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The IPCC wants you to believe that cutting greenhouse gases is cheap, but it's not. And it will have zero affect on the sun's impact on climate.

Al Qaeda kills Iraqi Sunnis who have turned against them.

Pakistani police arrest people in their homes to prevent them from rallying.

Newsweek poll has Bush approval rating at 28%. That's what constant bad press will do for you. If you think Bush's poll ratings are bad now, wait until he starts really pushing his amnesty plan for illegal immigants. His ratings will approach single digits.

Bill would ban suspected terrorists from buying guns. Not convicted, suspected.

Fred Thompson makes an excellent argument for smaller government to help our security and prosperity. I like him more every time he makes a speech. The question is: does he mean it? Conservatives have been paying lip service to smaller government for a century, but the government has never become smaller, and we've all seen what happened when they got in power. Fred also puts foreign criticism of America in context.

Not exactly random thoughts from Thomas Sowell.

I am so old that I can remember a Democrat, at his inauguration as President, say of our enemies: "We dare not tempt them with weakness."

There's a lot to be said for the old days.

The weather channel reporter on Fox news, 3:50 PM, said that authorities had declared martial law. Here's a memorial from 1957 when Kansas declared martial law after a tornado. Wikipedia says martial law was NOT declared for hurricane Katrina. Declaring martial law is a pretty outrageous step for a tornado.

Webcomic author investigated as terrorist threat.

First woman to swim in Saudi Arabia.