Crimes Against Liberty (66 page)

100
President Barack Obama, “Text: Obama’s Address on the War in Afghanistan,”
New York Times
, December 1, 2009; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/world/asia/02prexy.text.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

101
Vice President Joseph Biden, “NBC ‘Meet the Press’ Host: David Gregory,” Federal News Service, February 14, 2010.

102
“‘Blame Bush’ Strategy Wears Thin as Obama Enters Second Year,”
FOXNews.com
, January 25, 2010; available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/25/obama-administration-blaming-bush-president-enters-second-year/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

103
Mark Finkelstein, “Time Cover Story: Bush Decade ‘Hell,’ Obama Decade Better,”
Newsbusters.org
, November 25, 2009; available at:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2009/11/25/time-cover-story-bush-decade-hell-obama-decade-better
[accessed June 29, 2010].

104
Ibid.

105
“FOX News Poll: 66% Say Obama Should Stop Blaming Bush,” HotAirPundit, April 22, 2010; available at:
http://www.hapblog.com/2010/04/foxnews-poll-66-say-obama-should-stop.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

Chapter 6

1
Aaron Klein, “Obama’s Supreme pick has love affair with socialism,” WorldNetDaily, May 10, 2010; available at:
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=152133
[accessed June 24, 2010].

2
Ed Whelan, “Kagan: Constitution as Charter of ‘Positive Liberties,’”
National Review Online
, Bench Memos, May 17, 2010; available at:
http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/55696/kagan-constitution-charter-positive-liberties/ed-whelan
[accessed June 24, 2010].

3
Tomoeh Murakami Tse and Peter Whoriskey, “Obama Standing By Rattner; White House Knew of Probes,”
The Washington Post
, April 18, 2009; available at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2009/04/17/AR2009041701908.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

4
Edwin Chen, “Obama Open to Partisan Vote on Health-Care Overhaul, Aides Say,” Bloomberg, July 14, 2009; available at:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a4.kYDWV9erc
[accessed June 24, 2010].

5
Nicholas Ballasy, “Pelosi to Aspiring Musicians: Quit Your Job, Taxpayers Will Cover Your Health Care,”
CNSNews.com
, May 14, 2010; available at:
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/65950
[accessed June 24, 2010].

6
George Will, “Tincture of Lawlessness,”
Townhall.com
, May 14, 2009; available at:
http://townhall.com/columnists/GeorgeWill/2009/05/14/tincture_of_lawlessness
[accessed June 24, 2010].

7
Ian Talley, “Steven Chu: Americans Are Like ‘Teenage Kids’ When It Comes to Energy,” The
Wall Street Journal
, September 21, 2009; available at:
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/09/21/steven-chu-americans-are-like-teenage-kids-when-it-comes-to-energy/
[accessed June 24, 2010].

8
Ibid.

9
Lee Cary, “Obama’s Plan for NASA,”
American Thinker
, April 22, 2008; available at:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/04/obamas_plan_for_nasa.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

10
Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides, “Obama Pits Human Space Exploration Against Education,”
Wired Science
, November 21, 2007; available at:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/11/obama-pits-huma/
[accessed June 24, 2010].

11
Mark Whittington, “Barack Obama Pits Space Explorers Against School Children,” Associated Content, December 2, 2007; available at:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/465985/barack_obama_pits_space_explorers_against.html?cat=9
[accessed June 24, 2010].

12
Editorial, “Losing it in Space,”
The Washington Times
, April 13, 2010; available at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/13/losing-it-in-space/
[accessed June 24, 2010].

13
“Obama Clarifies His Space Policy,” Space Politics, January 2, 2008.

14
Stella Paul, “America’s Surrender of Space,”
American Thinker
, April 10, 2010; available at:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/04/americas_surrender_of_space.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

15
Kenneth Chang, “Obama Calls for End to NASA’s Moon Program,”
The New York Times
, February 1, 2010; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/science/02nasa.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

16
Robert Block, “NASA Cancels KSC Contract Leading to Charge ‘Obama Broke Law,’”
Orlando Sentinel
, The Write Stuff Blog, February 12, 2010; available at:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2010/02/nasa-cancels-ksc-contract-prompting-angry-response.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

17
Congressman Bill Posey, “Press Release: Administration Plan to Terminate Constellation Contract Without Congressional Approval in Violation of Law,”
Posey.house.gov
, February 12, 2010; available at:
http://posey.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=170176
[accessed June 24, 2010].

18
Mark Matthews, “Bolden: NASA legit as it readies to end moon program,”
Orlando Sentinel
, February 23, 2010; available at:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2010/02/bolden-nasa-legit-as-it-readies-to-end-moon-program.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

19
Jeff Sessions, “Jeff Sessions: LeMieux, Sessions Introduce Effort to Stop NASA from Canceling Constellation,” Facebook, Jeff Sessions, March 18, 2010; available at:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=373175967686
[accessed June 24, 2010].

