SO UNLESS YOU'RE ON WELFARE, you're among the 'privileged elite'.

BARBARA BOXER: Climate Deniers Endangering Humankind. Well, if by 'humankind' you mean Al Gore and his acolytes ....

NOW THAT TERRORISM is just 'workplace violence' I suppose that the OWS protests will now be redefined as 'uncivil disobedience'.

BIG SURPRISE: Alec Baldwin's kind of rude and self-centered (to put it politely). Be sure to watch the video for Greg Gutfields take.

SENSENBRENNER TO HOLDER: Your ass is toast.

WE'RE FROM THE GOVERNMENT, and we're here to help. Now you won't have to waste time finding all those tax loopholes the IRS would rather you not see.

AND THEY WONDER why we think they're overpaid?

AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) officials said they're looking to spend more on the 2012 elections than the $93 million spent in 2010, hinting that the figure would top $100 million. The early plans, according to those officials, are to capitalize on the politics of the moment -- centered on the issue of income inequality and propelled by important victories for union workers in Ohio and Wisconsin -- and undertake one of the more comprehensive field operations in election history.

Whose pocketbook did that $100 million come from?

NANCY PELOSI on the long fight to ensure social security and Medicare fail.

THE SMELL OF FAILURE: McPherson Square businesses getting fed up with Occupy D.C.

PRIORITY FAIL: U.S. to aid gay rights abroad. How about using "all the tools of American diplomacy" to promote the failure of Iran's nuclear weapons programs?

I prefer Zombie's "No-Holds-Barred International Gay Rights Strategy." It might actually accomplish something.

WHEN THEY DON'T LAND IN IRAN? When will we have unmanned commercial airliners?

DURBIN FEES: "A new law that was supposed to reduce costs for merchants that accept debit cards has instead [made] monthly processing bills much higher."

It's those pesky unintended consequences politicians don't much care about.

TEXAS APPROVES: New York raises taxes on the wealthy.
Watch the 'wealthy' leave for greener pastures.

FUHGEDDABOUDIT: Want a Payroll Tax Cut Extension? Want 10,000 Jobs?

NEW NANOTUBE COATING could cloak aircraft. And (bonus points for being 'green') provide additional carbon sequestration.

BARACK OBAMA: All hat; no cattle.

HOLIDAY TIP: cats are not Christmas decorations.

JUSTICE: Principal who suspended a nine-year-old for calling teacher 'cute' is forced to retire by school board.