Sunday Afternoon Read (Wizbang)

"If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win." Thomas Sowell

250 Foreign born troops become US citizens More than 40,000 service members are not American citizens, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). These foreign-born men and women have pledged commitment to the U.S. Constitution by serving in the military and many are availing themselves of a July 2002 executive order making members of the Armed Forces immediately eligible to apply for citizenship.Nearly 5,000 service members have earned U.S. citizenship while serving abroad since 2004. (Via Flopping Aces)

Evening News Showcases Green Lunacy: Trees Violate Solar Law Report ignores inefficiency of solar energy source and property rights implications of California shade ordinance. (Via Townhall)

Environmental Hysterics Originally Published in: The Washington Times
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley recently warned that failure to take action on global warming could mean the extinction of the human race. Over the last few years, we've been repeatedly warned we are in the midst of a climate crisis that threatens our survival. Al Gore calls it a "planetary emergency." (Via Eteam)

Budget cuts strike education again Afterall, that paltry 16K per student just doesn't cover anything these days. (Via KT Cats Post)

Hillary to cut crime in half? Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), campaigning for her husband's former government job, made a rather fantastic claim in West Philadelphia yesterday: she said that her proposals would cut the murder rate in big cities by half.¹ Oddly enough, I thought that fighting crime was a state issue; murder, after all, is a state crime, not a federal offense. (Via Common Sense Political Thought)

Economists disagree with Democratic economics policies? No way. You mean to tell me these Democrats just say whatever they need to say to get votes, regardless of whether it is actually sound economic policy? (Via Liberty Pundit)

Can he possibly be any more insulting? "And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."-Obama. Last week young girls were 'punished' with babies and stds, this week the poor cling to guns and God. He just became the Clinton campaign's best friend. All she has to do now is stand back a let *him* talk. (Via Constitution Club)

Hillary defends small town America "The people of faith I know don't 'cling' to religion because they're bitter. People embrace faith not because they are materially poor, but because they are spiritually rich."-- Sen. Hillary Clinton In response to Obama's assertion that the poor cling to guns and God out of bitterness. Damn! She just scored a point with me. (Via The Dawn Patrol)

Obama Apologizes I want to my add my two cents onto the excellent rundown Mike gave of the Obama apology below. One thing this man sure is good at making apologies that are basically apologies for how stupid us viewers and readers are. (Via Flopping Aces)

A less than perfect union Just when I thought we were about to have an honest, 4700 word national monologue on race, class war rears it's ugly head again: (Via Six Meat Buffet)

Change we can deceive in An Obama logo creator. This is purely for fun. (Via Six Meat Buffet)