AFTERBURNER: Bill Whittle goes to Miramar.

A 'TWOFER' IN TODAY'S WASHINGTON POST. The Post's two resident knotheads offer these opinions:

Eugene Robinson: Was the Norway killer inspired by Internet hate?

My only surprise with Eugene is that it took him so long to find an excuse to publish this idiocy.

Richard Cohen: Of course Bachmann does not deserve to be in the presidential race. Legislatively, she has done little, she knows next to nothing and what she thinks she knows is wrong.

Substitute "Obama" for "Bachmann" and ask yourself if Cohen said anything similar in the 2008 Democratic primary campaign.

FEDERAL AUDITORS will soon review health insurance rates in 10 states. So I can expect my insurance rates to rise sooner - and more - than expected.

THOMAS SOWELL on the debt ceiling. I tend to disagree with Sowell about the usefulness of the debt ceiling; if nothing else, it does periodically call attention to the problem of government overspending. But I do understand this comment: "'If you didn't invite me to the big take-off, don't invite me to the crash landing.' This was Obama's big spending spree, but 'bipartisanship' requires Republicans to either split the bill or be blamed if the government shuts down or defaults."

ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN bites the dust. At least he might not have to vote on the debt ceiling.

PLEASE don't wake the baby.

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.