UNCLE SAM will see you next. And then (maybe) you can see a doctor.

TRUTHS WE DARE NOT SPEAK: Victor Davis Hanson on illegal immigration, Iraq, affirmative action, elitism, and the Middle East. Read it all.

BLAME THE COMPUTERS: White House budget director blames old computers for ineffective government.

Instapundit responds: “Funny, it seems the government was a lot more effective fifty or sixty years ago, when it hardly had any computers at all, but better people in charge ....”

Yes. It's the poor workman who blames his tools.

HEALTH CARE DELUSIONS. The problem is that the delusion might pass.

A COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY that needs fewer dots.

I rarely agree with Eugene Robinson, but he’s right on this one. Data mining, in the sense of finding out what did happen, is easy; data fusion, in the sense of figuring out what is going to happen, is hard.

CRITICAL THOUGHTS on critical thinking.

If you use an incorrect assumption when you evaluate something, your final conclusion may be flawed. If you allow your emotions to cloud your analysis, you risk making a biased decision. If you don't have all the facts, you may miss the best solution. And if you unthinkingly accept what you hear or read from other people, you risk being manipulated.

That's where critical thinking comes in.

Critical thinking is the discipline of rigorously and skillfully using information, experience, observation and reasoning to guide your decisions, actions and beliefs.

Sounds good, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, my experience leads me to conclude that critical thinking skills lead to navel gazing skills. Why not give common sense a try?

INSTAPUNDIT comments: “When those “Che” T-shirts become more than just obnoxious…”

HEH. I HAD FORGOTTEN about Senator Boxer dressing down Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh for calling her "ma'am." Chris Muir didn’t, and Don Surber noticed.

WHAT DO ISLAMIST TERRORISTS WANT? The answer should be obvious.

“Islam will be victorious through the blood of martyrs who spread its light in every dark corner of this earth.” ~ Mohammed Bouyeri

What the terrorists want is abundantly clear. It requires monumental denial not to acknowledge it, but we Westerners have risen to the challenge.

Via a comment from Hot Air.

HEH. Majority would vote against Obama re-election.

HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI announced on Thursday that the final health care bill will be posted online for the public to view for 72 hours before the chamber votes on it

"The House Democratic Leadership is committed to having the final health insurance reform legislation online for 72 hours before the House votes, for all Members and the American people to review," Pelosi said in a statement released jointly with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. "We will continue the transparent process this landmark legislation has had for months."

No word yet from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., on whether he plans to follow the House on the 72-house public viewing.

Yes, and the Senate version that Harry Reid likely won’t post will contain the “manager’s amendment” completely altering the provisions of the House bill.