Photo is Pvt. Long. Did he die in battle?
One more reason to teach your dog the command "Drop it"
Cheerful news: Colombia - A nation Reborn
How's that Porkulus working out for ya?
Related: NYT blames Bush for the growing deficits. Liars. Related, via Front Page:
By current CBO’s estimates Obama’s deficits will add some $10 trillion to our national debt in the next decade, nearly doubling it. This number, however, will also be revised upwards once the new deficit figures are factored in. Dreary as these figures are, things are likely to be worse. This is because the CBO calculations do not take into account the costs of some of the president’s most ambitious programs such as health care reform. Providing universal health insurance would effectively create the most far-reaching entitlement program in American history. The administration puts its cost at some $1.2 trillion over the next decade. Most experts, however, dismiss this figure as grossly understated. It is only enough to look at the exploding costs of Social Security and other entitlements to see how profoundly unrealistic the administration’s numbers are. But even if we take Obama’s estimate at face value, the resulting national debt would by 2019 stand at more than twice the level he inherited when he took the oath of office.
Related, via Viking:
All together now - Megan McArdle has a great post explaining how a government health care program largely depends on getting young, healthy workers to subsidize less-healthy participants. Also, the bureaucracy will be mind-blowing.
A glimpse at the Real America
LAT shows some consistency on rights
Crumbling municipal finance. Watch out for your munis: they are not guaranteed.
Video: Jon Voight at the Repub fundraiser
Why oil prices rise despite a recession
Inflation and higher interest rates on the way. WSJ
Ditto, Jammie:
I'm sick and tired of the government telling me what to eat, when to eat it and what's good or bad for me. I can figure this out on my own. I take care of my body, am in excellent shape for my age and am 25 pounds less than when I graduated high school. While I enjoy some fatty foods and alcohol in moderation, I know what I can handle and pay attention to my doctors.
I don't need a government spending program to monitor my diet. Stay out of my business!
Warfare: It is For the common good
Could British Christians Be Sued for Having Crucifixes in Their Home? h/t, Anchoress
A little birdie told Sissy that the GOP is back. But is Newt running for Pres?
Conservatives beware, lest you drive moderates to extremism. Huh?
Local Math Wars. h/t, RW Prof. My view? Just make 'em learn to use it. Even geniuses don't necessarily understand the depths of math, much less the rug rats.
I thought Hartford would be on the list, but I guess there's nobody left to rob there. Top 15 crime cities in the US. Note absence of NYC.
Cruel and unfunny, Dave. She visited NYC to raise $ for autism, for heaven's sake.
Tax tall people. Mankiw
Even some in the media are getting nauseated by Obamamania in the press
