Even without the public option, reform still stinks

Rick Moran "With even Howard Dean now saying the bill should be deep-sixed, the future of reform looks rather iffy in the senate, although there is still a ray of hope. Of course, Dean's reasoning is a little different; Dean thinks there isn't enough government involvement so it doesn't constitute "true" reform. Either way, it looks like health care reform - no matter how stinky - will somehow make it out of the senate and into a conference committee."

Russians drop another Climategate bombshell

Clarice Feldman "On Tuesday, the Moscow-based Institute of Economic Analysis (IEA) issued a report claiming that the Hadley Center for Climate Change based at the headquarters of the British Meteorological Office in Exeter (Devon, England) had probably tampered with Russian-climate data."

Stupid People, and Other Arguments for Limited Government

Clayton E. Cramer "Wild, bizarre, unbelievable conspiracy theories are a huge problem in every society. This isn’t a new problem, either. It is one of the stronger arguments for limited governmental power. If most of the population buys into bizarre, strange, or even profoundly dangerous foolishness, there is a limit to the amount of damage that the majority can cause if the government’s power is limited."...."The strongest argument for a government of limited powers is that you should never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."

IT'S A CULTURE CRISIS, NOT A HEALTHCARE CRISIS

Neal Boortz "It is a crisis of culture [-] a culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance. A culture that thinks "I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always take care of me"."

Classy Chuck Schumer Cusses Out Flight Attendant – Calls Her a B*tch

Gateway Pundit If Schumer were a Republican and called a flight attendant a b*tch he’d be forced from office by this time."

CLIMATE CHANGE IS NATURAL: 100 REASONS WHY

UK Daily Express hat tip to California Chronicle "HERE are the 100 reasons, released in a dossier issued by the European Foundation, why climate change is natural and not man-made:"

Obama wrote a personal letter to North Korea's Kim Jong Il

Washington Post "It is relatively unusual for an American president to send the North Korean dictator a personal communication so early in his term. Both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush eventually sent letters to Kim, but only after extensive diplomatic efforts to restrain North Korea's nuclear ambitions. Efforts early in Bush's term to send a letter were stymied by an intense debate over whether to use an honorific such as "his excellency" to address Kim."

More on this: Fmr Law & Order Actor Michael Moriarty On The Shows Liberal Bias

StoryBalloon (Video) This has always been one of our favorite shows, but difficult to watch when they deal with anything related to the war against radical Islam.

Should CIA Drone Operators Worry?

Hmmmm "It is crucial, in my view, that the administration put on the record, or be pushed into putting on the record, a plain and broad statement that its drone policy is legal, not on narrow grounds of an armed conflict in Afghanistan spilling over into Pakistan, but on broader grounds of self-defense."

Blame George Bush for Depressing Hollywood Movies

Newsbusters In a related issue, Mr. Bush has also caused an increase in acne among adolescents.

Race becomes an issue during campaign for Obama’s old Illinois Senate seat

The Hill "So Ill. should vote for a black woman because their black man left (he's POTUS but we are still racist), and after Burris leaves there won't be a black man in the Senate. BUT, anyone rooting for one of the white guys, (and the media), is RRRAAAAAAAACCCCCIIIIISSSSSTTTTTTT!!!!" H/t to Weasel Zippers So who's Bobby Rush?

Immigration bill backers try again despite jobless rate

Washington Times ""It certainly will confuse the debate a lot more, but at the end of the day what we have to understand is fixing this system will be good for American workers (Read "our union members")," said Eliseo Medina, executive vice president of the Service Employees International Union, which is one of the major advocates for legalizing illegal immigrant workers."