IS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION forcing electric vehicles down out throats? In a word, yes.

And electric vehicles are urban vehicles; if allowed to stand, expect a dramatic differnce in the American way of life.

MR. PRESIDENT, eat your peas. They're in the canned good section of your local grocery store in case you haven't been there before.

THE COMFORTING LIFE of an ideological fanatic.

Those whose minds are obdurate and canonical -- regardless of the philosophy they hold -- don’t need to grapple with inconvenient facts. They have a reflexive response to every set of facts that challenges their worldview: ignore the facts. This doesn’t help one ascertain the truth. But it does avoid the hard work of facing up to the false assumptions on which their intellectual structure rests.

We've seen more than a few of these -- on both sides -- during the past two weeks.

THE BOOMERANG flies again.

WHO WANTS to talk about Wisconsin’s economic miracle?

SHARED SACRIFICE: NAACP and EPA Inflict Heat Prostration and Death.

POLITICAL CARTOONS: scroll either way for more.

RHETORICAL QUESTION: Why do Democrats want high taxation as their brand? Because their voters don't pay taxes.

We're entering an Atlas Shrugged moment where the taxpayers are about to revolt. Regarding the President's "spread it around" philosophy, if it comes to a point where he says the government is going to raise taxes whose wealth exceeds, say, 1 million dollars or whose annual earnings exceeds, say, $250,000, then there are people who are going to say "At $999,999, I'm going to quit saving and take some Spenditol." Or "At $249,999, I'm going to quit working for the rest of the year."

Count on it.

DEBT DEAL sets the table for 2012 elections.

THE DEBT DEAL MIGHT WORK: Paul Krugman is against it.

YES, VIRGINIA, there is a "sugar-coated Satan sandwich."

MUST COWBOY POETS die for America to live? The comments (language alert) are where the real action is.

REMEMBER Sarah Palin 'targeting' Democrats for defeat in the 2010 elections? Well, this should set the Democrats' pants afire again.

WHY OBAMA SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED: It's easier than thinking.

IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, here is the debt bill (Budget Control Act of 2011).

[Update] And here's the Boehner PowerPoint presentation.

DILBERT, on disaster preparation.

Also from my email: I called my stockbroker and asked him what I should be buying. He said, "If the current administration is in office much longer, canned goods and ammunition is your best bet."