3-25-2009

Politico: Obama’s desire to simultaneously engage and brush off these Washington obsessions resulted in a news conference with a lot of code words and between-the-lines answers. Here is POLITICO’s translation of What Obama Said and What Obama Meant

Mark Steyn: One day every American will be able to experience for himself all those wacky government hospital stories that turn up in the British and Canadian papers every week. But for now you have to join the military: A Veterans Affairs hospital here has notified thousands of patients that their colonoscopies were performed with improperly sterilized equipment, officials said Monday.

Gateway Pundit: The House passed the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act on Monday. The bill includes language indicating young people will be forced to participate in mandatory national service programs. The bill also states that “service learning” will be a mandatory part of the youth curriculum.

Rick Moran: Is it coincidence that Obama didn’t call on any of reporters for major newspapers last night? Or a recognition that they should be allowed to expire in peace?

Confederate Yankee: Capitalism is a systemic virus that we cannot hope to kill, and as distasteful as that thought is to my Administration, it is something that we can hope to control if you give us unprecedented power.

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