Friday Quick Hits

Quick Hit #1: Fight SCHIP!
SCHIP has passed both houses of Congress. Bush has pledged to veto it. There is likely a veto-proof majority in the Senate, but not in the House. Both sides are gearing up for some arm-twisting when the veto comes back to Congress. It's not too late to call your reps and let them know this bill sucks. It's NOT about the children, it's about government-mandated universal health care!

Quick Hit #2: The game has changed.
The War on Terror has shifted dramatically in recent weeks. France has become a lightning rod for European leadership now, with Sarkozy taking the lead in the fight against terror (and Iran). Even the American Left has flipped (or flopped, depending on how many iterations back you want to go) and is now more concerned with holding off Iran than in surrendering in Iraq. It's a crazy world, and proof that you should never give up hope.

Quick Hit #3: Kennedy's defense priorities.
Byron York writes at The Hill about Ted Kennedy's priorities when it comes to defense funding: domestic hate crimes are the most important thing. HUH?! If you're trying to figure out where that came from, so is everyone else. Yet more proof that Kennedy is willing to put the funding of the troops in jeopardy just to win a domestic social policy battle. Shameful.

Quick Hit #4: Liberal cannibalism.
The latest victim of liberal cannibalism is Rep. Brian Baird. Since reporting the truth of the situation in Iraq a few weeks ago, the wacko anti-war crowd (i.e. MoveOn.org) has been mercilessly attacking him. They can't win on their ideas, so anyone who disagrees with them should just be silenced. It's a classic play taken from Stalin's playbook.

Quick Hit #5: Speaking of the wacko anti-war left...
A student paper at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ran an op-ed saying that terrorists in Iraq have the right to kill American soldiers. Hate America above all else!

Quick Hit #6: Got another one!
Abu Usama al-Tunisi, a Tunisian described as in line to succeed Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Al-Qaeda in Iraq's Egyptian leader, was killed in a U.S. airstrike today. He was a biggie in Al Qaeda's organization, and this one should hurt them big-time. More proof that we've got the momentum.

Quick Hit #7: More ACLU treason.
Right Truth links to StopTheACLU: The ACLU is now actively working to find free attorneys for Gitmo detainees. Can Bush declare the ACLU an enemy combatant?

Quick Hit #8: Another Clinton entitlement.
Hillary Clinton's latest scam for raising taxes is to provide $5,000 to every child born in America. The idea is to allow people to start out with some savings, but there are just a few small details she glosses over: how much do we all pay in tax hikes? how would the program be monitored to prevent fraud? would money be given to illegal alien parents? That big sucking sound you hear is the government attacking your pocketbook.

That's it for now. Stay tuned this weekend for the short versions of my "Radical Islam Revealed" series.

Happy Friday!