IT'S TAX TIME AGAIN, so Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Foundation is aggressively on the radio promoting their Maryland state tax checkoff for 'waterways improvement and education and outreach programs' and asserting that they will not spend a dime for lobbying.

Huh? 'Education and outreach' programs are not lobbying? Must be that it's only lobbying when you 'educate and outreach' to government officials.

E.J. DIONNE forgets that America is a constitutional Republic.

Dionne spells 'democracy' as 'Democratcy'.

FOUR BUCKS A GALLON: Regular, today, at my usual gas station.


Even at the highest spike of the Bush administration, gasoline in my home town never hit $4/gallon.

Obama must go!

PAUL GREENBERG: the cynicism of the Obama administration. "But what's most impressive about the administration's legal case -- and its foreign policy -- is not its flexibility. It's the cynicism of it. It's the no-longer-hidden contempt for the American people, who aren't supposed to notice these transparent little tricks. Even when the microphone is on. Even when this administration's constitutional arguments change daily."

DEBBIE WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ on Greta Van Susteren's On the Record tonight: Democrats don't need no stinking budget; it would interfere with our spending.

Not a quote, but close enough.

[Update] The transcript is here.

SEEN ON THE ROAD TODAY


I don't believe the liberal media either.

FRINGE BENEFITS of being a liberal.

With all those benefits, it's a wonder that they want to be paid too.

ABSOLUTELY NOT. Would You Give Employers Your Facebook Password? Nor would I tell them about this weblog -- it's not relevant to my (potential? future?) re-employment.

SQUISHY ROBOTS: Soft Robots for Hard Problems.

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S OVERRIDING PROBLEM: they constantly overestimate their own abilities and underestimate the opposition’s.

TECHWISE CONVERSATIONS: Consumer Electronics, Driver Distraction, and You.

MOCK THEM: Our dangerous dependence on foreign chocolate.

NASA THRILLED; Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos will attempt to raise Apollo 11's Saturn V F1 booster engines from the Atlantic ocean.

An undersea expedition spearheaded by Bezos used sonar to find what he said were the F-1 engines located 14,000 feet deep.... [T]he Amazon.com CEO and founder said he is drawing up plans to recover the sunken engines, part of the mighty Saturn V rocket that launched Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on their moon mission.

Good luck.

HERITAGE FOUNDATION: Time to Take Down the Transportation Security Administration.

KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE: Dare to Explore, a 30-minute movie for children to show the wonders of NASA's space exploration mission as well as provide an entertaining adventure story of space travel, has premiered in Houston. More here.

GLENN REYNOLDS: defending the indefensible.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The Second Oil Revolution. It could happen if Americans took the initiative to remove progressives from politics.

OBAMACARE AND THE SUPREME COURT: A Little Perspective, Please. While I agree that 'future history' will eventually get it right, I'd prefer not to wait that long.

TO PROTECT THEIR POSITION IN SOCIETY. Why Do Wealthy People Support Liberal Causes?

Protection money.

CUT, CAP, AND BALANCE: here to stay?


I certainly hope so. Follow the link for budget details.