Michelle Malkin has some good stuff this morning on the status of Obamacare. The short version is that the Blue Dog Democrats in the House are unhappy with parts of the bill, have met with the leadership, but don’t believe that leadership is actually listening to them. They are feeling beat up over Cap and Trade and are now unsure about Obamacare. We can help them make up their minds. This is who you need to call: Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121: Reps.

Another 6 journalists arrested this week in Iran brings the total to at least 31 detained since the disputed election. According to the  Committee to Protect Journalists ,   “…at least six other journalists were in detention prior to the disputed elections. Of the journalists currently behind bars, 16 work primarily for print publications, four for online publications, two for television stations, eight are primarily bloggers, and an additional seven are freelancers or with unknown affiliation .”  A free press is critical to a vibrant democracy.  Information, dissent, vigorous debate,  and open discussion are the tools of intellectual and societal exploration.

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. . . the phone lines, that is. What’s coming is very ugly and needs to be stopped. If you’re not yet convinced that you need to speak up against health care reform, read this from Don Surber in its entirety. The US will have its own version of NICE, the UK’s life-or-death decision-making committee. Treatments will indeed be rationed and the decision to treat will necessarily be based on two factors: cost, and whether or not your life, in the eyes of the committee, is worth saving or improving.The

From the Corner:How much will it cost you? Plenty:The House of Representatives’ health-care bill includes an income surtax that would range from 1% to 5.4% on incomes over $350,000. The Heritage Foundation’s Brian Riedl and Curtis Duey did the math for us:As calculated by the Tax Foundation, when factoring in the expiration of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, average state and local income taxes, Medicare taxes, and the new surtax, the average top marginal income tax rate in the U.S.

From Ed Whalen:President Obama says he’s a longtime fan of the Chicago White Sox, but he calls Comiskey Park “Cominskey.” And Judge Sotomayor, in her testimony yesterday, asserted that “Few judges could claim they love baseball more than I do” and that she “grew up … watching baseball.” But a March 28, 1995, story in USA Today, titled “U.S. District judge not a baseball fan,” stated that Sotomayor “grew up a few miles from Yankee Stadium but says she knows little about the sport.” And yesterday she said that “many residents of Washington, D.C.