 
I, and many others, have drawn parallels between South African Nelson Mandela’s imprisonment in that country and the many political prisoners of Myanmar’s State Peace and Development Council. While Aung San Suu Kyi is the best known of that group, there have been and continue to be thousand’s held under more than house arrest.
