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SECTION ONE: The Word:
Today, we come to the conclusion of our Thoughts for the Day from The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek. I was continually struck at how very timely Hayek's observations in 1944 were still today.

Ummm...regarding that "Consent Of The Governed" notion. -- "More people believe in freaking ALIEN ABDUCTIONS than believe in the representative legitimacy of current government." And this is an exceedingly dangerous state of affairs. It will become more dangerous if the elected politicians and the unelected bureaucrats persist in ignoring the will of the people. If you think that people are angry now, just wait until Pelosi tries to pass a bill out of the House without taking a vote--the Slaughter Option. If they do that it will trigger an instant Constitutional Crisis--not one between the branches of government, but between the Congress and the people themselves. We really, really, really, really don't want to go there--that's playing with an especially dangerous kind of fire. SECTION TWO: Things That Amuse Me:
Simians and other aminals*:
Decoding the Long Calls of the Orangutan
Residents flee Angolan village invaded by elephants
Kangaroo sightings baffle Japanese town
Scientists Solve Puzzle of Chickens That Are Half Male and Half Female
Oklahoma electric crews say pole climbing bobcat caused power outage
To Arctic Animals, Time of Day Really Doesn't Matter

Travel:
Cruise Doc Offers Tips For Avoiding Noroviruses Aboard Ship -- "As important as washing your hands, you have to learn to KEEP YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM YOUR EYES, NOSE AND MOUTH."

Sports:
Rotert’s 21 pts leads SD St. in Summit final
Rotert's FT clinches NCAA bid as South Dakota St. tips Oral Roberts in OT
SDSU Upsets Top-Seeded ORU For Summit League Crown
SDSU upsets No. 14 Arkansas
Dancing again: SDSU women advance to national tourney: Turnovers plague Jackrabbits in win
Jacks fight off meltdown by getting tough
Oakland Beats IUPUI to Capture Summit League Basketball Title
Royals hoping Podsednik can do for them what he’s done to them
Circling the Summit
College buzz: Phillips leaving WIN for KC
Waiting to exhale: SDSU women and greater fan interest help make Sioux Falls successful host
KU Tops Texas Tech: Cole Aldrich Had 12 Points, 18 Rebounds
No. 1 KU tops Texas Tech 80-68 to reach 2,000 wins
No. 15 Tennessee beats LSU 59-49 in SEC tourney

Science, technology, and space:
Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market

Straight news:
Sen. Reid's family injured in car accident -- Wow. Hope they recover quickly and completely . . .

SECTION THREE: Politics: The neverending battle against blithering idiocy:
People doing potentially good things (including sightings of politicians doing something less than totally idiotic):
Rubio up 32 points over Crist in new poll
Gallup Poll Finds Conservative Voters Have Enthusiasms. Enthusiasms. Enthusiasms.
Kevin Libin: Sarah Palin knows her Canadian health care history. Do we?
Court Dismisses ACORN Suit vs. ‘Pimp’, ‘Hooker’ and Breitbart.com
O'Keefe's Next Victim: HUD

The cure for blithering idiocy: freedom and individual liberty (yeah, I know--ooh, ick, philosophy!):
Bigger Government Is Not the Solution to Big Government Problems
The Constitutional Case Against Progressives

Politics, otherwise difficult to classify:
Democrats flee as Obama approaches Missouri

The reality of President Obama and his entire Administration as blithering idiots:
US Census Form Letter Promises ‘Fair Share’ of Federal Money -- The bigger pigs can get their snouts deeper in the trough, you see . . .
Chief Justice Roberts: That Crap Obama Pulled At The State Of The Union Was Uncool
Rasmussen: 66%+ Majorities Think the President Is Lying About Everything In Health Care, Including the "The's" and "And's"--Update: Dick Durbin Says Anyone Who Says Premiums Are Going Down is a Liar
The Punk White House
Holder, Wrote, Hid Brief in Support of Terrorist Plotting to Kill American Civilians
Obama Spiked ACORN Investigation: Judicial Watch Releases FBI Documents -- Hmm. Wandering into "coverup" territory?

