Mock Them at Your Own Risk, Mr. President

President Obama claims to be "amused" by all the tea party protests and says that the protesters should be "thanking him."

I am starting to like the idea of Democrats making light of the groundswell against them. Part of the reason Republicans dominated elections in 1994 is that the Democrats did not realize the size of the threat until it was too late.

There was some concern that this year would be different because Democrats had over a year of warning.

But the belittling and marginalizing by Obama and the Democrats continues unabated, in the wake of Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts and terrible poll numbers for Democrats all across the country.

And this will likely be a good thing. The more they put blinders on, and try to convince each other that the uprising is small and non-threatening, the less they will prepare for the intense fight that is coming this election season.

So keep mocking, Mr. President.

So Much for Being Above the Political Process

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, at age 90, is still going strong on the court. But, he wants to make sure that when he goes, a liberal will replace him.

So, he announced this weekend that he will retire during Barack Obama's presidency.

The Supreme Court was set up to be above the political process. Justices are appointed (not elected) and serve life terms, so they never have to worry about elections. It was designed to let them be impartial arbiters of Constitutional intent.

But let's be real. Does anyone believe that is the case? Of course not - they almost always have a political ideology and stick to it. Which is why Stevens has to retire soon. He can't risk Obama being a one-term president and then allowing a Republican to fill his seat. He even takes a risk waiting til 2012 and seeing what happens. If Obama loses, and Republicans have at least 40 seats, they will just filibuster and wait for the Republican president in 2013 to make a new nomination.

So, Stevens has to go soon to make sure a liberal president gets to appoint a liberal nominee to take the seat. And the wheel goes round...

This is Not an April Fool's Joke

This video comes from last Friday




Um...this man helps run the country and he thinks an island can CAPSIZE?