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Americans express outrage at Vermont town that is voting to charge Bush and Cheney with war crimes. Good. What kind of town allows people to vote on criminal charges? Criminal charges are a matter of law, not elections. I guess this town thinks a majority of voters can charge anybody with a crime regardless of the law. I guess this town would allow a majority to vote to charge people with witchcraft, which it probably did in the past. This violates the rule of law, reminding us why America is not a democracy, where mob rule replaces the rule of law, but a Constitutional Republic. This town has earned the antipathy of the entire nation. But you can bet a bunch of liberals will jump on board because they put their hatred of Bush and Cheney above the laws.

Bush signs order to ignore non-legislative earmarks. Why wasn't he already doing that? Why was he allowing earmarks that weren't law to be executed? What are earmarks that aren't law anyway? Congress and the president have been colluding to steal our money. It's embezzlement. I'm glad Bush is going to put and end to it, but I want punishment for every representative and Bush who stole our money. I want to see every Congressman who used this process, along with Bush who colluded by executing these illegal earmarks, in jail.

Bush's signing statements have no power. He either vetoes a bill, or it becomes law. He cannot let it become law, then sign away parts of it he doesn't like. He cannot sign away Congress' ban on permanent Iraqi bases. He can write anything he wants in a signing statement, but it has no legal standing.

US economic growth drops dramatically. That doesn't even take into account the losses from the plunging dollar.

Dysfunctional Congress extends FISA law by 2 weeks because it can't agree to a permanent law. This law doesn't affect the Constitutional powers of the president in a time of war anyway.

Iraq is not spending its oil money on rebuilding. What's that all about?

I don't understand this Australian apology to Aborigines. Australians won. Aborignies lost. Can you imagine if every winner in history had to apologize to every loser? This is just another manifestation of dangerous moral relativity. More vibrant cultures overcome less vibrant cultures. It's a law of nature. Like lions eating gazelles. There's no need to apologize.

Why is Haiti the west's shame? Is it our fault they have no economic freedom and therefore no prosperity? Of course not. It's their own.

Another police officer assaults a man with a taser, has no criminal charges filed, and keeps his job. This happens every week, and more likely every day. Our police agencies support criminal actions by police officers.

Now the subprime crisis is being blamed on too light of regulations. Give me a break. The free market is correcting itself, just like it's supposed to. Leave it alone. Of course fraud and other criminal activity should be investigated, but regulations have done enough damage to this country. We don't need any more.

Every act of political violence is now labeled genocide to get headlines, but destroying the meaning of the word.

Reason recognizes the irony of a supposedly fiscally conservative Bush.

Edwards drops out of race.

Barack Obama wants to give drivers licenses to illegal aliens. His chances just ended. Not that he ever really had a chance against her Democrat highness.

McCain is still losing among Republicans. So independents are the war-mongers, not Republicans?

Would electrical stimulation of the brain be considered cheating by Major League Baseball? Think what it could do for players and managers.

Under 1% of US adults have HIV.

It's rare to see a newspaper article that explains that when the rich have less, they spend less, and the result hurts the poor most of all. Taxing the rich is bad for everybody. Cutting taxes on the rich helps everybody.

Muslim women in Sweden win lawsuit because they were not allowed to swim in a pool because they're full hajib violated pool rules. Apparently pool rules much be changed to accommodate Muslims. Different rules for different people. That's crap.

British government plans to force doctors to work longer hours. How do you think that will affect patient care? Socialized medicine at work.

Scary sounding new commission ostensibly to fight terrorism. We already have the tools we need to fight terrorism. We should screen all new immigrants to make sure they consider the Constitution the highest law in America. Any who don't agree should not be allowed in. Any immigrants who promote violence or overthrowing the Constitution should be deported. Our citizenship test should thoroughly test the prospective citizen's understanding of the severely limited government defined in the Constitution and why that's important for freedom and prosperity. We already have laws against promoting violence, and we should apply those laws to radical American citizens who promote violence. This is where we need the Muslim community to step up and work with authorities by reporting who these people are so we can get warrants and investigate them.

Cato calls for an end to subsidies on agricultural products, ethanol, and tariffs on imported food and ethanol.

Shortages of kidneys lead to kidney thefts in India. Cato says live people should be able to donate kidneys.

Since Israel is finally defending itself from daily rocket attacks from Gaza, Iranian oped by close associate of Supreme Leader Khamenei, calls on Muslims to attack the US and Europe and topple Arab governments which stop terrorists. And many Americans want to allow these guys to have nuclear weapons.

Shell CEO fears peak oil and global warming. Maybe he should look at the science first.

New York City proposes grading teachers. Why wouldn't teachers have always been graded? You have to judge and rank employees to provide merit raises. Unless the teachers unions won't let you.

Meeting to find a way to curb greenhouse gases without hurting the economy. Let the free market work. If consumers care, they'll pay more for green products.

John Stossel explains that we should not fear the developing economies of other nations. They will create new markets and businesses that will spur our own growth, if we can get government off our backs.

Walter Williams says increasing debt is no stimulus.

Ann Coulter understands that a McCain presidency would be as dangerous as a Clinton presidency, if not more so. Republicans will be forced to back McCain's liberal policies, spending, tax hikes, judges, etc., as will Democrats, but Republicans will know to fight Hillary Clinton's socialist policies, and I think they'll be effective at it in the Senate.