FROM THE 'YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME' DEPARTMENT OF OVERREGULATION: FAA waives rules, says paid pilots can guide whooping cranes to Florida using bird-like plane.

KODAK AND THE POST OFFICE: "We cannot preserve everything that was once useful."

PAUL GREENBERG: A brief history of Republicanism.

ANOTHER DAY, another rat, and another sinking ship.

RANDOM THOUGHTS from the retirement lane. Watching the Republican debates, Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum remind me of a T-shirt I saw recently in North Carolina. It read: 'You Look Like I Need Another Drink'.

POLL: Americans, 2-1, fear Obama’s reelection. If it seriously looks like an Obama reelection, I'm going consider investing in Rosetta Stone.

THE 2012 ELECTION: a battle for capitalism. Will the takers outvote the earners?

BYRON YORK: Is New Hampshire fit to pick a President? The mainstream media will never let facts interfere with the politically correct narrative.

DEATH THREAT from Chris Matthews: "If I Were Voting [in New Hampshire] I’d Vote for Huntsman."

LEFTISM MAKES YOU MEANER. That's what happens when you're proven wrong time and time again and no one takes you seriously.

AND YOU thought you had privacy?

ALWAYS READY: Penis Tattoo Leads to Permanent Erection.

CAN SARAH BE FAR BEHIND? Todd Palin endorses Newt Gingrich for President.

OCCUPY FAIL: Rat population has 'exploded around Occupy DC camps.

[Mohammad N. Akhter, the director of the District’s Department of Health] said his concerns about the health and safety at the camps prompted him to order a city-wide review of conditions there, including input from health inspectors, mental health professionals, experts on the homeless and others. He is reviewing their findings this week.

Mental health professionals. Good call

ECONOMY IN DEAD HEAT WITH U.S. DEBT. Expect it to lose if Obama is reelected.

WHY OBAMA WANTS TO TAX THE RICH: to offset the green subsidies he's giving them.

IT'S INCREASINGLY CLEAR that the real racists are Democrats.

A NEW MEANING for the phrase "pumped up."

SINKING SHIP: Obama Chief of Staff Bill Daley to step down.

DEREK HUNTER: Pitching in to help President Obama. Yes, I plan to pitch in to help him -- out.