By John J. Tkacik Jr. and Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter
China’s cyber-attacks on Google these past several weeks were, sadly, mere replays of state-sponsored Chinese attacks on literally thousands of other American and foreign companies, human rights groups, individuals and, yes, even the U.S. government, including Congress.
A University of Toronto study last year identified more than [...]

US car manufacturers have indicated that hiring may resume as sales pick up in the rebounding economy. The Wall Street Journal reports that all three US manufacturers commented at the Detroit auto show that hiring is on the agenda.

GM, Ford and Chrysler all saw hiring on the horizon, and even Toyota indicated it would ramp up its US production. While this is good news for those out of work, the article does note that the hiring will still be well below the 126,000 jobs shed during the down turn.

Speaking of jobs, the White House has walked away from its claims of saving and creating jobs. After their earlier attempts were riddled with holes and multiple media outlets mocked the staggering number of errors, the administration has simply changed the rules. No longer will they count jobs “saved or created,” but instead focus on jobs funded. Under the new rules, it no longer matters if the jobs are existing jobs, new jobs, or even people never in danger of losing their jobs.

Some Google employees in China may be in danger of losing a job, however. After a cyber-attack it says was aimed at Chinese Human Rights Activists, the search provider has reversed a decision to censor Chinese content. Google had come under fire for its decision to placate the Chinese communists by filtering and censoring search results by Chinese citizens. Following the attack, however, Google announced it would no longer do so. If that makes the Chinese unhappy, Google has indicated it will shutter its Chinese operations.

Dave Janda looks at the Obama-Pelosi-Reid health care bills, the unaccountable panels empowered to oversee them, and the frightening lengths to which the Democrats have gone to guarantee they last forever. His conclusion? This is a weapon of mass destruction worse than any Al Qaeda attack.

To make matters worse, Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) identified language in the Senate version, which should make every American question the underlying purpose of this legislation. On Page 1020, referring to The Medicare Advisory Board, the Senate version states:

“It shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that would repeal or otherwise change this subsection.”

It becomes evident this legislation is not about creating affordable, available and quality based health care. It is about controlling every American’s life.

By every objective standard, China’s freedoms of expression, press, assembly, religion, labor organization, were greater in April 1989 and have declined precipitously since. This is confirmed by the U.S. Department of State’s annual reports on human rights practices — in no year since 1989 has the State Department noted any improvement in China’s human rights, and in several years it has documented serious declines. The few current liberalizations that Chinese enjoy — new job mobility, burgeoning cultural expression, relaxed residence permits — would have taken root without the catalyst of the April/May 1989 burst of freedom.

To resuscitate the TV sitcom Happy Days, the show’s main character, Arthur Fonzarelli, was aquatically clad in a swim suit, white tee-shirt, and leather jacket and filmed performing a harrowing water ski jump over a shark. Though “The Fonz” pulled it off, the network pulled the plug on Happy Days. Subsequently, any inane attempt to [...]