Obama says Koran burning could be a ‘recruiting bonanza’ for Al Qaeda, administration conducts extensive discussions about whether a direct dialogue with Florida pastor would convince him to cancel the burning, good news for one U.S. hiker held in Iran, Castro slams Ahmadinejad and suggests the Cuban system no longer works, Obama says rich should get continued tax cuts because it wouldn’t change their spending patterns and a new government report shows Obama’s health care plan will cost more than advertised.
Archives for September 9, 2010
Huge Costs, Eroding Privacy
Another report from the actuary’s office at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services shows the price tag of the forthcoming health care policy changes coming in much higher than was promised by advocates of the new laws. So how much will these changes cost us and why were the original estimates off base? We ask Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute. She also warns of an encroaching Big Brother mentality in government, as officials in North Carolina demand to know the names of all patients with prescriptions for painkillers.
U.S. Military’s Double Standard
Gen. David Petraeus and other military leaders have urged a Florida church not to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9-11, suggesting that such a spectacle would inflame many people in the Muslim world and possibly endanger our troops. Yet the military saw no problem burning boxes of Bibles written in local Afghan dialects that a soldier received from his home church. Does the military apply a clear double standard in how it treats Islam compared to Christianity? How is this manifested in everyday military life? Is the military increasingly hostile towards Christianity? And if so, how could that impact recruiting and retention? We discuss all this with retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Bob Maginnis, who is now a senior strategist with the Army.
Obama Economics Push Won’t Work
With less than eight weeks remaining until Election Day, President Obama is trying to boost his party’s dismal poll numbers by touting a new economic agenda and attacking the Republican approach. But will it work? Will the public believe Democrats are still the best choice to lead us out of the economic ditch? We ask John Gizzi, political editor at Human Events. Gizzi also offers more primary predictions, discusses whether Rahm Emanuel will be the next mayor of Chicago and how vocal the Obama administration ought to be in the Koran burning controversy.