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New York to begin issuing drivers' licenses to illegal immigrants. The governor and people who voted for this should be recalled and run out of town on a rail. New York has a duty to report these illegal immigrants to the federal government for deportation. I doubt they'll follow through. Our government fails to do the few things its supposed to, like control who comes into our country, and instead spends its resources screwing up sectors of the economy it has no business being involved in, like health care. We have to take control of our government back from the 2 parties.

I'm tired of hearing about Donovan McNabb's comments about black quarterbacks. When Rush Limbaugh made his comment about McNabb being overrated because he was black, we ignored it. When the NAACP made comments about McNabb, we dismissed them. We should do the same with McNabb's comments - dismiss them and play some football.

Report claims Israeli commandos seized North Korean nuclear material in that raid on Syria. Wow. The Bush administration says they were not naive or blindsided by North Korea's actions. If that's the case, if the Bush administration knew all along North Korea was backstabbing us,, with either missiles or nuclear technology, then why would the Bush administration be pushing for more deals with North Korea? That's just stupid. (Rhetorical question.)

Israel to release more Palestinians to boost Abbas.

Iran shows off missile capable of striking Israel.

Air Force group planning Iran strike. I'm sure the Pentagon is constantly refining that plan.

UN ready to broaden support for Iraq. Better 4 years late than never. Moon says Iraq security must improve first.

Pakistan rounds up Musharraf's opponents.

Boston overreacted to the light brites months ago - those advertisers should never have been charged, but this MIT student was purposefully wearing a fake bomb. It doesn't matter if she calls it art or not. She should face some hard time.

Global warming alarmist linked to bogus prediction of a new ice age 36 years ago.

Liberals are unhappy that McCain acknowledges that NRA members are the core of America. NRA member are probably the best representation of the American heartland you can find.\

Slate on Hillarycare 2.o.

Florida Democrats keep Jan. 29th date even though DNC promises not to count their votes for the nomination. They called the DNC's bluff. I wonder if the DNC will have the guts to stand by their decision. They should.

Hsu held without bail. Skipping court will lead to that.

Obama suggests taxing over $97,000 for social security. I think it's a fait accompli. The best solution would be to dramatically cut the size of government while continuing to meet our current commitments, but reducing benefits for younger people until we completely phase out social security and empower people to save their own money at much greater return for their own retirement. But neither party will give up that power. The American people would have to take it from them, and they've shown no significant signs of wanting to stand up against the 2 parties.

Dean of Columbia says he'd invite Hitler to speak. But not the ROTC. Something is very wrong at Columbia.

Jonah Goldberg has a good laugh at Dan Rather and CBS. Me too.

Rich Lowry points out how capitalism, free markets, and globalism is saving lives, including children's lives, all over the planet. Economic freedom, not counterproductive eco-socialism or socialism of any kind, is the solution to poverty, disease and premature death because each individual understands his needs and capabilities better than anybody else on the planet. After finally exporting the idea of economic freedom to the rest of the world, the west is going the opposite direction to our peril.

Pat Buchanan, quoting Colin Powell, says that terrorism is not a mortal threat to the US. Contradicting Powell, he says illegal immigration is. Buchanan is right. But if a nuclear bomb goes off in the United States in our current dependent on government state, our leaders, with the ill-conceived support of our citizens, will put an end to freedom as we know it. We have to make sure that doesn't happen. To make sure it doesn't happen, Americans should take back our freedom and responsibility for ourselves from government. By doing so, we not only make ourselves safer from terrorists, we make ourselves safer from our own government now and if a nuclear bomb destroys an American city.

Smithsonian magazine article on Washington, LaFayette, and changing the world.