Obama’s New OIC Envoy Defended Activist Who Aided Terrorist Group

CNS News "Headquartered in Saudi Arabia, the 40-year-old OIC has become increasingly visible in recent years, thanks to its activism at the U.N., where it continues to promote a campaign against the “defamation” of Islam."

Breaking: Indiana Senator Evan Bayh to Retire

Gateway Pundit "Democratic Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana announced this morning that he will retire and not seek re-election this year. Former Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) announced last week that he would challenge Bayh this year." Let's hope some third party candidate doesn't show up.

Tea Party to field candidate in battle for Harry Reid’s Senate seat

LasVegasSun Uh-oh. Sun columnist Jon Ralston is reporting that the Tea Party has qualified as a third party in Nevada and will have a candidate in the Senate race to battle for the seat held by Majority Leader Harry Reid. Bad idea.

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."