Lets not forget all of the "free-bee" propaganda from the press. If a price could be put on that, Obama would exceed the GDP in spending for 2008.

It would not surprise me if all of the conservative justices wrote the opinion and controlled the narrative of the decision. My understanding is that the liberals were perfectly happy to have expanded the commerce clause. By writing the opinion, he removed any doubt that it was a tax, it had nothing to do with the commerce clause, and by making it constitutional, left the blame at the feet of the democrats and us to take care of the situation. 51% is all it takes to get rid of the law because it is a tax.

Justice Roberts did the right thing for several reasons. 1. He preserved the Commerce Clause as it is currently interpreted. 2. He called it what it was from the very beginning. 3. By calling it a tax, he has put the hangman's noose around the democrats (ALL of the democrats) and left it up to us to kick the chair out from under them. 2010 was about the health care law; by ruling it constitutional, he has reignited the fire of the Tea Party and left the democrats with a lot to explain. 4. He has called on us to take control of our country and pay more attention to who we elect. 5. By breaking rank with conservatives, he has restored the perception of non-partisan nature of the court.

Austin has been "looney left" for some time now. It seems to well contained.

The liberals we have down here are typically steeped in the liberal ideology. They won't see the light (note my use of "won't" rather than "don't"). Luckily, we have only an island of liberalism (Austin).

Root ended the article perfectly. “Come on down, ya’ll are welcome. Just leave your liberal politics at home.” is exactly how we feel. I worry about "immigrants" to Texas because some of them bring their political baggage with them and try to screw up our state. We have a saying in Texas: "We don't care how you did it up North...you are in Texas now."

Watergate looks like "good politics" compared to Fast and Furious.

good one!!!

Is Beckel serious? He is claiming that we would be "making the same mistake as Obama" by electing Mitt Romney. Having a third candidate harks back to Ross Perot. If it weren't for Ross Perot, there would have never been a President Bill Clinton. Having a third candidate would ensure a reelection of Obama - divide and conquer. Beckel sux! I hate two-faced liberals. If anyone has his email address, please reply to this comment.

I thought it was 3 million.

“Windmills consume thousands of acres of quality farmland, blighting the horizons worse than billboards." This statement is partially incorrect. First, they aren't windmills. They are wind turbines. One is for grinding grain, and one is for generating electricity. In Texas, the farmers out in west Texas love the wind turbines. The companies that manage the turbines rent space from the farmers to provide space for the wind turbines, and the farmers grow their crops around them. It provides the farmers with added income to the income generated by crop production.