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Decades of bad government policy and this decade's mismanagement by the Fed (thanks for screwing us then retiring, Greenspan) has put us in a no-win situation. Our economy is dropping and inflation is rising. The best place for investors is commodities, and that means a continuing falling dollar and rising oil and food prices.

Bush administration expands covert operations in Iran.

Pakistani forces go on offensive against Taliban near Afghanistan border. When Musharraf was in power, he kept the pressure on the Taliban. But since we forced him out of power, this the first time the Pakistani government took action. They probably know the pressure is building on Bush to send US forces into that region. Cato suggests we directly train Pakistani forces for a clear and hold mission similar to what has succeeded so well in Iraq. It's funny that they acknowledge the success in Iraq here, but they still call for us to pull out and leave Iraq to Iran and al Qaeda.

Responding to Iran's threat to shut down oil shipping through the Straits of Hormuz, the US replies they won't let that happen. Iran knows that. It also knows it it couldn't survive if it couldn't ship oil and import gasoline. They were just sabre rattling.

Unfazed Mugabe sworn in as world urges Africa to act. The weakness of the United Nations and the much vaunted international community is on display.

Iraq continues to make fitful progress on oil deals. It hasn't signed any deals because it's driving a harder bargain. Sounds smart to me given the current oil environment. As soon as these deals are signed, the cost of oil should begin to drop. Smart Republicans will jump on that to show what would happen to prices if we freed up drilling in Amerca.

Did we really need a huge study to tell us that the we didn't have enough troops and other personel in Iraq after we toppled Saddam? Cato explains that we didn't have enough of a debate on the costs and realities of rebuilding Iraq. I'll say. Nobody talked about being there 10 years or more. The discussion of how many troops would be necessary was negligible.

China's pollution has caused an algae bloom in sea where Olympic sailing events are scheduled in 6 weeks.

Reason on the history and counter-productiveness of gun control laws.

Liberals are unhappy that Lieberman said that Iran and al Qaeda would dominate Iraq if Obama is elected. How can they be upset about that? Obama's plan is unconditional withdrawal, leaving Iraq to Iran and al Qaeda. Once again, liberals want it both ways. They want to pull out of Iraq, but nobody's allowed to say that the consequences of that mean surrendering Iraq to Iran and al Qaeda.

Gen. Wesley Clark says only Generals during wartime have commander-in-chief experience. He said getting shot down isn't a qualification for being President. Oops. I guess that's an attempt to take McCain's military experience out of the campaign since he was only a captain and not during wartime. That's a silly argument. By all accounts McCain showed heroic and selfless leadership while a POW, and that kind of character is most certainly a qualification for being president. Obama's campaign is working hard to convince the American people that character does not matter.

Isn't it funny how Obama wouldn't wear a flag lapel pin in the Democrat primary, but he does in the general election? Typical snake-oil salesman who'll do or say anything he thinks works to his advantage.

The federal housing Obama champions is unlivable in his home district in Chicago. This is a peek at the consequences of Obama's vision for America. Obama's cronies got fat and happy off the subsidies while his constituents suffered in squalor.

This article twists McCain's words. He doesn't say he doesn't know the price of gas, he says he doesn't remember the last time he pumped it and it doesn't matter that he doesn't remember the last time he pumped it. But look for Obama to talk about pumping gas in his next campaign stop. It'll be all over the press.

Cato explains that gun sales in Washington D.C. are in limbo after the Heller decision because nobody knows what is legal to sell. They're all legal. The ban was overturned. Sell the poor people of D.C. who have been disarmed and therefore the victims of runaway crime some guns so they can defend themselves ASAP!

Prince Charles converts his 38 year old Aston Martin to run on surplus English wine. Al Gore hasn't done that.

Buzz Aldrin says we must invest in NASA or fall behind in the space race. Our problem isn't how much we invest in NASA. I'm willing to bet we spend far more on NASA than the Soviets or the Chinese do on their space programs. The problem is NASA is a bloated bureaucracy and it can't produce as much per dollar as the Russians or Chinese. It's a horrible indictment of what we've allowed American government to degenerate to that Czarist Russia and the Communist Chinese are more efficient than us.

Israel predicts earthquake. This should be interesting.

Technology giants unite to buy, license, and resell patents so they can't be used against them.