Bombshell: McChrystal to resign if not given more troops

By Rick Moran "That leaked report asking for more troops has elicited more excuses, more dithering from the White House. And now we learn via Bill Roggio that McChrystal is doing something almost unheard of; he is challenging his commander in chief to fulfill his desire for more troops or he will resign."

Obama changes course on Mideast

By Leo Rennert "Now, Obama -- by changing diplomatic tactics -- has left Abbas twisting slowly in the wind. If Abbas follows the new U.S. playbook, he'll look like a patsy not only to Hamas in Gaza but to most Palestinians in the West Bank. But if he balks, he will no longer have Obama in his corner and he'll be left boxed-in -- with no prospect for U.S.-brokered Palestinian statehood. It's a tough predicament for Abbas, for which Obama is entirely responsible."

Here's your 'demonstration project,' Mr. President -- it's called Mississippi

Washington Examiner "Mississippi's reforms were truly sweeping. The new laws: *Changed rules of venue, to prevent abusive court-shopping. *Got rid of the rule of "joint and several liability" -- as Barbour put it, in order to protect the defendant who is only "2 percent negligent" but who has the "deep pockets" that trial lawyers look for when deciding whom to sue. *Protect innocent landowners and sellers of products. Under the reforms, "if a pharmacist is selling a drug that the FDA has said is appropriate for the purpose it says it's used for, unless the pharmacist knows it has been tampered with, then that pharmacist is immune," said Barbour. *Put caps on punitive damages, with a sliding scale based on the size of the defendant corporation. *Put caps on non-economic damages, particularly to deal with medical malpractice liability. "

SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS ON ENTREPRENEURS

By Neal Boortz "Pretty remarkable people, aren't they? Well, these are the people that are squarely placed in the Democrat's crosshairs when it comes to tax increases."

Obama the impotent

UK Guardian "It appears that the wheels may be coming off the world's post-war leader, and not even Barack Obama can stop it happening." He isn't far enough left for them.