WorldNetDaily, master of the paranoid style in American blogging, is bringing back a Golden Oldie for the dog days of summer:

An ad campaign featured on a U.S. Army website seeking those who would be interested in being an “Internment/Resettlement” specialist is raising alarms across the country, generating concerns that there is some truth in those theories about domestic detention camps, a roundup of dissidents and a crackdown on “threatening” conservatives.

How they manage to fear a government they say can’t run a car-rebate program, much less socialized health care, is beyond us.

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Not only do I think that the BBC’s Top Gear is good automotive programming, I think it’s some of the best TV out there.  I wanted to share Jeremy Clarkson’s test of the new Ford Fiesta because, in the dark corners of the automotive blogosphere that I visit, it has been praised as the funniest road test ever done. The last scene had me laughing like an insane person (starts 8 minutes in).

And, while I’m at it – why doesn’t Ford offer the German-built Fiesta here?  If I needed a car I’d certainly consider, and probably buy, the sport version. At any rate, enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KIqdS1SO0

Title: “Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies”

Author: Michelle Malkin

Rank: 4

Blurb: “In her shocking new book, Malkin digs deep into the records of President Obama’s staff, revealing corrupt dealings, questionable pasts, and abuses of power throughout his administration.”

Review: “The brazen lies spouted daily against the previous administration taught a new generation of conservatives to be bold with the truth and turn the tables on the dream world of Big Brother liberals. Malkin seems to be the current best at this and Culture of Corruption will be a burr under the saddle of Obama’s True Believers for months and hopefully years to come.”

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Helicopter and plane crash over Hudson River

NY1 reporting one rescue, one death. UPDATE: NY1 says this is the model of the plane involved.

Just watched Sotomayor, J. get sworn in, and it was the first time I’d ever heard the oath:

“I, [NAME], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as [TITLE] under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.”

Just like this guy:

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Now that political theater has descended into comic anarchy, we suspect public opinion will take care of itself. God bless Republicans — they always overplay their hand.

Health Debate Turns Hostile at Town Hall Meetings [NYT]

Welcome back, Talibunny!

The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s “death panel” so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their “level of productivity in society,” whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil.

Health care by definition involves life and death decisions. Human rights and human dignity must be at the center of any health care discussion.

Good to know. And who is your insurer? With service like that, we’d be happy to sign up.

Statement on the Current Health Care Debate [Sarah Palin/Facebook]