OOPSIE! Sen. David Vitter to Interior: DOJ filing proves you’re misleading the public on drilling permits. Who's lying? Probably both.

POLITICO: No point giving money to Democrats - they don't stay bought.

An honest politician is one who stays bought.

Link from Instapundit.

JIMMY CARTER plans trip to North Korea. I hope they keep him.

CONTEMPORARY LIBERALISM suffers from a great many problems, but excessive intelligence is not one of them.

OH, WAIT. Did I forget to pay $287,000 in property taxes on my private jet?

Congresscritters should be required to fly commercial (steerage class, with the rest of us) and leave their security entourages behind when they enter the loving arms of TSA.

"WATCHING THE PEOPLE WHO SAVAGED BUSH and called his supporters warmongers and so on now faced with watching the Lightbringer doing basically the same thing, only less competently, is too good a pleasure to forego."

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LET'S FACE IT -- Our President is a follower, not a leader: "On one issue after another the president has flip-flopped according to the sentiment of the day."

REST IN PEACE. Margaret Koehler Moore Hankamer (1917-2011). When we left the family gathering after the memorial service today, I noticed that the sky was completely clear, and full of brightly shining stars. It has been cloudy in Texas all week, so Mom must have cleared the skies and turned on all the lights to let us know that she was finally home.