BAINBRIDGE ON OBAMACARE: tough luck, kids, and as Instapundit points out, I don’t even have to feel guilty.

MORE ON CORE STANDARDS FOR EDUCATION. “Business Roundtable’s CEOs are pleased with the proposed K-12 Common Core State Standards released today by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State Officers. These standards, developed in conjunction with teachers, school administrators and experts, represent one of the most important developments in the history of American education.”

My support for “core standards” is waning as a result of a single word in the paragraph above: expert. The word is derived from the two words “ex” - meaning has-been - and “spurt” - which is a drip under pressure.

“IN A SWINDLE that would make Bernie Madoff look like an amateur, Barack Obama has gotten a substantial segment of the population to believe that he can add millions of people to the government-insured rolls without increasing the already record-breaking federal deficit.”

“Fraud has been at the heart of this medical care takeover plan from day one. The succession of wholly arbitrary deadlines for rushing this massive legislation through, before anyone has time to read it all, serves no other purpose than to keep its specifics from being scrutinized-- or even recognized-- before it becomes a fait accompli ....”

SO, WHEN DOES THE CONSTITUTION MATTER? Not very often, apparently.

Link from Instapundit.

REASON SAVES CLEVELAND: Libertarian solutions for a dying city, starring Drew Carey.

Like all too many American cities, Cleveland seems locked into a death spiral,
shedding people, jobs, and dreams like nobody's business. When it comes to
education, business climate, redevelopment, and more, Clevelanders have come to
expect the worse. Is a renaissance possible?

Watch all five segments to find out.

HMM: Wasn't Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich, now a reliable ObamaCare supporter, once mayor of Cleveland? Why, yes; yes he was.

CARTOON NETWORK beats out CNN and MSNBC in the ratings.

Instapundit quips: “It has more believable characters.”

REVISITING JOHN GALT: More doctors planning to “go Galt” if ObamaCare passes.

Link via Instapundit.

THE MOST TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT EVER. Yeah, right. There’s nothing better than opaque transparency.