MICHELLE MALKIN on the Obama administration's academic standards. I didn't have a problem with some level of national academic standards until I realized who would be writing them.

THE MYTH of the Living Wage.

CLASSICAL VALUES: inequality and inequity. I'm fine with someone being 'happily poor' as long as it's not on my nickel.

DAMNED RIGHT: Majority of Americans see Washington as a threat to their “personal rights and freedoms”.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS: Please stop poisoning people.

"IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, tired of Iraq and Afghanistan, and facing crushing debt, we have outsourced collective action, deterrence and peacekeeping to the Arab League, the French, the British, the Afghan and Iraqi security forces and the United Nations. Does America now believe that our weaker allies, polite outreach, occasional obeisance and apology, euphemism, good intentions -- or simple neglect -- will defuse tensions that seem to be leading to conflict the world over?"

Read it all.

FRIDAY NIGHT CATBLOGGING:

"IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, tired of Iraq and Afghanistan, and facing crushing debt, we have outsourced collective action, deterrence and peacekeeping to the Arab League, the French, the British, the Afghan and Iraqi security forces and the United Nations. Does America now believe that our weaker allies, polite outreach, occasional obeisance and apology, euphemism, good intentions -- or simple neglect -- will defuse tensions that seem to be leading to conflict the world over?"

Read it all.

OBAMA IS LOSING THE WAR OF IDEAS. But ideas don't win popularity contests.

CHUCK HAGEL’S disastrous day. Unfortunately the Stupid Party controls Congress, so he might get confirmed.

OBAMACARE: defund, delay, repeal, and replace. Republicans must start now.

OBAMACARE'S broken promises. I would ask te obvious question: "Are there any ObamaCare promises that haven't been broken?"

OBAMA SHUTTING DOWN JOBS COUNCIL. Jobs? Who needs jobs when there's plenty of free stuff for the asking whining?

JONAH GOLDBERG: Can GOP's Local Success Translate to Federal Level? I don't think it matters if the States can be convinced to use the Tenth Amendment to ignore the federal government's diktats.

ECONOMIC FORECAST: "Frankly, Obama doesn’t care anymore about being the 'economic' president who cares about trivial things like jobs. Now that he’s been reelected, he’ll pursue policies regardless of the outcome on Main Street and Wall Street. The results won’t be pretty."

PAUL GREENBERG: Of Sermons and Soda Water. Obama's inaugural speech revisited -- not kindly.

SUSAN CALLAWAY: The Man I Might Have Killed.

IF YOU can't carry concealed, carry scissors.

I'm sure the shooter will have second thoughts.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY STUDY: Mass killers don’t use ‘assault’ weapons and don’t serve in the military. Oh, peachy. It took a DHS study to find out what anyone with an internet connection and a few hours of free time already knows.

FROM MY EMAIL: Obama's Deputized Doctors to Label Veterans Mentally Unfit to Own a Gun.

Dear Fellow Americans:

Our veterans put it all on the line to protect our Constitution – but if President Obama and his gun-grabbing allies get their way, they will be among the first to see their Constitutional rights limited.

It sounds too insulting and ridiculous to be true. But the danger is very real.

In fact, thanks to executive actions that are already in effect, more than 150,000 veterans have had their names added to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (or NICS, as it's commonly called).

Did these veterans brandish a weapon at someone? Did they commit a gun-related crime? Were they seen in some public forum swearing violent intent?

No, these are patriots who, for some reason or another, had to have their finances handled by someone else as they sought help after serving our nation. The Veteran's Administration – and the higher-ups who determine Administrative rules – decided that this was enough to strip veterans of their God-given rights to self protection.

Now, the President is ushering in a new era of information sharing between federal agencies and directing Eric Holder to re-evaluate who he determines to be "mentally defective" and what information needs to be shared with NICS to block those people.

This opens the door to – and virtually guarantees – a wider definition of who is unfit to own a gun as declared by Barack Obama and his cronies.

It's a little-known fact that about 30% of returning soldiers are diagnosed with PTSD. These brave men and women, mentally scarred from their service to our country, deserve nothing less than our unwavering support.

Instead, they are now in the crosshairs of the gun control lobby. With the VA's existing massive information sharing with NICS, we already have a precedent for large-scale revocation of veteran's rights. All it takes is for one of Eric Holder's decrees to include PTSD, and suddenly one of the most passionate, patriotic segments of Americans will be labeled a danger to society.

Ask yourself: Do you really think that Obama crony-in-chief Eric Holder cares more about protecting the rights of our veterans than he does the Democrats' ideological efforts?

Neither do we.

Since the people in the U.S. government who are supposed to support our brave men and women at arms are clearly apathetic, it's up to the rest of the American people to stand up for them instead.

Our veterans have risked life and limb for existing and future generations of Americans. The last thing they need is an environment of fear and distrust back at home.

If the gun control liberals get their way, how many veterans do you think will avoid treatment for their PTSD instead of potentially having their rights taken away?

And, if we let this pass, how long will it be until that loose definition of "mentally sound as determined by Barack Obama and Eric Holder" increasingly includes more and more patriotic Americans?

If you look at actual gun crime statistics and the proposals by the Administration – not to mention how the NICS system currently blocks out millions of people who show no danger of committing violent crime, it seems like they care less about blocking violent criminals and more about widespread disarmament.

Every time they add some new criteria or decide that they need to "share more information" with NICS, hundreds of thousands more Americans get lumped in. This sneaky tactic has no place when it comes to our Constitutional rights. And, when it means they're effectively prohibiting our veterans from purchasing guns, it's downright shameful.

We're not going to take this potential threat lying down. We've set up a petition to tell the Administration that using PTSD as a qualifier to label our veterans "mentally defective" is obscene, and completely unacceptable.

Sincerely,

Dick Brauer, Colonel, USAF (Ret.)
Special Operations Speaks PAC
209 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Suite 2109
Washington, DC 20003

This is excerpted from a fundraising email I received recently and yes, in my estimation it is a bit over the top. But in view of the Sandy Hook school shooting, the obvious mental health issues with almost all the recent mass shootings, and the ongoing Congressional inquisition, it isn't unreasonable to expect government overreaction.

MEDICAL LICENSING LAWS harm patients and trap doctors.

MEET RYAN MOORE: ‘Carrying a Gun Saved My Life’.

HAGEL PLEDGES to learn more about the Defense Department if he is confirmed to be its boss: "Because leading our national defense is the perfect place for on the job training."

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: California is a tired idea. And I am glad to be gone.