Friday, August 28, 2009  Win one for the Bibber  A contrarian
compendium.  'Win One for Teddy,' Say Dems Pushing for Health
Reform  ...Democrats are hoping that the memory of Sen. Ted
Kennedy will revive the Democratic Party's flagging push for
health care reform.   Democrats are hoping that Kennedy's
influence in death may be even stronger than it was when he was
alive... Public service zombies?  Public service or public
meddling  Helps explain the Presidential edict attempting to
make September 11th the "National Day of Service."  Ted
Kennedy’s Appetities [sic]  The issue he called most important,
and that Dems are now cynically using his death to promote, is a
good example.  Kennedy's Big Government Paternalism  ...Support
for interventionist government was hardly a viewpoint unique to
Ted Kennedy. What Kennedy brought to this political philosophy,
however, was the paternalistic mindset of *noblesse oblige*: the
idea that the aristocracy has a special responsibility to
protect and look out for the little p