IS AMERICA still 'America the Free'? Well, yes, if your definition of free is 'free lunch'.

LET'S MAKE SURE he can buy the 2013 model.

A SWORD IS DOUBLE-EDGED: TransCanada announced Monday that it will build the Oklahoma-to-Texas portion of the Keystone XL Pipeline without approval from Obama.

If the Obama administration can ignore the will of the people, then the people, as represented by TransCanada, can - and should - ignore the will of Obama.

CALIFORNIA IS AT RISK of losing aerospace companies to other states if it doesn't become more business-friendly.

NEW DEMOCRAT PARTY SLOGAN: "We Don't Respect the Constitution."

SUPPORT YOUR ENEMIES, not your friends.

PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU reportedly tells US officials that Israel won't warn the US if it decides to attack Iranian nuclear facilities in order to prevent the US from being blamed for failing to stop an attack.

I.don't.think.so.

Netanyahu won't warn the US because he knows damned well that the Obama administration would promptly tell the Iranians.

MY APOLOGY to Afghanistan President Karzi.



Don't be fooled by the first minute or so ....

REAL TAX REFORM: a new Buffett rule.

I DON'T KNOW: Why is school prayer only allowed during tragedies?

READ THE COMMENTS: It must be easy to be unemployed if you're a liberal.

Linked from Instapundit.

OBAMA bows to the mob; Gingrich, on the other hand, has it right: "[Y]ou are going to have to figure out how to live your own miserable life ... because you clearly don’t want to learn ... how to be unmiserable. And that is what you are going to see happen."

RANDOM THOUGHTS from the retirement lane: President Obama reminds me of Wimpy from the old Popeye cartoons: "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."

Read the Wikepedia entry for more similarities ....

DEBT CEILING: Obviously Obama didn't ask for demand enough.

POLITICAL CALCULATIONS: Should you trade in your gas guzzler? In my case, the answer was a clear 'No'; I should keep my Mexican Cadillac (pickup truck) until it falls apart and scatters itself along the roadside.

WHEN I GROW UP, will I have food stamps, too?

TEN WAYS Obama could reduce gasoline prices now -- but won't. The next Republican president, however, will.

MINING THE MOON: a discussion begins. Unfortunately, it's Canada that's taking the lead, not the U.S.

GREEN -- the color of rotten corruption.

SOME ARE more 99% than others.