Political Cartoons by Chuck Asay

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Let the Games Begin?

Victor Davis Hanson "I think the die is now cast and the message for both parties is: Get a president and a 51 percent congressional vote, and you can remake America in the most radical fashion, damning the polls, the opposition, and the traditional processes of government itself. It's a new arena and apparently the ends will now justify any means necessary. Good luck to that."

So, You Still Want to Close Gitmo?

Andrew McCarthy "Mohamedou Slahi is responsible for the murder of thousands of Americans. He was a core member of the 9/11 conspiracy — the recruiter of Mohamed Atta and the other ringleaders. If he’d had his druthers, even more Americans would have been killed: He is almost certainly the al-Qaeda middle manager who activated the Canadian cell that attempted to bomb Los Angeles International Airport. On the scale of war criminals, he edges toward the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed range, as bad as it gets. A federal judge has ordered that he be released."

Why We Fight: Cameron, Hanks & Damon Drew First Blood

Big Hollywood "Everyone plays a part – and the most important part is yours. Watching a TV show where the villain is – surprise – a businessman? Call it. Is a movie portraying our troops as nincompoops, psychos or both? Call it. Are your kids staring at the boob tube as some talking turtle busts out with a rap perpetuating the global warming fraud? Call it. When you join in and call them on it, then we’ve started taking our culture back."

EMPLOYERS

Neal Boortz "Hard time figuring all this out? Precisely. But the government will not have a hard time sticking you or your employer with the tab. In fact the mandate on employers alone is expected to generate $52 billion in penalties over the next nine years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Those penalties are expected to grow over time. Now considering all this ..... doesn't it seem laughable when Nancy Pelosi says that this bill will unleash the entrepreneurial spirit in this country?"

Senate Republicans Succeed in Returning Reconciliation Bill to House for Another Vote

CNS News "It appeared initially that deleting the provisions, dealing with Pell grants for low-income students, should not cause major problems for Democrats hoping to rush the bill to Obama and avoid prolonging what has been a politically painful ordeal for the party. Democrats described the situation as a minor glitch, but did not rule out that Republicans might be able to remove additional sections of the bill."

Sanctions That Nibble

Commentary "So we begin the process of watering down and then watering down some more the economic measures that are the Obami’s sole means now — they have in effect taken military force off the table and are uninterested in regime change – of persuading the mullahs to put aside their nuclear ambitions."

Farrakhan Says Outrage Over ObamaCare Encouraging Assassination of Obama...

Weasel Zippers "Where were these people between 2000-2008 when the visceral bloodcurdling hatred directed at Bush was unprecedented?..."

Thanks Barack… Obamacare Costs Caterpillar Inc. $100 Million This Quarter

Gateway Pundit "The Wall Street Journal reported: Caterpillar Inc. said Wednesday it will take a $100 million charge to earnings this quarter to reflect additional taxes stemming from newly enacted U.S. health-care legislation."

Bin Laden Threatens To Kill GIs Over KSM

Sweetness&Light "Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda chief, has in a new audio recording threatened to have American soldiers killed if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, considered as one of the masterminds behind the September 11 attacks, is executed. The latest recording purportedly from the al-Qaeda leader was broadcast on Al Jazeera on Thursday."

Networks Already Forgot Obscene Calls and Threats to Stupak -- From Last Week

Newsbusters "Nasty protest signs inciting violence? The networks tend to miss those when the protest is on the left, as in Zombietime's photos from a 2007 "anti-war" protest in San Francisco. There are a few different ones here."

Anatomy of a Racial Smear

American Thinker "Lewis, it should be noted, is no slouch when it comes to race-baiting. During the 2008 campaign, he compared the McCain-Palin campaign to that of "presidential candidate George Wallace," whose comparable "atmosphere of hate" led to the fatal church bombing in Birmingham. So egregious were Lewis's comments that McCain called on Obama to "condemn" them. " Jack Cashill Then this: Call Off the Race Hustlers… The Black Caucus Members Lied .