History

If the president's panel on the deficits and debt say the country can't survive the VAT or some other new revenue scheme, just call them liars:

Mitch Daniels on the five books that most influenced his political thinking: F.A. Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom," "Milton Friedman's "Free to Choose," Charles Murray's "What it Means to be a Libertarian," Mancur Olson's "The Rise and Decline of Nations" and Virginia Postrel's "The Future and its Enemies."

Mixed-feelings time:

An Indianapolis museum and Fort Harrison State Park in the capital are teaming up for a Vietnam Experience Re-enactment on July 17 and 18.

The program co-sponsored by the Museum of 20th Century Warfare will recreate American units opposing Vietcong forces in a public battle. Hobbyist re-enactors will be dressed in authentic or recreated uniforms and use Vietnam-era equipment and weapons to drill, exercise and simulate combat.

All pretense if gone now. All reason. All sanity. All decency.

Last night, as part of a procedural vote on the emergency war supplemental bill, House Democrats attached a document that "deemed as passed" a non-existent $1.12 trillion budget. The execution of the "deeming" document allows Democrats to start spending money for Fiscal Year 2011 without the pesky constraints of a budget.

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Remember the time, oh, about 10 years ago, when Democrats were in favor of kicking out illegal immigrants?

Remember the time, oh, about 10 years ago, when Democrats were in favor of kicking out illegal immigrants?

Poor Nero. His name is now synonymous with people who occupy themselves with amusements while ignoring the crisis around them. But he allegedly "fiddled while Rome burned" in AD 64, and there was no such instrument as the fiddle until at least the 16th century:

Happy 235th birthday to the U.S. Army, still out there on the front lines defending Americans' freedom and way of life. You're welcome. No, really, don't mention it.

Kentucky dimwits:

Kentucky is saying “no” to Rand Paul.

The Kentucky Senate has adopted a resolution declaring any form of discrimination to be inconsistent with American values. The move is in reaction to remarks made by Kentucky U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul.