Mary Bono Mack - CA
Mike Castle - DE
Mark Kirk - IL
Leonard Lance - NJ
Frank A. LoBiondo - NJ
John M. McHugh - NY
Dave Reichart - WA
Chris Smith - NJ

In a vote that was 219-212, these eight “conservatives” could have prevented this bill from being approved. Kansas and Missouri Representatives voted along party lines.

• Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan, Betsy McCaughey
• Controlling Doctors’ Decisions, Betsy McCaughey
• How to Stop Socialized Health Care, Karl Rove
• Mr. Burd Goes to Washington, Kimberley A. Strassel
• GE a Corporate Sponsor, Andrew Wilkow/Nick Rizzuto

Better get back to the show! Keep checking back as this list will hopefully be updated with more and more articles.

And for our good friend and listener, Chuck, here is a distinction between a Republic and a Democracy. Enjoy.

A couple weeks ago was Memorial Day, and we spent an hour talking about what Memorial Day means to you. I will be out of the studio tonight, but we will be replaying that show. And as a call to action, I might ask you what the anniversary of D-Day means to you. If you have a relative, a friend, an acquaintance who fought on June 6, 1944, let me know about it. I think it’s important for us to always remember the most important acts of service for our country, whether it’s the current men and women serving or our grandparents who served 60 years ago.

Click here to read Kavanaugh’s piece in today’s Kansas City Star.

At 2 in the morning on June 6, 1944, the captains of Allied ships bound for Normandy made an announcement: Breakfast was served. Religious services to follow.

The soldiers and sailors had been waiting for this moment - training, practicing, preparing. They knew daybreak would bring the battle of their lives.

Many came to their end there. The Normandy American Cemetery holds the graves of 9,387 U.S. service members. Those who have survived are in their 80s and 90s, looking back on full lives 65 years later.

One thing unites them: a memory of a place so burned into their souls, one veteran says, it’s “as if it happened yesterday.”

If any of you follow Drudge, as I’m sure most of you do, you’ll be aware of the following article: “Obama says US cannot impose its values: BBC Interview.” I don’t want to dwell on it, but thought I’d throw my two cents in.

Basically, the story is that Obama doesn’t believe the United States should force its values on any other country. “The danger I think is when the United States or any country thinks that we can simply impose these values on another country with a different history and a different culture,” the President said in the interview.

He goes on to say, however, “Democracy, rule of law, freedom of speech, freedom of religion — those are not simply principles of the West to be hoisted on these countries, but rather what I believe to be universal principles that they can embrace and affirm as part of their national identity.”

That’s where the confusion for me comes in. If we as a nation should not impose our values on other countries, how then can we legitimately and justifiably impose our values of democracy, rule of law, freedom of speech or freedom of religion? The answer is simple: Because that is what President Obama believes. He is our President, so his opinion is allegedly of the utmost importance.

I wonder, though, if my co-worker who I’m 99% sure is a Communist holds the same values of Democracy as the man he voted for does. And if not, what his thoughts are on President Obama’s beliefs. And if he does agree with him, how can he truly believe in the Communist system (I hope I’m not assuming too much, buddy…No hard feelings).

And of course, Obama was able to pull Gitmo into the discussion, saying that hopefully we as a country can serve as a role model by our actions toward Guantanamo Bay. I hope other countries don’t follow our path and swear to do something without having a fully thought out plan of action.

Ha, that’s never happened before in American politics, has it?