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This article on Bush's State of the Union address reports that earmarks are not even in legislation, but in reports that accompany legislation. If they're not in legislation, they're not law. That's a shadow government. Our government is running a shadow government for earmarks. In the free market, we have a name for that: embezzlement.

I still think signing statements, regarding legislation, not these non-legislative reports, are meaningless. Either the law is followed or broken. Having a signing statement is no defense for breaking the law, though that's apparently what Bush intends.

Do you think Bush recognizes the irony of claiming the American people should solve their own problems? This is the guy who presided over the biggest expansion of government in history. Cato recognizes the irony in Bush's newfound resistance to earmarks after 7 years.

Americans are less safe because the CIA stopped using waterboarding, a technique that doesn't hurt anybody.

Police officer convicted of assaulting a prisoner shackled to a wheel chair is suspended by the department, but not fired. The police department clearly condones this type of behavior.

Germany expands its memory of Holocaust victims to gypsies, gays and lesbians.

Malaysian government confiscates Christian children's books because they contain pictures of prophets which supposedly violates Islamic law.

The Democrat establishment, big supporters of Hillary Clinton in general, are tired of Bill. Liberals are just coming to realize what the majority of the country has known since 1993 - the Clintons are mean, selfish, abusive, corrupt people and should be run out of our lives on a rail.

Sedentary life accelerates aging. Get moving.

Gorgeous Russian tennis players. Communism suppresses beauty.

Why is the guy who fraudulently lost $7 billion, leading to market crashes that cost investors even more, a hero?

In the wake of Bush's State of the Union address, Cato takes shots at the new welfare program masquerading as a tax rebate, No Child Left Behind, and open-ended commitment to Iraq.

This is cool program. It captures pictures and phrases from the webpage and applies them to signs for animated, marching protesters.

Author calls the entitlement mentality the greatest threat to the US economy. That's a fact.

How does this make sense? New York Democrat governor Spitzer wants to free violent criminals that have serious illness. Freeing violent criminals before they complete their sentences is a bad thing in general. Democrats want government to provide health care for everybody, so why not these guys? Instead of getting government health care in prison, these sick, violent criminals will be on the street with no way to pay for their medical costs, but... commit crimes. This is stupid on every level.

Using government force to go green costs freedom and money, as Grand Forks is experiencing, which disproportionately hurts the poor and middle class. This is the goal of the global warming con men.