These “son of a bitches” being, of course, the Tea Partiers, who, per Jimmy Hoffa Jr, warming up the crowd for the President of (the organized labor half) of the US, Barack Obama: “We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers. And you see it everywhere, it is the Tea Party. And you know, there is only one way to beat and

…Forum”. Byron York: Texas Gov. Rick Perry surprised the organizers of today’s Palmetto Freedom Forum by withdrawing from the event just hours before it is scheduled to begin. Put together by Sen. Jim DeMint, who is widely acknowledged as a kingmaker in the Republican race in South Carolina, the event, set for 3 p.m. today, will feature candidates Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Herman Cain, and Newt Gingrich in

“Pay federal workers not to do their jobs.” One addendum I’d make to the plan: create a special “federal workers paid not to work” tax set at, say, 50% at the top rate — call it a “paying our fair share tax” — with that revenue sequestered and earmarked for constitutionally required functions of the federal government, be it military preparedness, or a really really really bitchin’ next census, with