February 4, 2010 2:09PM # Thursday Links --- SHARE - Why the [Tea Partiers should not date the GOP](http://bit.ly/9vug5t): “This movement is simply saying: ‘We are fine without you, Washington. Now for the love of God, go attend a reception somewhere, and stop making health care and entrepreneurship more expensive than they already are.’ ” - Why [President Obama should be open to cutting military spending](http://bit.ly/a1mECR): “A real test of a leader’s wisdom and strength would recognize that more spending does not equal greater security.” - [A growing disconnect](http://bit.ly/cKUchE): “A nasty spat has erupted between Washington and Beijing over the Obama administration’s arms sales to Taiwan.…The bulk of the evidence suggests that storm clouds are building in the US-China relationship.” - Podcast: “[Obama’s Permanent Bailouts](http://bit.ly/djV7KQ)” featuring Mark Calabria. ##### Related Tags [Defense and Foreign Policy](https://www.cato.org/defense-foreign-policy), [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).