Well, I suppose that would depend on how we define “rich” and who the secretary is — for instance, the President has defined “millionaires and billionaires” as anyone making over $200K, or a family bringing in $250K, and is using as an instance of a “secretary” the personal assistant to one of the US’s wealthiest men — but I’ll bite. from the AP: President Barack Obama makes it sound as

During his speech on Israel, Rick Perry argues that if the UN supports statehood for the Palestinians — that is, taking Israel’s land and giving it to those who have, in an actual charter, sworn to annihilate Israel — the US should cease any funding of the UN. Which, while it is a nice gesture — and also a political gauntlet dropped at the feet of a President steeped in

But he isn’t, so, well, you know. It’s a Black thing. We wouldn’t understand. Besides. Jim Crow. Which reminds me: there is no GOP establishment. Except when there is. So says George Will, in yet his latest effort at putting an erudite spin on “I know you are but what am I?” Defeated by such fancy thinking, I think it’s time we TEA Party supporters cut our losses, pack up

Not his own, though. Ours. Here’s the deal: if Obama truly wants to do away with “tax code loopholes” for millionaires and billionaires so that Warren Buffett’s secretary doesn’t get screwed, the GOP should oblige and introduce a flat tax proposal. Then have Paul Ryan tour the country screaming “Pass this bill! Pass it now!”

Well, maybe if America wasn’t so busy showing it’s dick to sweet-talking strangers promising some strange she’d be more faithful to it. Until then, you go, girl!

Obama and Warren Buffet vow to find it, scold it for harming the middle class, demand it pay its fair share. I kid. But only kind of. WaPo: The sky is not falling. A 12,500-pound NASA satellite the size of a school bus is, however. It’s the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS — YOU-arz — and it’s currently tumbling in orbit and succumbing to Earth’s gravity. It will crash

Obama said that. While visiting Solyndra . And laying out how a centralized command and control economy run by a bunch of arrogant, ignorant faculty lounge socialists will work to correct the unfairness and social injustices of the filthy free market system. With its filthy unfair injustices. Just wanted to post that here as a reminder. Because lord knows the press doesn’t seem to think the irony is delicious and,

Oh, they did? Nevermind, then.

I’m sorry, are there people who do? Tim Cavanaugh, Reason: In image management terms, the administration’s handling of Solyndra has been disastrous. Obama press secretary Jay Carney claimed last week that the president has not been briefed on the scandal, which is either an absurd lie or a terrifying truth. The Energy Department failed to put forward a complete and coherent narrative during last week’s House Commerce and Energy Committee

protein wisdom replies: “Tell you what: you can do away with your debt ceiling the minute all of us can do away with being forced to send you our money. “If it’s your own money you want to spend without limit, have at it. But were I you, Rep. Johnson, I wouldn’t spend it all on a pair of water wings for Guam. Trust me, you don’t have that kind