CFIF 11/15/2013

Obama's Rhetorical Skill Now His Biggest Liability There's a deep, lusty irony to Barack Obama being undone by his own inability to keep quiet. After all, the President owes his ascension to the White House almost entirely to an oratorical ability that was regarded as near-magical back in 2008. Today, "near-fatal" might be a better characterization. Read more now.

Mr. Obama's Utter Destructiveness Oliver Cromwell was a nasty piece of work, but one of his most famous lines should be resurrected and aimed at Barack Obama. "Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!" If only The One would listen... Read more now.

Obama Admin Caves to Union Pressure, Proposes Tax Exemption After demanding payback for supporting Democratic candidates and the passage of ObamaCare, an influential group of labor unions is getting a special exemption from one of the health law's most onerous taxes. Buried in a complicated regulatory announcement last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) broke the news in the least transparent way possible. Read more now.

JESTER'S COURTROOM Take Me Out to the...Courtroom A Kansas City Royals fan who was injured when an aluminum wrapped hot dog was thrown by the Royals team mascot Slugerrr has sued the team. The Missouri Supreme Court is reviewing a lawsuit filed by John Coomer, of Overland Park, Kansas. Coomer, who was hit in the eye with the hot dog and suffered a detached retina, underwent two surgeries to repair the damage, at the cost of $4,800 in medical expenses. Coomer is suing for more than $20,000. The court will have to decide whether Coomer's lawsuit falls under the "baseball rule," which protects organizations from being sued for fan injuries at games. Read more now.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK Michael Tanner, Cato Institute Senior Fellow, On the President's ObamaCare Lies: "Somehow the president continues to insist that he really was telling the truth when he promised that you could keep your plan - dozens of times - and is just as shocked as anyone else to find out that you can't. This, despite the fact that his aides debated, both publicly and privately, about whether or not he should say something so demonstrably untrue. When you start lying about your lies, there really is a problem." Read more of this week's notable quotes now.

FREEDOM LINE HIGHLIGHTS Ramirez Cartoon: What Obama Meant About Keeping Your Health Plan Was... Beware ObamaCare "Fixes" McCarthy: Obamacare Fraud a Reason to Impeach Colorado Obamacare Website Implies Young People Are Drunken Irresponsible Whores The AP Condemns Government Ethanol Policy Boehner Nixes Immigration Deal on Senate Gang's Bill UCLA, Berkeley Students Ban "Illegal Immigrant" From Campus