CHUBBY should start with himself.

UNDER NEW FEDERAL RULES, most Americans disabled? I guess now we’ll all be able to park in the first row in every parking lot.

I BELIEVE the proper term is "obligarchy."

THREE THINGS I noticed about President Obama's speech on Libya tonight:

(1) It's still about "I" - not "we," "us," or the United States.

2) He hasn't given up strawmen (the 'false choice' paragraphs).

And

(3) He was very uncomfortable with patriotism. Even with the teleprompter, he stumbled nearly every time he spoke about anything that could even loosely be described in terms of American exceptionalism.

November 2012 can't come too soon.

MIRACLES HAPPEN. To say that Daisy and Shadow (front) dislike Diamond (rear) is understating things a bit. Usually, they won't even let her come up to the second floor, much less to "their" bedroom. Seeing them all on the same bed is nothing short of a miracle.

FEDERAL JUDGE TO SENIORS: take Medicare or lose Social Security. So I bought another pack of cigarettes. At least they’ll kill me with less pain than Obama’s Medicare.

Linked from Instapundit.

MEET THE NPR REPUBLICANS. Fortunately for him, my congresscritter isn't among them.

INSTEAD OF A SNAKE hissing "don't tread on me," these central planners would have the American people be a well-trained dog, ready to heel to a wise government master.... It's time for professional politicians - of all stripes - to be sent home.

TIME - the difference between a nightmare and a vision.

DOZENS OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS defected from their leadership last Tuesday and voted against another short-term spending measure that would keep the government operating for three more weeks.

With a little more courage, there won't be another short-term continuing resolution and we'll be able to get on with the real budget battle.

OOPSIE! Sen. David Vitter to Interior: DOJ filing proves you’re misleading the public on drilling permits. Who's lying? Probably both.

POLITICO: No point giving money to Democrats - they don't stay bought.

An honest politician is one who stays bought.

Link from Instapundit.

JIMMY CARTER plans trip to North Korea. I hope they keep him.

CONTEMPORARY LIBERALISM suffers from a great many problems, but excessive intelligence is not one of them.

OH, WAIT. Did I forget to pay $287,000 in property taxes on my private jet?

Congresscritters should be required to fly commercial (steerage class, with the rest of us) and leave their security entourages behind when they enter the loving arms of TSA.

"WATCHING THE PEOPLE WHO SAVAGED BUSH and called his supporters warmongers and so on now faced with watching the Lightbringer doing basically the same thing, only less competently, is too good a pleasure to forego."

Read the rest.

LET'S FACE IT -- Our President is a follower, not a leader: "On one issue after another the president has flip-flopped according to the sentiment of the day."

REST IN PEACE. Margaret Koehler Moore Hankamer (1917-2011). When we left the family gathering after the memorial service today, I noticed that the sky was completely clear, and full of brightly shining stars. It has been cloudy in Texas all week, so Mom must have cleared the skies and turned on all the lights to let us know that she was finally home.

HONEST DEMOCRAT: Ex-congressman admits increasing government paved his way to K Street.

Another reason for less government.

CASHING OUT IN ORDER TO CASH IN: "Barack Obama's housing policy involved quite a bit of trying to throw taxpayer money at underwater housing, expanding subsidies, expanding TARP, and so on.... Now one of the architects of Obama's housing policy, Federal Housing Authority Commissioner David Stevens, is cashing out to the Mortgage Bankers Association."

They're just following the money to ensure it doesn't get lost before entering their pockets.