FINALLY SPRING. Images from around the neighborhood.

THE ROAD TO HELL is paved with stimulus funding.

GASOLINE PRICES are skyrocketing. I paid $3.92 a gallon (for regular) this afternoon, compared to $3.52 this time last month. That’s an 11% per month inflation rate; roughly a 250% annual increase. Expect to hit $6 a gallon by the end of August.

Hyperinflation, anyone?

GABRIELLE GIFFORDS cleared to attend husband’s shuttle launch. You can bet your bottom dollar that President Obama will also attend.

MORE NANNY-STATE MADNESS: don’t hit the pinata! (Smack the author instead.)

MORE THOUGHTS: Earth Day was conceived by urban cave dwellers who’ve never worked an honest day outdoors. (or a dishonest day, for that matter).

THERE'S A REASON why it's called the "Clown News Network."