CAN YOU IMAGINE the uproar in the U.S. if the government - even partially - funded the restoration of a Christian church?

GROW YOUR OWN CHAIR


From my email.

SLOWLY? Obama May Be Slowly Isolating Himself.

NO, MR. OBAMA, You Cannot Balance the Budget With Rainbows and Unicorns. You may have to register to see the video. It's worth it.

HANG TOUGH, MR. SPEAKER. For those of you that think small business and the elderly support the administration's economic plans, read here and here - especially the comments.

PULSEJET TECHNOLOGY: Can the Millennium Falcon really fly?

Linked from here, complete with gratuitous Nazi comment.

CONGRESS not expected to act soon on FAA extension. As I predicted, keep the essential services going and no one will notice.

It's not the best way to downsize government, but it works.

MAKES SENSE TO ME: "A rising tide of D.C. voters and elected officials is calling on Councilman Harry Thomas Jr. to resign after he agreed to pay the city back $300,000 he was accused of stealing."

To leave him in office would just be giving him a chance to re-steal the $300K. But knowing D.C. voters, he'll remain in office unless convicted - and even then, I wouldn't bet against.

PAUL KRUGMAN: means-testing Medicare “is an even worse idea, on pure policy grounds, than even most liberals realize.” Even stopped clocks are right twice a day ....

ALMOST: Are We Broke Yet?

Linked from Instapundit.

WE REACHED THE MOON - and abandoned it - in my lifetime. Now it's beginning to look we'll abandon manned space in my lifetime as well.

MICHAEL BARONE: To Get a Mandate, GOP Must Win Another Election.

HOW OBAMA SAVES/CREATES JOBS: Replace High-Paying Energy Jobs with Low-Paying Housekeeping Jobs.

DON'T FEEL OBLIGED TO COME BACK: Quaids Say California Corruption Preventing Their Return From Canada.

FROM POTUS TO (IM)POTUS: Obama Now Leading From the ... Sidelines.

JEFF JACOBY: "Could Michele Bachmann become the next US president? I have no idea. But this much I do know: She wouldn't be the first one to live with migraine headaches."

PERHAPS OBAMACARE WON'T DO TOO MUCH DAMAGE: Utah's Health Insurance Exchange Is No Great Success.

"[I]T'S BECOMING more and more clear now that Democrats may be actively be trying to spook financial markets in the hopes that Republicans will bear the brunt of the blame." Read it all.

OH, DANG. I'm still going to get my Social Security check.

ANOTHER CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF GUN CONTROL. Follow the links.