TROOPS CHAFE: "To the U.S. Army soldiers and Marines serving here, some things seem so obviously true that they are beyond debate. Among those perceived truths: The restrictive rules of engagement that they have to fight under have made serving in combat far more dangerous for them, while allowing the Taliban to return to a position of strength."

OBAMA MAY OPT for new military advisers. Of course. His current advisors want to win wars; not lose them.

DON'T GIVE THE LAWYERS any ideas.

THEY'RE NOT EDUCATED; they're just credentialed.

Heh.

I WONDER WHY: Over half of all new jobs created in the last year were created in Texas.

D-FOR-DENIAL: All indications coming out of the White House suggest that if Democrats suffer major losses, the president and his top aides will resolutely refuse to reconsider the policies ... that led to their defeat.

MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICANS say they think that federal workers are overpaid for the work they do ... according to a Washington Post poll.

I know at least one federal worker who is dramatically overpaid ....

OBAMACARE LAWSUIT UPDATE from Virginia's Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli:

As most of you know, today was Virginia's day in court to defend liberty against the individual mandate contained in the healthcare bill. Virginia's is the first state case to be heard on the merits of its arguments regarding constitutionality - and according to the judge today, we are likely to hear a decision before the end of the year.

Virginia's case rests on a single basic premise: That the federal government's attempt to stretch the Constitution's Commerce Clause to allow it to force individuals to buy a private product - private health insurance - is unconstitutional. We also have to parry the federal government's fallback argument, specifically, they argue that the penalty for NOT buying their government-approved health insurance is actually a tax under Congress' Constitutional Taxing Power. Mind you, it's called a "penalty" in the law itself and Democrat leaders - including President Obama - argued vehemently that the penalty was NOT a tax before the bill was voted on in Congress (see here).

I am looking forward to providing all of you with a more substantial update, but for now, rest assured that today went very well for Virginia. While we don't know how the judge will rule, we are confident that we laid out the best case possible in the defense of liberty.

So far, so good ....

MARYLAND GOVERNOR: Illegal immigrants are really just “new Americans.” No. Legal immigrants are potential "new Americans;" illegal immigrants are just ... illegal.

Hopefully O'Malley will lose in November, but Maryland is a very blue state.

ELECT OBAMA PRESIDENT, what do you get? Four years older and deeper in debt: National debt up $3 trillion on Obama's watch.

EPIC FAILS: