As Will Rogers said, "We have the best Congress money can buy." Serious budget cuts are unlikely because spending serves the self-interest of politicians. It's all about the money. When politicians grant a tax break or subsidy to a company, the politician profits too, whether in the form of campaign contributions, payoffs to family members who are lobbyists, insider trading, or some other scam. Greed and corruption rule the system.

Brown's budget is balanced on a foundation of fictitious revenue projections. Real revenue from individual and corporate income taxes has been falling far short of projections. The result will be another huge deficit, not a surplus.

Head Start was just one of LBJ's mistakes, but it raises a question: will BHO be able to damage the USA in 8 years as much as LBJ did in his 5-year presidency? Probably not, but that history has not yet been written. I hope not, but I am not optimistic.

When SS was enacted in 1935 average life expectancy was 63 for whites and 53 for blacks. Since women live longer than men, the chief beneficiaries of SS were white woman. Blacks were just screwed by the Democrats again.

Coulter's love of Christie just proves that we are all stupid at times.

When I was growing up in the 40's and 50's homicides and other crime rates were low, and very few young males belonged to gangs. What happened? In the 60's we saw the rise of welfare, drugs, and illegitimate births. Boys without fathers drifted into gangs and became feral predators. In my opinion the single greatest societal problem is single motherhood subsidized by welfare.

As a Californian I hope Obama does not bail out California. The Democrat-created fiscal nightmare in this state will end only when the money runs out and the bureaucracy collapses under its own weight.

In the upcoming PR war the Republicans need to agree on a few simple talking points and repeat them over and over. Obama did that successfully by saying repeatedly that the wealthy need to pay "their fair share" and contribute "just a little more." Republicans had no rebuttal. This time they need to get ahead of the game. "We need to cut spending for our children's sake. Otherwise, we doom them to lives of poverty." Or something like that.

This year the Democrats acquired 100% control of California state government. The lunatics are unchained and running the asylum. This will not end well. But the upside is that the house of cards they are constructing will collapse for lack of money, and Democrat supporters will be hurt in the end. Will they learn from the experience? Probably not.

I used to get the flu once or twice a year. The last time was in 1974. Right after that I increased my vitamin C intake to 1000 mg/day, and have not had the flu since then. Nor any head colds. I have never had a flu shot and don't intend to ever get one. My wife has had the same experience with vitamin C.

Among its many flaws Social Security has a reverse Robin Hood effect: it takes FICA taxes from young struggling workers to pay benefits to affluent but no-longer-productive retirees like me who don't need the money. My solution? Give your SS payments to your children if you don't need the money.