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In the wake of the credit crisis caused largely by the Fed and other government policies forcing lenders to make bad, subprime, loans, Fed Chairman Bernanke suggests Congress give the Fed more power to regulate financial institutions. The financial institutions aren't the problem. They're just adapting to the perversion of the market created by government.

Bodies of 11 victims of drug cartel violence found in Tijuana in 3 days. That's what our war on drugs is doing to Mexico, our border, and our inner cities. And we're too stupid and stuborn to recognize the war on drugs is a war on ourselves that by definition can never be won - it just takes ever more casualties. Oregon proposes law to sell marijuana at state controlled liquor stores. That's what I'm talking about, but extend that to all drugs. You don't see people getting executed by liquor gangs. We had that during prohibition, but the violence disappeared when we repealed prohibition and legalized and controlled alcohol. How hard is it to recognize we should do the same with drugs?

Iraq demands withdrawal deadlines for any security agreement with the United States. This is excellent. Iraq wants to leave the nest. The goal was for Iraq to be able to be an independent country able to defend itself against terrorists and aggressive enemies. It's well on the way to reaching that goal. We are on the verge of victory in Iraq. We should welcome this development and set conservative dates for withdrawal. The Iraqi plan sounds reasonable to me. We can withdraw faster if circumstances allow, and if the situation degrades and we need more troops again, we can renegotiate the agreement. The bad news is that Bush is trying to negotiate an open-ended agreement for troops in Iraq. The good news is the Iraqis aren't letting that happen.

How come Bush is just now adding sanctions on Iranians involved in their development of nuclear weapons? Bush and our allies should have done this years ago. Bush likes to talk loudly and carry a toothpick.

Afghan official blames Pakistan spies for blast at Kabul's Indian embassy. That's a pretty easy guess. Pakistan doesn't like Afghanistan and India having closer ties. But if Pakistan's government is now sponsoring terrorists, that's a dangerous turn of events. Pakistan denies and condemns.

If Czechs don't want our missile defense radar in Czechoslovakia, why are we putting it there? Europe can take care of its own defense.

G8 supports Mugabe sanctions.

Congress' approval rating drops to 9%. Keep up the good work, guys and girls.

Radical Democrats attempt last ditch amendment to thwart telecom immunity. These same people will attack the telecoms relentlessly when they refuse to cooperate with President Obama's attempts to eavesdrop on suspected terrorists and sympathizers.

British PM Brown is a typical government aristocrat, eating an 8 course meal before talks on the food crisis. Our problems don't effect these aristocrats, so they don't govern in our interests.

Democrats are still pushing the Plame non-affair, threatening AG Mukasey if he doesn't hand over the transcript of an FBI interview with Cheney.

Security for conventions getting science-fiction-like crowd control weapons. What we've learned from tasers is that because they are mostly non-lethal, authorities abuse the weapons. These non-lethal crowd control weapons make the people powerless and therefore will increase government power at the expense of the people. Using bullets made both crowds and authorities more restrained.

Do we really need a poll to tell us that Barr helps Obama? Bob Barr best represents the mainstream of America, and if he can't get traction in this election, the Libertarian Party might as well hang it up.

The Constitution party is capitalizing on Ron Paul.

Reason provides a sobering and accurate reflection on Jesse Helms.

Con-men organize cage fight only to put on homosexual display. That's fraud. Group's filtering of the word "gay" backfires.

Mortgage fraud really is predatory lending, and should never be confused with subprime loans. Fed to crack down on mortgage loans to prevent future credit crises. Who is the Fed to do this? The Fed is supposed to provide a stable money supply, not regulate loans. If the Fed doesn't want a repeat of the credit crisis, it shouldn't flood the market with cheap money like it did to create the last credit crisis. It should also lobby Congress to remove the dumb laws forcing mortgage companies to make subprime loans. It should also lobby Congress to adopt the FairTax to replace our dumb tax code that rewards debt and punishes savings. The FBI can take care of mortgage fraud.

The global warming alarmists have just figured out that higher levels of CO2 are good for plants. I guess they took their fingers out of their ears for a second and dose of reality penetrated their brains. CO2 is plant food, not pollution.

Oil drops $9 in 48 hours. None of the arguments for this price drop make sense to me.
Newt Gingrich explains how to fix our energy problems: release oil from the reserve for a short-term fix, drill, oil shale and nuclear for a medium term fix, invest in alternative energy for a long term fix. How hard is it? The only place I would disagree is in government investment in alternative energy. Government investment hurts alternative energy development because subsidies are inherently wasteful. I bet this video, having gone viral, is responsible for the drop in oil prices.

Cato reports that the FISA bill allows the government to wiretap for reasons other than the war on terror without judicial oversight. That's unconstitutional and unnecessary. Shades of Bill Clinton all over again.

Cato fears McCain's pledge to balance the budget by 2013 would mean tax increases instead of budget cuts. Me too.

Make your friends think you're running for president.

Voting age teenagers are changing their middle name to Hussein in a show of solidarity for Obama. These are the kind of loons Obama is bringing into the election process. Obama is running for cult leader, not president. How is that good for the country again?

The father of Canadian socialized medicine admits Canada's system is a failure and recommends free market reforms so Canadians can exercise freedom of choice. Even the guy who fathered the system realizes the solution is to embrace freedom. But American liberals won't stand for that. Liberals think force is the answer to all that ails us, so they want to force on us the same type of system that has failed in Canada and Britain.

We all know that socialism causes poverty, and the biofuels boondoggle has already forced 30 million people into poverty worldwide. Every liberal proposal to fight non-existent man-made global warming would force more people into poverty, making them more vulnerable to every danger in the world, including inevitable climate change.

NRA sues San Francisco because they ban guns in public housing. Weapon bans are always about disarming the poor and minorities.

ACLU threatens to sue the Naval Academy because they say prayers before lunch.

Bipartisan group recommends enacting new war powers law to clarify how the President can use troops without a declaration of war from Congress. This sounds like a great idea to me.

Somebody published a children's book called Yes We Can for brainwashing children into Barack Obama's socialist ideology. Lovely.

Obama's increased taxes on the rich will mean that the top 1% of earners will pay more taxes than the bottom 80%. That's just sick. Democrats whole plan is completely untax the bottom 50+% of Americans so Democrats can have a permanent majority in Washington. This is well crafted and disguised class warfare.

Liberals are accusing John McCain of war crimes for bombing North Vietnam. These people are loons. This isn't something reasonable people can disagree about. They are obviously out of touch with reality. I think is enough evidence to get these people of mental problems to get a judge to put these people into psychiatric care so they won't be able to harm anybody else.

Poll responders overwhelmingly reject the redistribution of wealth by government that Obama and Democrats propose. 50% of responers say government is doing too much to our economy. But they aren't the teenagers changing their middle names to Hussein. I wonder how many are tattooing Obama on their butts.