"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force." Ayn Rand The Constitution forbids "Bills of Attainder", but Shumer thinks otherwise and seeks to punish those with more monetary acumen than he. Apparently the young expatriate wants to use his property (his money) for other purposes than to render it useless by giving it to the US Government. Bravo! Chuckie Shumer...Wesley Mouch anyone?

Just for the record...Romney used his own money to fund his wife's horse riding adventures. Anybody know who paid for the Obama's "Wonderland" party? I do not care if Mitt Romney is a good or bad steward of his family's money...I do care about the President's stewardship of taxpayer money...in that regard the President can not be frivolous, but he and his brood repeatedly are at a time when many Americans cannot find work and his administration continues to pile on the national debt irresponsibly.

This is a staged event. If you do not include elected officials with an opposing view to participate in the discussion and question the Secretary of State and other administration officials on the question of sovereignty, redistribution of resources and national defense issues, then the administration has failed the American people in its duty. How is this different than the staged Sandra Fluke event where there were no opposition Congressional representatives to fully examine the issue? Thank God for the citizen reporters, otherwise we would remain in the dark.

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It all falls to the Senate. No matter what agreement Hilary forges with the UN, nor the President's acquiescence, will have bearing on the Senate to do its duty to approve or disapprove a resolution for treaty ratification. The Senate can also NOT act, and leave the treaty dormant for consideration for future Senates to reengage. The vote is all important and requires 2/3rds majority of Senators present to be effectively passed. My worry is that the President will again misuse Decision Directives, Executive Orders, policy or agency regulations, without open debate, to force compliance against the will of the States...which used to be represented in Congress by Senators instead of the partisan political party hacks we have now.

"...one that strengthens our sovereignty and is deemed by the U.S. military to be essential to our security." LOST does neither of these things. It subjects US sovereignty to the whims of the UN and is decidedly not essential to national defense. This is because the property rights are forfeit to those who would develop sea resources, whether it be private US companies or the public in the form of the US government. LOST has been bad since before Mr. Reagan's tenure as President, and remains so today. Shame on the Bush administration for pursuing this issue so that it now gets another look by the current socialist President and milquetoast Senate.

Thank you, Humberto, for another prescient article on the perfidy of Guevara and Castro. Unfortunately, Guevara's canonization is complete for the leftists in America and I feel you are pissing in the wind with the truth. Those without ears will not listen and those that can are content to deal with the Cuban problem only after the physical demise of Fidel Castro, if at all. They exhibit the same fear and lack of political will shown by President Kennedy who left so many Cuban patriots to perish in the Bay of Pigs.

Thank you, Humberto, for another prescient article on the perfidy of Guevara and Castro. Unfortunately, Guevara's canonization is complete for the leftists in America and I feel you are pissing in the wind with the truth. Those without ears will not listen and those that can are content to deal with the Cuban problem only after the physical demise of Fidel Castro, if at all. They exhibit the same fear and lack of political will shown by President Kennedy who left so many Cuban patriots to perish in the Bay of Pigs.

Brouhaha versus Hoo-ha-ha About once a week, Megyn has these moments on her show whereby she strives to keep her composure in the face of obviously unintended malapropisms. Today's was the funniest for me. For the uninitiated, a "hoo-haw" is polite East Coast slang for female genitalia, prompting Megyn's smile and swift correction of Sally Kohn. Kohn is clueless to the mistake she just uttered on air, making this all the more fun to watch. Although Benson's finishing retort is funny, it in no way matches Kohn's misapplication of colloquial slang. Folks, now that you know, have a great day!

Pelosi acts like a pig looking at a wrist watch, and asked the time. She deliberately feigns ignorance so she can spread a political message to the benefit of the Democrat Party, or to herself. Now it may be, like the pig, she was overwhelmed with the information she received in the briefing and could not foresee the implications of the EIT policies. If so, she is incompetent; just plain stupid; or a lying, nasty piece of work. Whichever way it is, she is not fit to serve in the House. California can do better, but apparently, its voters have accepted her mediocrity as the new standard, and cheers her on.