Obama Takes Health Care Pitch to Virginia Wednesday

China State News Agency Plans English TV Service

Iraqis Now Responsible for Their Own Security As U.S. Troops Pull Back

Iraqis awoke Wednesday to the knowledge that the security of their cities, towns and villages is now in the hands of their own countrymen, amid concerns that terrorists will exploit the situation in an effort to provoke renewed sectarian and inter-ethnic strife.

Hugh Hewitt: The GOP’s Primary Problem

I interviewed Michael Steele yesterday, and pressed the GOP Chair on the obvious problem ahead in 2012 when Democrats with nothing better to do will swamp GOP primaries and caucuses with the intention of screwing up the…

Caption This: California state budget crisis edition

California’s budget crisis is no laughing matter, but this picture is worth a couple of chuckles:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger listens to a reporter’s question concerning the state’s pending cash crisis, following a meeting with the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Fire Commission, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, June 29, 2009. Schwarzenegger said he would veto any budget plan that includes tax increases and urged lawmakers to reach a solution to the states $24.3 billion state budget plan deficit.
(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Islamic Group Backs Tehran, Slams Foreign ‘Interference’

An organization representing parliaments in Islamic nations has congratulated Iran for its recent presidential election while condemning foreign countries for “interference.”

Justice Department: U.S. Border ‘Underprotected,’ ‘Easily Breached’

Our president and congressional leaders now seek to control Earth’s climate by capping carbon emissions in the United States—even as they fail to perform their constitutional duty by capping the flow of contraband crossing our border from Mexico.

Obama’s One-World, America-Last Government

Planned Parenthood’s Animated Cartoon Advises Teens on Benefits of ‘Sex Play’ and ‘Outercourse’

In an animated video cartoon on its Web site, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America advises teens that taking part in "sex play" and "outercourse" can greatly reduce their risk of getting a sexually transmitted transmitted infection. 

‘Sex Play’ for Teens Promoted in Animated Cartoon Produced by Planned Parenthood

In an animated video cartoon on its Web site, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America advises teens that taking part in "sex play" and "outercourse" can greatly reduce their risk of getting a sexually transmitted transmitted infection. 

Obama Administration Not Ruling Out Tax on Health Care Benefits

Critics of President Barack Obama’s health care reform plan believe that he is backtracking on his campaign pledge not to tax health benefits. The administration, meanwhile, is not giving a strong reassurance to the contrary.

Democrats’ Cap-and-Trade Bill Creates ‘Retrofit’ Policy for Homes and Businesses

The 1,400-page cap-and-trade legislation pushed through by House Democrats contains a new federal policy that residential, commercial, and government buildings be retrofitted to increase energy efficiency, leaving it up to the states to figure out exactly how to do that.

EPA Buries Truth About Global Warming Hoax

Here’s a taste of how science will fare as Obama & Co. consolidate total control of our society:

No wonder they’re in such a hurry to ram through Cap and Tax. You can’t hold down the truth forever.

On a tip from Michael S.

Dem State Senators Refuse to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance in New York

Remember when the Moonbat Messiah wouldn’t put his hand on his heart for the National Anthem?

It looks like he’s been an inspiration to the clowns serving as Democrats in the circus calling itself New York’s Senate. Here they petulantly refuse to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance:

Yet these characters are elected to public office.

On a tip from J.

He Thinks You’re Stupid…

…as we noted here and elsewhere. But maybe Americans aren’t so dumb after all. Scott Rasmussen finds that by better than a two to one margin (42-19 percent), Americans think the Waxman-Markey bill will hurt rather than help the economy. So much for Obama’s absurd claim that cap-and-trade is a “jobs bill.”

Rock Bottom

This is what it’s come to:

A failed ultra-left talk show host and former second-rate professional clown, known for his extreme obnoxiousness, cheating on his taxes, and failing to take out worker’s comp for his employees has been installed in the position of United States Senator. If Barack Hussein Obama can be President, why not?

Look at the bright side: from here our ruling class can only improve.