Middle America Cheers For Sandra Bullock

Big Hollywood "While serious Hollywood types spend most of their time, energy and money on movies that trivialize the experiences of middle America, Middle America spends its time and money on movies that celebrate what it is to be an American. Capitalism is good for Hollywood executives, but it’s under assault in the scripts being written. American military men and women are celebrated as heroes on Main Street, but they are overwhelmingly portrayed as killers in the movies that Hollywood produces. And while Hollywood is tremendously liberal, the rest of America is not."

How skiers prepare for the downhill

NY Times (Video) "Graphics editor Joe Ward and gold medalist Ted Ligety explain how skiers prepare for the downhill with a pre-race course inspection."

Comparison: Social Security and Bernie Madoff

Boortz "Do you need a side-by-side comparison here? Well here's a nifty little chart."

OUR UNSUSTAINABLE DEBT

Neal Boortz "Let's knock off the hubris. The survival of our nation is not guaranteed. American's appetite for government goodies and handouts must be curtailed. We're piling debt upon debt .. and ruin is down the road."

Crowley vs. Jones — No Contest

Jennifer Rubin "It is not a performance that inspires any confidence that the Obami have figured out the folly of engagement. There is no inkling, no hint of understanding, that the problem here is the nature of the Iranian regime or that our energies and those sanctions, when and if they ever come, should be directed not to lure the Iranians back to the table for more tomfoolery but rather toward toppling the despotic regime. " If you younger people have wondered what Carter's presidency was like, it was pretty much this way.

Holder’s Just a Political Dunce, You See

Jennifer Rubin "As the Obama anti-terrorism approach unwinds and the handiwork of Eric Holder has proved to be politically untenable and substantively unworkable, there is certainly reason to think Eric Holder’s days are numbered. His decisions are the subject of bipartisan criticism, ...Along comes a report from the New York Times that confirms the degree to which Holder has become a liability. "

IPCC warnings about African crops also bogus

Hot Air "One of the most widely quoted and most alarmist passages in the main 2007 report was a warning that, by 2020, global warming could reduce crop yields in some countries in Africa by 50 per cent. Dr Pachauri not only allowed this claim to be included in the short Synthesis Report, of which he was co-editor, but has publicly repeated it many times since."

Escape from Taxation (File this under "D", for "duh".)

WSJ "A new study shows that wealth flees after taxes rise. " They're just learning this? More proof that leftist philosophies not only kill you, they bankrupt you.

Deep Thoughts on Coexistence

Prof. Mike Adams "I think people with “coexist” bumper stickers are probably the people Muslims would most like to kill – because of their views on gay rights and abortion. So, maybe they should take the Muslim portion off their “Coexist” stickers."

Texas: Muslims with bomb charges in truck force shutdown of Fort Worth highway for five hours

JihadWatch That's her on the left, minus her hijab. Wait, no...maybe that's her on the right.

When The Left Tries To Play Gotcha, They Always Lose

iowntheworld.com "Take a look at Diane Feinstein breaking the rules of a debate by having crib notes written on her palm. This will matter little to a libtard. They will just shrug, go on to the next thing, and then when the dust settles they’ll once again bring up Sarah Palin having words on her palm during a speech."

Marvel Comics: Captain America Says Tea Parties Are Dangerous and Racist

PubliusForum "Sadly, this muscle bound hero that took on the whole Nazi army during WWII seems to be afraid of those American people who’ve joined the Tea Party movement. Not only is Cappy quaking in his little red booties, but he’s sure that the Tea Party folks are dangerous racists, too."