20
Jackqui Goddard, “Boldly going nowhere: NASA ends plan to put man back on Moon,” Times Online, June 14, 2010; available at:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article7149543.ece
[accessed June 24, 2010].

21
Michael Griffin and others, “Griffin, NASA Luminaries Urge Obama to Change Space Policy,”
Orlando Sentinel
, April 12, 2010; available at:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2010/04/griffin-nasa-luminaries-urge-obama-to-change-space-policy.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

22
“Lockheed Martin Responds To The FY2011 NASA Budget Proposal To Cancel Orion,” Lockheed Martin; available at:
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2010/02_03_Orion.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

23
Andy Pasztor, “NASA Plans Face Turbulence in House,” The
Wall Street Journal
, February 4, 2010; available at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704259304575044381122142378.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

24
Joel Acheinbach, “NASA’s Moon Plan Too Ambitious, Obama Panel Says,”
Miami Herald
, August 14, 2009.

25
Mark Whittington, “No, We Should Not Cut NASA Funding,” Associated Content, April 10, 2010; available at:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2880660/no_we_should_not_cut_nasa_ funding.html?cat=15
[accessed June 24, 2010].

26
Rachel Martin and Karen Travers, “On the Defensive, President Obama Pledges Commitment to NASA, Space Exploration,” ABC-News. com, April 15, 2010; available at:
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/president-obama-touts-billion-budget-boost-nasa-potential/story?id=10387427
[accessed June 24, 2010].

27
Ibid.

28
Frank Morring, Jr., “U.S. Space Leadership Seen At Risk,” Aviation Week, May 3, 2010; available at:
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/asd/2010/05/03/11.xml
[accessed June 24, 2010].

29
Byron York, “Democrats Threaten Companies Hit Hard by Health Care Bill,”
The Washington Examiner
, March 28, 2010; available at:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Democrats-threaten-companies-hit-hard-by-health-care-bill-89347127.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

30
Michelle Malkin, “The Obamacare Inquisition Is on Hold... for Now,” Creators Syndicate, April 16, 2010; article available at:
http://www.creators.com/opinion/michelle-malkin/the-obamacare-inquisition-is-on-hold-for-now.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

31
Jed Babbin, “Waxman Cancels Healthcare Show Trial,” Big Government, April 16, 2010; available at:
http://biggovernment.com/jbabbin/2010/04/16/waxman-cancels-healthcare-show-trial/
[accessed June 24, 2010].

32
Rep. Joe Barton, “Rep. Joe Barton on Democratic Intimidation Tactics,”
YouTube.com
, April 14, 2010; video available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0foQVNFVWQ
[accessed June 24, 2010].

33
Staff, “A Message From Congress: No One Questions Our Authority,”
CNSNews.com
, February 3, 2010; available at:
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/60932
[accessed June 24, 2010].

34
Clinton v. City of New York
, 524 U.S. 417 (1998).

35
Peter Baker, “Obama Making Plans to Use Executive Power,”
The New York Times
, February 12, 2010; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/13/us/politics/13obama.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

36
Jake Tapper, “Thinly-Veiled Threats? White House Suggests Arizona Republicans Put Up or Shut Up,”
ABC News,
Political Punch, July 14, 2009; available at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/07/thinly-veiled-threats-white-house-suggests-arizona-republicans-put-up-or-shut-up.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

37
Ed Morrissey, “Kyl, McCain to White House: Threats ‘patently offensive,’”
HotAir.com
, July 15, 2009; available at:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/15/kyl-mccain-to-white-house-threats-patently-offensive/
[accessed June 24, 2010].

38
Jake Tapper, “Thinly-Veiled Threats? White House Suggests Arizona Republicans Put Up or Shut Up,”
op. cit.

39
George Will, “Tincture of Lawlessness,”
op. cit.

40
Ed Morrissey, “Why Did Obama Meet with the CBO?” HotAir. com, July 21, 2009; available at:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/21/why-did-obama-meet-with-the-cbo/
[accessed June 24, 2010].

41
Walter Alarkon, “Orszag: CBO Lowballs Savings From Obama’s Healthcare Reform,”
The Hill
, April 11, 2010; available at:
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/91527-orszag-cbo-underestimates-savings-from-obamas-healthcare-bill
[accessed June 24, 2010].

42
Chris Edwards, “Government Schemes Cost More Than Promised,” Cato Institute, Tax & Budget Bulletin, September 2003; available at:
http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb-0309-17.pdf
[accessed June 24, 2010].

43
Scott Rasmussen and Doug Schoen, “Why Obama Can’t Move the Health-Care Numbers,”
Wall Street Journal
, March 9, 2010; available at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704784904575111993559174212.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].

44
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, “The Real Arithmetic of Health Care Reform,”
New York Times
, March 20, 2010; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21holtz-eakin.html
[accessed June 24, 2010].