or s says Charles Fried, solicitor general under president Reagan and a Harvard Law faculty member since 1961. I read this in an article in the WSJ on April 12, 2010 written by Laura Meckler titled “Grading Kagan as Dean”. Mr Fried credits Ms Kagan with providing free lunch and large tables in the faculty lounge so the faculty could sit and get to know each other better. He said that “it was an absolute stroke of genius”. You can’t make this up. This is a big…….. (insert Joe Biden comments here. ) According to the story, Ms. Kagan also improved student life by providing them with free coffee and free tampons in the ladies’ restrooms. I am not sure if this story was meant to be satire or not but it was sadly funny to me.

Her time as dean of the Harvard Law School is one of the major experiences that “qualifies” her for the SCOTUS according to BHO. Her time at Harvard Law School maybe qualifies her to be a dean at another law school or maybe return to Harvard when she ceases being the Solicitor General. But it hardly qualifies her to sit on the bench of the highest court in the land. Her nomination is an insult to the justices that have served in the past or are now serving. Maybe she can come up with changing the seating in the SCOTUS dining room so they can get to know each other better. Free coffee and tampons are also in order. Who knows, they may get free beer after work.

Message to Senators: Try to keep a straight face during the hearings.

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJ-20100510-wellpointletter.pdf

This letter is one ot those VISA priceless moments. Couldn’t resist sharing it here. BHO needs to be called out on demonizing all business sectors. Glad to see the Wellpoint CEO has the guts to do it.

As we talk about repeal and replace of the HCR act I thought it would be helpful to look back at other major social legislation from a congressional support standpoint and compare it to the support of the recently passed bill. I read on another post here that the GOP did not regain control of Congress after Social Security or Medicare was passed for at least a decade which is much after the entitlement was “enjoyed” by the beneficiaries. This effectively made repeal a near impossibility. If we look at the legislative support it also reveals that there was a broad base of support from both Democrats and Republicans even though the Dems were in complete control. I was not around for the Social Security legislation but do remember Medicare. I was in college at the time so my mind was on other things than health insurance for “old” people. I don’t want to bore everyone with data but I do think it it is important look at the record of the votes on this legislation.

Social Security passed the House with 372 Yays, 33 Nays, 25 NV, 2 Present. Dems voted 89% Yay, GOP voted 79% Yay. It passed the Senate with 77 Yays, 6 Nays, 12 NV. Dems voted 81% Yay, GOP voted 64% Yay. The bill was signed into law by FDR on August 14, 1935.

Medicare passed the House with 237 Yays, 166 Nays, 10 NV. Dems voted 81% Yay, GOP voted 50% Yay. It passed the Senate with 70 Yays, 24 Nays, 6 NV. Dems voted 84% Yay, GOP voted 41 % Yay. It was signed into law by LBJ on July 30, 1965. (Harry Truman was the first enrollee.)

HCR passed the Senate (out of order but Senate parliamentary move tacked HCR on previous House bill) with 60 Yays, 39 Nays, 1 NV. Dems voted 100% Yay, GOP voted 0% Yay. It passed the House with 219 Yays, 212 Nays. Dems voted 87 % Yay, GOP voted 0 % Yay. It was signed into law by BHO on March 23, 2010.

The lack of broad based support for the HCR legislation begs for it to be repealed. It is incredible that legislation of this magnitude could be signed into law. The consent of the governed is not present and it seems to be getting less after the bill has been passed. Yes I know that it passed by the “rules”. And yes I will abide by the law as passed. It will also be repealed by the “rules” as well. The most incredible part of all this is that the “elite intellgentsia” believe that they know better than the people what is best for them. How dare they.