US Olympian and Soldier to Afghanistan

Fox News "Napier has petitioned his command to join his unit which is on the ground in Afghanistan and an army official confirms that it is likely that he will deploy in the months following the Olympics."

Barack Obama Mocked at This Year’s Mardi Gras Parade

Gateway Pundit "On a pride-themed float called “Experiment of His Own Power,” Obama is compared to “The Proud One” of Dante’s Inferno, posing with his Nobel Peace Prize medal, next to several other representations of him—along with Oscar and Heisman Trophy awards, he appears as a five-star general, president of General Motors, and as the “healthcare-expert” Surgeon General—all engulfed by the flames of hell."

Daily Gut: Some ‘Subversive’ Movie Ideas for James Cameron

Big Hollywood "So James Cameron was just on “The View” Wednesday morning, and he was disarmingly frank about the premise and purpose of his film, “Avatar.” He plainly explained it was anti-corporate, and that his goal was to take that “subversive” message, and wrap it up in an entertaining vehicle in a way that America, or the world, would swallow it whole."

Operation “Together” Has Commenced

Max Boot "Casualties are inevitable among the attacking troops, but there is little doubt they will achieve their objectives. The real challenge will come in Phase Two, when the troops will have to garrison Marjah, keep the Taliban from infiltrating back in, and get government services up and running. That will require a sustained commitment that President Obama’s dispatch of 30,000+ additional troops makes possible." And this: The Battle for Marjah from Blackfive. "These stories all contain grains of truth but none of them is even close to telling the real story. Here it is: when the Marines crossed the line of departure today, the battle for Marjah had already been won."

Olbermann: Captured Taliban Leader Should Get Show On Fox News

Newsbusters "In his Worst Person in the World segment on Tuesday's "Countdown," the MSNBCer went after Fox's Glenn Beck for statements he made about Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on that morning's "Fox & Friends"

GOP Risks Being Swept Away Unless They Adopt Tea Party Principles

Pajamas Media "Republicans are playing with fire if they continue to ignore the call for fiscal conservatism and respect for traditional values."

Is Heckling a Right?

InsideHigherEd "All of this raises the question: Is interrupting a campus speaker ever a legitimate form of free expression?" And this by Max Boot: Hooligans, an Ambassador, and a General .

Not Just Anti-Incumbency, Jonathan: Anti-Liberalism

Newsbusters "1.Health care "reform" that would have compelled every American to join a government-approved system and fined those who didn't. 2.Cap-and-trade, imposing a huge tax on energy. 3.Closing of Gitmo.-----Dems are currently projected to lose something on the order of 5-10 Senate seats and perhaps 25-40 House seats. What would those numbers, and PBO's poll ratings, be today if the above agenda had gone through?

TV Backlash: Sponsors Rebel Against Salacious Content, Create ‘Family Friendly’ Programming

Big Hollywood "P&G and Wal-Mart ‘s decision to make their own movie and stuff it down the Peacock’s gullet is just one of the first tremors in an earthquake that will shake Hollywood to its foundations. The next shake-up will come from the Right. "

Covering Up for Jihadists in the White House

Atlas Shrugs "Sure. It’s just “anti-Muslim discrimination” to be concerned about Rashad Hussain’s support for Al-Arian, a vicious suicide-bombing supporter who chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” and clearly meant it. When two Islamic Jihad suicide bombers killed eighteen people in Israel in 1995, Al-Arian called them “two mujahidin martyred for the sake of God.” "

Keeping the U.S. in the space race

Washington Post "NASA GOES AFTER CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: It’s unusual for NASA to attack a critic by name." Via Instapundit.

Toyota and the Union-Backed Government-Led Witch Hunt

BigGovernment "Toyota’s U.S. operations are extremely successful, not saturated by inefficient union monopolies, and are in direct competition with the now government-owned General Motors."...."These artificially inflated costs, bound by forced union contracts, are sinking other US auto industries. Toyota has managed to rise above that, not by being anti-union, but by believing in and enforcing a corporate-wide model based on efficiency and improvement."