CARBON TAXES are still alive and well in La-La Land. Unfortunately stupidity is not the exclusive property of liberals.

GLOBAL INVESTORS sending giant signal to U.S.: please borrow money!

Even remedial economics is too much for progressives.

IF A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM actually works to reduce dependency, it must be stopped.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE HEAT: Almost 2 dozen reportedly faint during Obama speech.

OBAMA CHANNELS ELIZABETH WARREN: "You didn't build that...."

No, I built it despite your best efforts.

RANDOM THOUGHTS from the road to Texas. As we start our vacation trip back to Texas, we're beginning to note the appearance of 2012 bumper stickers. There aren't many, but it's running 2:1 in favor of Romney with 400 miles down and 2,600 to go.

WORST. RECESSION. JOBS. RECOVERY. EVER.


Need one say more?

DANA PERINO: Some advice for new graduates. And everyone else, for that matter.

SCOTT RASMUSSEN: Why Obama's Still in the Race Despite the Bad Economy.

I'm reminded of Eddie Chiles' "I'm mad too, Eddie!" bumper stickers and radio commentaries from the 1970's. He was also widely quoted as saying "The government should protect our shores and leave us alone" but I haven't been able (yet) to find any references to that popular sentiment.

STEPHEN HAYES: A tax is a tax is a tax is a penalty is a ... ?? (whatever). I think the correct term should be 'tax penalty'; that is, a penalty for not following tax law (as in I pay a penalty for not filing on time).

Michelle Malkin has more. And Virginia's Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has some additional thoughts.

SHADOW'S WORLD blogging will be light and intermittent for the next two weeks while I'm on 'vacation.' Shadow and Daisy are lousy typists and I can't rely on them to keep the blog going....

PEGGY NOONAN: Ennui the People.

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING PRESIDENT.

TALKEETNA, ALASKA'S long-time mayor is a cat named Stubbs. So why shouldn't Diamond be elected President?

CHRIS MUIR: RahmboCop. A girly man.