FBI makes arrest over threat to kill GOP Rep. Eric Cantor

Calm down, people.

Health Care Voting Breakdown

Looks pretty simple. If you're a Democrat, and your district voted for Obama, you voted for the bill, with few exceptions.

Utah has the skinniest kids in the USA

So says this article.

Bret Baier's interview with Barack Obama

The first time I remember seeing Bret Baier was this one-hour news special on Donald Rumsfeld somewhere around 2004. It was the biggest love-letter puff-piece I'd ever seen. Maybe it's because I thought Donald Rumsfeld was turning out to be one of our worst Defense Secretaries in the past hundred years. But I also knew, watching it, that Baier was a star on the rise at Fox News.

I thought Baier did as well as he could have in the interview. He knew he only had 20 minutes, and Obama seemed intent on filibustering with lengthy platitudes, and Baier had no choice but to interrupt to try to get straight answers. So in the end, the first two-thirds of the interview were all on process. I didn't really learn much from the interview beyond process and tactics and procedure.

Obama seemed willing to give more time and less platitudes when Major Garrett interviewed him earlier, but that might be because Garrett's the most impartial reporter FNC has. Obama can criticize Hannity and Beck, etc., all he wants, but kudos to the other journalists for standing up to the White House when they tried to freeze out the entire network.

Ensign should resign

Two things I get out of this article. Sen. John Ensign should resign, and, wait, Barbara "Ma'am" Boxer is in charge of the ethics committee?!

Oh, Washington. No wonder we have so little faith in thee.

Return of the Killer Bees

I wonder if the bee population is going to come back with a vengeance.

Hitchens on the Pope

Christopher Hitchens, stalwart atheist, weighs in on the scandals surrounding the Pope.

Anyone who saw the documentary "Deliver Us From Evil" is not surprised by what's going on.

State Rep. Kevin Garn's scandal

I can't believe he didn't announce his immediate resignation.

Paul Ryan's plan no better

Sure would be nice if the middle class would stop getting picked on.

I think what's most alarming to me is just how low the lowest income still gets you into the Top 1% of America.

Beck fed up with Massa

After this interview with retiring Democratic Rep. Eric Massa, Glenn Beck apologized to Americ for wasting their time.

Patriots for a Moral Utah is a Yes Men hoax

I'm glad it didn't fool too many people.

Press Conference?

Wow, Paul Jackson and Nora Young.

Still say this is a hoax.

Was anyone else there?
Did they seem like real people?

Massa goes down swinging

Not too often do you see retiring Congressman napalming their bridges as they go like this. Is "Devil's Spawn" going to stick as Rahm's new nickname?

"Patriots for a Moral Utah" is a hoax

To all those who've been tricked this time around: the "patriots for a moral utah" is a hoax. There is no petition to force gays to move out of Utah. It is a hoax. Repeat, a hoax. Not a very funny one, but it's either designed to just make Utah look bad or to mirror the 19th century legislation from Missouri that made it legal to exterminate Mormons to get them out of their state.

Sure would like to know who started it...

Could Tim Pawlenty win the GOP nom?

This guy thinks so, and I only link because he correctly pegged John McCain in 2007, back when McCain's campaign looked like it was over before it had begun.

1) Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota.
2) Mike Pence, US Representative from Indiana.
3) Rick Perry, Governor of Texas.
4) Jim DeMint, US Senator from South Carolina.
5) Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi.
6) Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana.
7) John Thune, US Senator from South Dakota.
8) Mitt Romney, former Governor from Massachusetts.
9) Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
10) Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida.
11) Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana.
12) Bob Corker, US Senator from Tennessee.
13) John Kasich, former US Congressman from Ohio.
14) Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska.
15) Dan Quayle, former Vice President.

His list goes to 25.

I saw clips of Pawlenty's CPAC speech and thought it wasn't very good. The Elin Woods reference was bad timing. But he has time to get better, and voters tends to like governors. From what I've seen, I'm more interested in what Mike Pence and Mitch Daniels are going to do. I would rank Mitt Romney higher, but I think he's the placeholder until The Powers That Be can find a candidate they like more.

Man. Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina have too much power.