We can only hope that someone accurately predicts that we'll run out of hot air. That would mean the end of all of the "gas" that comes out of Washington DC

Alright, that's it. This is the second article I've read today in Townhall.com that is absolutely, positively a FICTION. There is NO WAY, NONE, that this country has gone so far over the cliff as to suspend an elementary school student for saying the word "gun" and for police to begin conducting an unwarranted search of the boy's home. This just doesn't happen in this country. What are we, a Banana Republic?

I rely on websites, such as Townhall.com, for the truth. This, however, has to be fiction. There is NO WAY that I believe that this country has gone so far over the cliff as to punish a soldier for throwing a party at which he declares his support for DOMA (which, as the article points out, IS THE LAW). This has got to be made up. It has to be. This is the United States, for crying out loud. We celebrate Freedom of Speech.

Of course they were. Transparent government? Balderdash.

How does these White House guys like Carney look at themselves in the mirror each day? Think how delusional he and so many of his predecessors are. In this case, I think Carney is speaking to formal colleages day-after-day. Do they all just show up to see what "whopper" Jay is going to speak about today? Hell, it's a game. I believe that the MSM draws straws to see who gets stuck writing an article that actually exposes some of the lies. That is the day's unlucky reporter. Afterwards, they all gather at local Washington watering holes and chuckle about "I can't believe he said that!". When you no longer have a curious and doubting media, you have a set-up for tyrannical government. The press is supposed to be the eyes and ears of the citizens, not people who support the lies so many politicians tell

Ah, the Cupid Shuffle. I guess these IRS people had "love" on their minds. They were getting ready to ask some innocent taxpayers to bend over and receive some IRS "love".

I don't even know what racism is or what it means. People build relationships with other people WITH WHOM they have something in common. The average white person in this country doesn't have much in common with the average black person or Hispanic person for that matter. Seriously, what does the average Asian person have in common with black people? Does that make them racists? I worked in an auto plant as a young man. The plant's union workforce was largely made of low-educated white people and blacks. Even though these folks works side-by-side each day, I never knew white workers to associated with black workers outside the factory. They just didn't seem to have the same background, family interests, etc. You would be hard-pressed to find any nation in the world where different cultures and people have been successfully integrated. It just doesn't work. Are Swedes racists because they haven't assimilated Muslims into the country? What about the French? How about the Saudis who don't assimilate the Indians and Pakistanis into their country? This stuff just doesn't work. It never has and it never will.

Obamacare, like every other government program, is following the law of "unintended (or, perhaps, intended) consequences". If the political geniuses in Washington who created and voted for this monstrosity couldn't see these things coming, how in the HELL would any reasonable person ever want the government to control anything? There has been some campaigning by Obama and Dr. Emmanuel to excite young people to sign-up for Obamacare. It seems that it's necessary for young, healthy people who probably won't need health care coverage (in other words, will use few services while paying for them) because that's how the system can be somewhat "solvent". Sounds a lot like Social Security; force a bunch of people, who don't use benefits, to pay for those benefits now so that others can currently draw from those payments. The funny thing is that Obamacare mandated young people to be covered up through the age of 26 under their parents' plans, right? So, what incentive would a 23-year old college grad have to buy insurance when he is on Mom and Dad's policies for "free"? In fact, if I'm an employer, why would I offer healthcare coverage to the 23-year old new hire when I know darn good and well that he/she is covered until 26 years of age on someone else's dime? At the end of the day, I am hard-pressed to think of a single thing that government does well other than stealing citizens' money.

Quite honestly, I would have hoped that Apple's Mr. Cook would have refused to appear before this Kangaroo Court. He and the company aren't guilty of any wrongdoing. In fact, it is clear that Apple, and most companies and MOST taxpayers, try to take advantage of as many legal "loopholes" (deductions) as possible. Who in the HELL wants to pay more taxes? Who in the HELL wants to watch what you've earned confiscated by a government that is going to flush it down a toilet?

Isn't Holder the same guy who only a few weeks ago said that he had recused himself from making decisions about these matters? Is this another lie coming from "the most transparent Administration" in our history?

Wars end when one side is DEFEATED militarily. Wars which "end" with some sort of truce are never truly "over" (see Korean War). WWII was over when the Allies bombed Germany into rubble and defeated its army. WWII ended when we wiped out Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Overwhelming military defeat IS the way to end a war. Obama's speech yesterday, like all his speeches, is just another smoke-and-mirrors event. It was pablum for his supporters and the media. In the face of a horrific terrorist event in London and just weeks after a terrorist attack in this country (Boston Marathon), to suggest that al Qaeda and Islamic terrorism has been defeated is the height of hubris and just plain phoney. The answer to dealing with these third century militants is one of two methods: you go balls-to-the-walls for energy production in the U.S. and/or you drop a couple of atomic bombs on Iran and publicly state that the next time there's a terrorist event, another Muslim capitol will be nuked without warning.