CIA DEPUTY DIRECTOR Michael Morell has just retired. This may be harsh, but it seems to me that the Obama administration is replacing CIA's senior management with cronies.

THE CORNER: New Study Blames Collective Bargaining for Education Stagnation.

I'm sure Wisconsin's Teacher of the Year would agree.

MORNING EXAMINER: Pro-amnesty Republicans can’t get their legalization talking points straight.

DEAR NSA. Wednesday is inconvenient for me unless you are willing to do the interview at the gun range.

TRYING TO BUY MORE UNIONISTAS: SEIU launching pro-immigration-reform ad buy.

IN RESPONSE to all the recent e-mails, please be advised, we are sick and tired of answering questions about our dog!

Yes, he mauled six people wearing Obama T-shirts, four people wearing Pelosi T-shirts, two other Democrats, nine teenagers with pants hanging past their crack, and three flag burners.

For the last time... the dog is not for sale!

And no, I do not approve of his smoking, but - he says it helps get the "bad taste" out of his mouth.

From my email.

RAND PAUL: Big Brother really is watching us.

What is objectionable is a system in which government has unlimited and privileged access to the details of our private affairs, and citizens are simply supposed to trust that there won't be any abuse of power. This is an absurd expectation. Americans should trust the National Security Agency as much as they do the IRS and Justice Department.

That is to say "Not at all."

THOMAS SOWELL: Who 'needs' immigrant labor?

NATIONAL REVIEW (dead tree edition): "The IRS is targeting people who make Obama look bad. Eric Holder, call your accountant."

SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: "The federal tax code is more than 74,000 pages long when you add up all of its regulations, annotations, and explanations. It’s confusing, a headache for families, and a nightmare for small business owners – and dangerous if you disagree with the president...."

PICK YOUR SCANDAL: So many to choose from....

WHERE IS GUN CONTROL WHEN YOU NEED IT? Another defensive gun use.

UPDATE: And another.