THIS MONTH the stench of burning government IT projects has been especially pungent. While I take some small pleasure in watching the government self-immolate, government incompetence is not solely to blame. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), of which I have long been critical, richly deserves some of the blame.

OBAMA PREDICTS APOCALYPSE if budget is 'cut' 1.4%. One-point-four-percent. Hell, for most Americans, that's barely pocket change.

JOBLESS MOTHER OF 11 to get six-bedroom eco-house after moaning her TWO council homes are cramped.

The compassionate solution would be to take her kids away and kick her out on the street to fend for herself.

EUGENE ROBINSON'S great conspiracy theory. The only problem is that I know no Republicans who "have spent years demonizing undocumented immigrants as a way of appealing to xenophobic, jingoistic sentiment." What we Republicans do want is adequate, real, verifiable border control (and not just of the Mexican border) before beginning the process of assimilating the illegals who are already here.

GUN CONTROL BY DUMMIES: NRO schools David Frum about guns. I had intended to school him myself, but VerBruggen does a better job.

I would only add one thing with respect to the 'bullet in the chamber' comment. Every gun owner I know or have talked to is aware of Rule 1: a weapon is presumed to be loaded until you, personally, have verified by inspection that it is not. That said, both my handguns have chamber indicators on them; I pay them no attention until I have personally verified the chamber is clear.

EVEN LABOR UNIONS are opting out of ObamaCare. They should have read it before lobbying for it....

THEY CAN USE A WHISTLE: Women don't need guns if they feel like they're going to be raped. Instead of a whistle, I'd suggest a .45; it's louder than a whistle (and much more authoritative).

UAV NEWS: Global Hawk Block 40 In Budget Crosshairs. That's probably good news for Lockheed Martin's venerable U-2.

PHYSICS PROFESSOR strips, shows 9/11 footage, impales stuffed animal all to introduce quantum mechanics. Columbia University, no less.

I looked at his faculty webpage -- a quantum mechanics 'star' he ain't. How any rational parent would pay Columbia's tuition to be taught by a 'professor' of his caliber is beyond me.

OUR CONSTITUTION was an act of genius but it is not idiot resistant and we, the people, have not been careful about the idiots whom we gave the keys.

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally ... you might live in a country run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion ... you might live in a country run by idiots.

If the only school curriculum allowed to explain how we got here is evolution, but the government stops a $15 million construction project to keep a rare spider from evolving to extinction ... you might live in a country run by idiots.

If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book, but not to vote who runs the government ... you might live in a country run by idiots.

If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt ... you might live in a country run by idiots.

If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat ... you might live in a country run by idiots.

If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched ... you might live in a country run by idiots.

If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more ... you might live in a country run by idiots.

If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is "cute", but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable ... you might live in a country run by idiots.

If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them with spankings while children of addicts are left in filth and drug infested homes ... you might live in a country run by idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing, and free cell phones ... you might live in a country run by idiots.

If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big screen TV while your neighbor buys iPhones, TV's and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage ... you might live in a country run by idiots.

If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more "safe" according to the government ... you might live in a country run by idiots.

Eternal vigilance is the price of idiot resistance.

GUN CONTROL: Democrats in Washington State would allow warrantless searches of private homes for guns. Tent, meet camel's nose.

GUNS VS. BUTTER PENSIONS. Pensions are winning.

THERE IS NO DEBT CRISIS: America can be much richer if we just spend more money we don't have.

Best comment (apparently via Walter Williams): "[T]he only way Congress can get one dollar to spend is to take that one dollar from Americans, borrow that one dollar from Americans, or inflate that one dollar from Americans. So, it’s very much like the visual image of a swimming pool. A person notes there is a shallow end, so he takes the water out of the deep end and pours it in the shallow end, hoping to raise the height of the water in the pool...."