The reality of Washington Democrats (and Independents, and Socialists) as blithering idiots:
Real Quote From Nancy Pelosi: "We Have To Pass The Health Care Bill So You Can Find Out What's In It"
Constitutional Slaughter: Democrats Attempting Rule Change in House That Would Pass Senate Bill Without An Actual Vote on the Senate Bill
Monica Conyers, Wife of Far Left Rep. John Conyers, Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison
Constitutional Question: Will There Be One By The Time The 111th Congress Is Done With It? -- This has, quite unfortunately, not become a rhetorical question, I'm afraid . . .
No way out for Dems: ObamaCare's their own mess

Other blithering idiots at large making life difficult for regular folks:
Nearly Every Human Who Has Ever Lived Denied Fundamental Human Right
Tax soda, pizza to cut obesity, researchers say -- How about: Make People Pay The Price For Their Own Behavior, rather than pawning off the costs on EVERYBODY via taxes? Wouldn't that be a better system?
Enhancing Democracy by Banning Speech: The misguided liberal response to Citizens United

Opposition Research: because blithering idiocy can be dangerous, especially when organized into idiotic groups with idiotic ideologies:
Milwaukee Police Ignored ACORN Voting Fraud Cases -- This is what corruption looks like.
Better living through looting -- "Obviously, we should move Congress to Detroit."
How to Pollute a Mind: Lessons from John Dewey and Van Jones
The 'Progressives' Are Really 'Oppressives'
Obama and the Left at the Brink
Five Lies About the American Economy: The Obama team’s favorite slices of fiscal baloney
Epic Stupidity
A Tea Party Fake? -- Democrats lie. If he was a real candidate, wouldn't Ashjian have a web site? As far as I can tell, he doesn't. That says "stalking horse/false flag operation" to me.

The Keith Olbermann Memorial "Special Comment" on blithering idiots in the Media:
State-Run Media Red-Faced Over Palin’s Canadian Doctor Visits
Media Malfeasance Begins To Eat Itself -- Heh.

SECTION FOUR: Case Studies in Blithering Idiocy
"Global warming" aka "Climate change" -- or should that be "Climate Reform?":
Climategate Stunner: NASA Heads Knew NASA Data Was Poor, Then Used Data from CRU -- Wow. Just wow.
New Study Debunks Myths About Vulnerability of Amazon Rain Forests to Drought

Health care "reform" aka health insurance "reform" -- or should that be health care "change?" Perhaps "Global healthing?:
Rasmussen: 57% think ObamaCare will damage economy
Oh my: 68% now oppose passing ObamaCare without Republican support
The prospects for health care "reform" -- Check out especially slide 10.
2,300 TURN OUT to Protest Obama at St. Louis Fundraiser… Top Dems Scatter! (Video)
Over 2,200 Protest Fauxcare in Downtown St. Louis
If Pelosi Has the Votes, Then Why Does the House Need the Slaughter Solution to Pass ObamaCare
BREAKING: Parliamentarian Deals Fatal (?) Blow to ObamaCare
Pass It First, Then Amend It -- "Democratic leaders should be asking themselves just how they have gotten to the point that their strategy is to amend a law that doesn’t exist yet by passing a bill without voting on it."
Endgame: House to begin final push for ObamaCare on Monday - Oh, if only this were the "endgame." But progressives never abandon their collectivist dreams . . .

The Economy (Can the blithering idiots bring down the most productive economy the world has ever seen? Yes, They Can! Will they?):
Solar’s Bubble Busted
Evading Prosperity
The Myth of the Recovery: The White House claims the economy is on the mend. That’s a fantasy.
How the Campuses Helped Ruin California's Economy

Foreign affairs and National Security (Will blithering idiots get us all killed, or make us all speak Spanish--or Chinese--or Arabic--or all three?):
Breaking: Al-Qaeda Killer & Dem Operative Worked at New Jersey Nuclear Plant -- Hoo boy . . .


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