BUT ... BUT THE RULES DON’T APPLY TO US - do they?

THIS MAY BE A SURPRISE to most politicians. Demography and mathematics can’t be legislated.

MORE REASON FOR A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: U.S. To Hit Debt Ceiling By May 16.

RADIATION READINGS at crippled Japan nuclear plant millions of times higher than legal limit. Umm, nuclear radiation obeys the laws of physics, not the laws of men.

BREAKING RANKS: the times, they are a'changin. The political establishment on both sides should pay attention if they want to remain in Congress.

IT'S THE TRILLIONS, STUPID! "President Obama and other liberal leaders in Washington don’t realize that if the government shuts down because an agreement cannot be reached it is they who will be blamed. No one will blame conservatives and Tea Party members who are trying to get the country’s fiscal house in order."

WELL, YEAH. The parody is the more accurate campaign ad.

SO SHUT IT DOWN and see if anyone notices.

SARAH PALIN on Obama’s energy policy: “stall, baby, stall.”

Read it all.

THE SENATE (and Harry Reid) wins, with almost 70% of the vote.

BREAKING NEWS: FOX can't spell. Here's the banner headline at 11:12 am on Tuesday, April 5: "Sources Tell Fox News That the White House Won't Except GOP's Short-Term Spending Bill".

Journalists kant spel gud....

IT'S ALREADY HERE: “concierge medicine.” My wife’s internist started something similar to this last year. Another bad idea - HMOs - have a similar origin.

INEXPERIENCED, and either too dumb to know it or too arrogant to accept help.

OBAMA WANTS to double conservation spending and buy more federal land. Otherwise his travel will be limited by a lack of nearby golf courses.

THE ‘KINETIC POLITICAL ACTION’ BEGINS: GOP announces its 2012 budget.

More at the Wall Street Journal.