THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S Inspector General released a study that found air traffic control towers "staffed by private contractors are cheaper and provide the same level of safety as towers staffed by government controllers."

CALIFORNIA, Home of the Destitute. A friend of mine, a former Californian, emailed me just this morning to say that the non-destitute are moving to Nevada.

PETA asks Obama to put a stop to the annual turkey pardoning.... I agree; turkeys should be eaten.

ONLY LITTLE MIKEY and his minions can have guns -- even after looting breaks out.

COUNTDOWN TO DOOMSDAY: "Mankind has long been fascinated with doomsday and hundreds of thousands of predictions have been made about the end of our world. While most of these are associated with the second coming of Christ, the focus is now on the Maya civilization of Southern Mexico and the end of their calendar on December 21, 2012 -- the coming Winter Solstice.... The scenarios are truly frightening: The Earth will be destroyed by colliding with an asteroid or being pulled into the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Others claim a galactic planetary alignment that will tear the Earth apart or the Earth's magnetic poles will shift and our planet will turn upside down."

The Mayans were off by just a bit. Doomsday was early; November 6th instead of December 21st.

THANKSGIVING: "America was founded by socialists who had the humility to learn from their initial mistakes and embrace freedom.”

PAUL GREENBERG on a on a date to remember this Thanksgiving.

“THE PRESIDENT keeps reminding us he just won an election. [So it’s] time for the president to start talking about what he has to offer and put something on the table.”

MICHELLE MALKIN: Giving Thanks for America's Givers. Now if only the government would get out of the way....