The federal government wants to grant itself monopolistic power over border security? Fine. It had better do its job, then. Honestly, I wish more states would take on the federal leviathan. I want to see federal departments sued on issues of constitutional authority, I want to see states refuse to comply with federal mandates, I want to hear of governors refusing to take federal money for projects they don’t want

WWIGMDD?

“I will not accept any advice that comes from outside, from wherever it comes and for whatever reasons.” Meaning, he ain’t going anywhere until the elections in September. Though he says he’ll turn things over to the VP at some point. And the feckless US — having turned on its ally — now has the worst of both worlds: we appear weak to our enemies and duplicitous to our friends.

Finally. Some balls: In another victory for tea party rebels in Congress today, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., scrapped his original plan for spending cuts and announced that he will seek to cut $100 billion from what President Obama had requested for this fiscal year. “My committee has been working diligently to go line-by-line in every agency budget to find and cut unnecessary spending to reduce our deficit

This fucked. Freedom!

So says the Egyptian information minister. The story, apparently, is quite fluid. Much like the Obama Administration’s stance has been! Zing!

Going Gingrich? Notes TerryH, who sent along the link, “I suppose you could say it’s better than nothing. […] However, given the huge deficits embedded within Medicare, Social Security, ObamaCare, etc would it be more accurate to say that ignoring entitlements is worse than nothing in that it ignores the root cause of the deficit problem?” To which protein wisdom responds: Ahyup. More here.

HP: Reports are saying that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will “meet protesters demands,” with some saying that he will transfer power to the military tonight. […] Reports the AP: Military and ruling party officials say President Hosni Mubarak will speak to the nation soon and meet the demands of protesters. Protesters are insisting he step down immediately. Military officials say the armed forces’ supreme council has been meeting all day

ALG: scarcely a month after being handed control of the U.S. House, Republicans are already losing sight of why they were given another chance. In retreating from their commitment to cut $100 billion from the budget (which let’s face it — will barely make a dent in our $14 trillion debt) the GOP is demonstrating a fundamental but all too familiar lack of courage. Republicans are also refusing to address

Who knew? No, really. Is it possible the administration (and John McCain, naturally) backed the wrong horse? That they were completely unprepared? That, for the sake of appearances, they urged the ouster of a long-time ally — without having a plan for any kind of transition, and without having an adequate understanding of the players? The problem is, once you’ve come out for FREEDOM! — and you’re all about appearances