ENTITLEMENT NATION: ”It [entitlement] is... so ingrained in how we live and think -- somebody else is to blame and must pay -- that we no longer think twice before demanding total satisfaction and expressing outrage when we don't get it.”

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SO MUCH FOR CIVILITY. Call ‘em what they are -- thugs.

DEPRIVATION NATION: Deindustrialization is not a bug, it’s a feature.

FLEEBAGGERS: cut-and-run Democrats. There’s no decision too hard to run from.

FOLLOW THE MONEY: public employee unions are a mechanism by which every taxpayer is forced to fund the Democratic Party.

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HOW ABOUT THAT: a porky porker. There’s no obesity problem in government.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Wisconsin and the rise of the adolescent mind.

Adolescents hold adult notions of consumption: they understand the comfort of a pricey car; they appreciate the status conveyed by a particular sort of handbag or sunglasses; they sense how outward consumption and refined tastes can translate into popularity and envy; and they appreciate how a slogan or world view can win acceptance among peers without worry over its validity. But they have no adult sense of acquisition, themselves not paying taxes, balancing the family budget, or worrying about household insurance, maintenance, or debt. Theirs is a world view of today or tomorrow, not of next year — or even of next week.

So adolescents throw fits when denied a hip sweater or a trip to Disneyland, concluding that it is somehow “unfair” or “mean,” without concern about the funds available to grant their agendas.

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BILL WHITTLE: a reminder of Obama’s friends and enemies. Watch it through to the end.

HOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS you should never do yourself. Bah. Of the 10 projects listed, I’ve done every one at least once, most several times, and I finished my last plumbing project just 5 days ago.

Either there are a lot of unemployed home improvement contractors out there (likely), or the health, safety, and enviro-nannies are getting really worried that the basic competence of the American people is showing (much more likely).

DEMOCRATIC SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE attacks Scott Brown on abuse revelation.

Well, of course. How dare a victim go on to become successful? Doesn’t Brown know that victims are - and must remain - property of the Democratic Party?