There's only one major "religion" in the world that advocates mass, wanton murder. And it's not Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, or Christianity. Murder innocents, get to paradise. Stop treating it as a religion, IRS. People should apply Gandhi-style tactics like filling up their mosques with non-Muslims every regular worship. Bring your Ipods, be polite, but let them know we're present.

How dare you insult me by calling me a liberal, sir! The best solution to mollify the class warriors is a sales tax to replace income tax, or supplement a simple flat tax. That way, if the 47 percenters envy billionaires, at least the Buffets and Gateses will have to pay higher taxes on their champagne and caviar, not to mention jets and yachts.

Ann must be hanging around her buddy Bill Maher, or Chris Christie, to come up with this. While I'd love Buffett to pay 90% income tax, her idea to tax capital gains as ordinary income is foolish. Why save? And an excise tax on movies will not affect Hollywood liberals one iota: such taxes will be paid solely by consumers. Wow, I'm glad I didn't waste my dime on her newest book. She's just an entertainer.

I love Ann's writing, but she sure was wrong about Chris Christie. She must have sacrificed too many brain cells drinking with Bill Maher.

Santa is real. The North Pole is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Santa brings food stamps and cash to all the good little dependants, and coal and switches to small businessmen. And Santa will always win elections against mommies and daddies who don't have bags of gifts that magically appear out of their own pockets to Santa's workshop.

With the Myrmidon Media in his pocket, Obama can't lose. If the GOP does compromise, it will mean they got something. Even just a little something means that Democrats can blame the next recession on Republicans. The best strategy is to say, okay, Democrats, the economy is now owned lock stock and barrel by your out-dated Galbreath/Keynesian beliefs. Let's see how that works. Then promise to fix things in 2 years.

Excellent! Wish I'd said that.

Actually, I don't know of any liberals who gave Reagan credit for winning the Cold War. They say it was all Gorbachev.

It's a lose-lose situation because no matter what the GOP does, they will be blamed by the myrmidon media. If Republicans refuse to deal, they will be blamed for going over the cliff. When the economy collapses under higher taxes and Obamacare, the media will still blame Republicans for not going along with Pelosi and Obama enough. After all, some Republicans are planning to "compromise" on tax increases anyway, like war hero Saxby Chambliss. So go all in like Ann says. Winston Smith eventually believed 2 + 2 = 5 because he WANTED to believe whatever the State said was true, even if it defied logic. That is the position of well-educated journalists today.

It's a lose-lose situation because no matter what the GOP does, they will be blamed by the myrmidon media. If Republicans refuse to deal, they will be blamed for going over the cliff. When the economy collapses under higher taxes and Obamacare, the media will still blame Republicans for not going along with Pelosi and Obama enough. Winston Smith eventually believed 2 + 2 = 5 because he WANTED to believe whatever the State said was true, even if it defied logic. That is the position of well-educated journalists today.