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Les Kinsolving of World Nut Net Daily at Thursday's briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, asking not only about President Obama's birth certificate (again) but his Social Security number as well. From Mediaite:...

"I could while away the hours, conferrin' with the flowersConsultin' with the rain.And my head I'd be scratchin' whilemy thoughts were busy hatchin'If I only had a brain.I would not be just a nothin' my head all full of stuffin'My heart all full of pain.I would dance and be merry, life would be a ding-a-derry,If I only had a brain."Everyone's favorite loony tune, Congresswoman Michele Bachman, was interviewed by Ben Shapiro of biggovernment.com recently. Quoting...

I hope Harry Reid made a stop this morning at Caesar' s Palace or the Golden Nugget and put down a very large wager on his favorite game of chance. In spite of approval ratings hovering in the 30's, Sen. Reid has to feel like the luckiest man in the state of Nevada after the results of last night's Republican primary contest to decide his challenger in November. Who woulda thunk that of the 2...

Financial reform is once again on the agenda as the House--Senate conference committee attempts to reconcile the differences between the 2 bills beginning on Thursday. This article from McClatchy doesn't give me reason to be optimistic about the outcome:"A group of lawmakers who are about to write an historic overhaul of the nation's financial regulatory system has been stacked carefully with veteran compromisers -- and one wild card.""Veteran compromisers." To me, that translates into someone...

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour:"Barbour described the oil as "weathered, emulsified, caramel-colored mousse, like the food mousse." "Once it gets to this stage, it's not poisonous," Barbour said. "But if a small animal got coated enough with it, it could smother it. But if you got enough toothpaste on you, you couldn't breathe."What. An. Idiot....

This is what President Obama's critics have been reduced to-George Will yesterday on This Week saying the president is "being unfairly blamed" for his response to the Deepwater Horizon fiasco, but on the other hand "it sort of serves him right." From Media Matters:I used to have some degree of respect for George Will. He was one of the few remaining voices on the right who, on occasion, made some reasonable, rational arguments. Now he's...

Something to look forward to if Republicans re-gain control of the House in November--impeachment. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and the right-wing noise machine are revving up impeachment chatter over the allegations of Joe Sestak being offered an unpaid advisory position to stay out of the senatorial primary in Pennsylvania. Issa:"It's very clear that allegation is one that everyone from Arlen Spector to Dick Morris has said is in fact a crime, and could be impeachable,"...

President Obama held a meeting with Senate Republicans yesterday-no cameras present. I would assume GOP senators learned a lesson from the dressing-down their House counterparts took in January with cameras rolling and insisted on that. Afterwards, Bob Corker of Tennessee and Pat Roberts of Kansas gave their versions of what transpired, and what they allegedly said to the president.Corker spoke with Greg Sargent of The Plum Line:"He got all uppity I felt like there was...

Republican Minority Whip Eric Cantor has launched a new web site called You Cut, which "is designed to defeat the permissive culture of runaway spending in Congress. It allows you to vote, both online and on your cell phone, on spending cuts that you want to see the House enact." The first five cuts on which to vote are (and remember, only ONE of these will be chosen):The Presidential Election Fund. Savings-$260 million over five...

Any time anything passes in the Senate by a vote of 96-0 I'm suspicious. Those numbers are usually reserved for meaningless proclamations declaring 'National Be Kind to Puppies and Kitties Day.' But such a vote took place yesterday on Sen. Bernie Sanders' amendment to audit the Federal Reserve. Sanders' original amendment would have required the Fed to submit to regular audits, but the watered-down version passed yesterday is for a one-time audit with a specific...