IT’S NOT A DEATH PANEL; it’s a “Life Panel”.

AGREE WITH ME OR ELSE you’re one of “the birthers, the fanatics, the people running around in right-wing militia and Aryan support groups ...”

Guess the good Senator’s political affiliation.

WHY THE ‘ANGRY MOB’ IS ANGRY:

Our anger comes not simply because we are poor sports. We are not racists who abhor the idea of "a black man in the White House," because in truth, we have wanted to see that bridge crossed for years. We are not "just angry people" -- quite the contrary, which underscores the point. Conservatives are not usually angry, nor are we protesters. That we show up to a protest at all is a huge statement itself and expressive enough of our anger. When we do protest, we don't vandalize local merchants, topple cars and set them on fire, or require the police to control us or cart us off to jail. We're not violent people -- but we are human, and we do get angry. We're just regular folks who prefer to not protest or make a stink about anything. We just want to live our lives in peace. What lights our fire is any threat to that peace and the freedom that provides it.

Read it all.

Link from Instapundit.

UTTERLY TASTELESS AND JUVENILE Congressman seeks prison term for critic. This is the idiot who argued the Republican’s health care plan was to “die quickly.”

His (justifiably) angry critic’s website is here.

24 HOUR BUG? Let’s hope it lasts a bit longer.

BILL MOYERS: “Aren't you saying that in order to save the Democratic President and the Democratic Party in 2010 and 2012 you have to have a really rotten health insurance bill?”

Uh, yes.

Linked from Best of the Web.

“AMONG THE INTELLIGENTSIA, there have always been many who are ready to jump on virtually any bandwagon that will take them to the promised land, where the wise and noble few -- like themselves -- can take the rest of us poor dummies in hand and tell us how we had better change the way we live our lives.”

Read it all.

PAYOLA and more payola. If they weren’t the government, they’d be headed for jail.

A THOUGHT ON CLIMATE CHANGE: Polar bears are just grizzly bears in white suits.

DON’T STEAL FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS; steal from the big-box stores that employ your neighbors.

GOOD GRIEF: ”[W]hen your unsuspecting tot logs on and hops a virtual train to the North Pole…you should know that he or she will be informed — by Santa Claus — that Christmas may be canceled this year due to Global Warming.”

Words fail.

Linked from Instapundit.

THERE WILL BE NO DEATH PANELS. “[T]he Independent Institute cites data from the American Medical Association's National Health Insurer Report Card that indicate Medicare denies claims at twice the rate of private insurance companies.”

Nothing to see here. Nope. Nothing. Move along now.

GREENER THAN THOU? Sarah Palin responds to California Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger: “[W]hat I didn’t do was hamstring Alaska’s job creators with burdensome regulations so that I could act “greener than thou” when talking to reporters.”

I don’t think Palin’s perfect on the environment, but I too am getting sick of the global warmists’ “holier-than-thou” attitude toward anyone the least bit skeptical of their environmental posturing.

TIME FOR SARAH to grapple. OK, so I understand the concept:

Palin must learn how to convey to her audience that she comprehends and can grapple with the depth and nature of presidential-level problems. This is the fundamental weakness to which most ... criticisms of her are tethered.

Translated, she must become smoother, more “nuanced” to quiet the frayed nerves of the “sophisticated” coastal elites of both parties who despise her. I understand that.

But ...

Frankly, I want those very same sophisticated coastal elites of both parties to understand – and feel – the contempt I have for them.

A NEW LOW in the Rasmussen Obama Approval Index.

Hmm. ObamaCare is getting passed ... shouldn’t his approval be skyrocketing?

NOT ONLY was it a heckuva lot more than $15, it was my money.

[Update via Instapundit]: "Cash for cloture". Follow the links.

YOU DON'T SAY: "The rushed, secretive way that a bill this destructive and unpopular is being forced on the country shows that "reform" has devolved into the raw exercise of political power for the single purpose of permanently expanding the American entitlement state."

DRUNK PILOT steals airplane; takes off.

Actually, he's a skilled acrobatic pilot at an air show. Many years ago, I saw a similar routine by another pilot flying a stock Piper Cub. What he was able to do while never getting more than 50 above the runway was amazing.

SENATOR MARY LANDRIEU (D-LA) sold her vote for $300M. How much did Sen. Nelson (D-NE) sell his vote for?

God help us all - Congress won't.

ONLY FIVE MINUTES before these photos were taken, you could see the asphalt.



About 7 inches of snow have been cleared from the top of the driveway. The lawn tractor's snow blade can handle only about 10 inches,so it looks like tomorrow's going to be some hard physical labor.

I was hoping for a break at about 8 inches of snow ....

[Update] The back porch ruler now reads almost 11 inches.

[Update; 1:30 pm] The ruler is now buried; time to switch to a yardstick.

[Update; 6:00 pm] The yardstick now reads 16 inches; it's still snowing.