California: Drop dead

DailyMail “53% say the state should cut back on welfare programs, health services and the state payroll,” Rasmussen noted. Many a business today has empty desks. There is no reason a state government should be immune from this reality."

Olbermann: Hume Tried to ‘Force’ & ‘Threaten’ Tiger Woods into Christian Conversion

Newsbusters "The Countdown host introduced the segment, contending again that Hume had tried to "threaten" Woods into becoming a Christian: "Brit Hume of Fox News has not only not apologized for his bizarre on-air attempt to threaten Tiger Woods into converting to Christianity, he`s actually gone further."" Why MSNBC is the network for the left. More on Olbermann: "This is part of the infantilism of the left. If you disagree with their policies it means you "hate." Just the mere use of this world is all the evidence you kneed(sp) that Olbermann is a vacuous and shallow ObamaMyrmidon with no working familiarity with rational thinking processes." Neal Boortz

Sarah Palin Schools Obama: It’s War Not a Crime Spree

Gateway Pundit "President Obama was right to change his policy and decide to send no more detainees to Yemen where they can be free to rejoin their war on America. Now he must back off his reckless plan to close Guantanamo, begin treating terrorists as wartime enemies not suspects alleged to have committed crimes, and recognize that the real nature of the terrorist threat requires a commander-in-chief, not a constitutional law professor. "

Obama, the Overmatched President

Peter Wehner, Commentary "Memo to the President: You face stiff challenges, as do all presidents. But for the record, a recession is not a depression and the war in Afghanistan is not comparable to World War II. The most difficult actions that had to be taken on the economic front were ones done by your predecessor, before you were sworn in – and a good deal of the responsibility for what went wrong rests with the party you represent (see blocking reforms of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae)."

Democrat electoral prospects worsening

Thomas Lifson "Rahm and company are not fools. The job they will protect is Obama's. This situation completely explains the rush to get everything done right away."

Democrats gear up for amnesty battle

Ann Kane,AT If the amnesty bill can be pushed through fast enough, the Democrat Party will increase its number of voters, unlikely for the November elections (although, never underestimate the Chicago way), but most assuredly for 2012."

Here's one for Jim DeMint

Andrew Thomas "He is very intelligent and has a firm grip on reality (which separates him from the majority in the Senate). Although I have respected him as a staunch conservative, I have never admired his acumen in the political arena as much as I do now."

Nancy Pelosi takes swipe at President Obama's campaign promises

Politico "A reporter reminded the San Francisco Democrat that in 2008, then-candidate Obama opined that all such negotiations be open to C-SPAN cameras. “There are a number of things he was for on the campaign trail,” quipped Pelosi, who has no intention of making the deliberations public"

Obama as Greek Tragedy—Part One

Victor Davis Hanson "But, wait, a final thought: not since 9/11 have so many terrorist plots been uncovered in a single year. (In fact, over one-third of all the efforts to repeat 9/11 have occurred in 2009—just as the United States has made unprecedented efforts to renounce the prior war on terror, to demonize a prior President, to use euphemism, to bow and apologize abroad, to turn war into jurisprudence, and to reach out to the Muslim world. "

Political Cartoons by Lisa Benson

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Death of a Theory

Rich Lowry, NRO "[Abdulmullatab's] failed attempt put paid to the notion that terrorism is the byproduct of a few, specific U.S. policies and of our image abroad. This view dominates the Left and animates the Obama administration. It informs its drive to shutter Guantanamo Bay, to get out of Iraq, and to cater to “international opinion.” If we are only nice and likable enough, goes the theory, the Abdul Mutallabs of the world will never be tempted to violent mayhem. Only the young Nigerian didn’t appear the least bit moved by Pres. Barack Obama’s commitment to close Gitmo in a year. He didn’t seem to care that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will get a civilian trial in New York. He didn’t appear to be fazed at all by Obama’s Cairo and U.N. speeches, or a year’s worth of international goodwill gestures. He just wanted to destroy an airliner." Rich Lowry, National Review editor.

Brit Hume discusses Chuck Colson conversion vs. Clinton "conversion"

Youtube To quote the Youtube site: "Brit Hume Tells O'Reilly That He Wasn't Proselytizing - Then Goes On To Proselytize Again". "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:11-12, NIV; Bible Gateway