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I can think of eight GOP congressional reps who really don’t want their jobs anymore; they made that obvious by kissing Nancy Pelosi’s ring (and rear) to help the Obama climate change bill – which includes the economically-toxic cap-n-trade legislation – pass the House vote.

Despite 44 brave Democrats crossing Pelosi to oppose the bill, eight idiot Republicans also crossed party lines to support the toxic legislation. So here’s the GOP hit-list for the next round of US Congressional elections, the eight RINOs who need to be cleansed from the system. They are:

• Rep. Mary Bono (Calif.)
• Rep. Michael Castle (Del.)
• Rep. Mark Kirk (Ill.)
• Rep. Leonard Lance (N.J.)
• Rep. Frank LoBiondo (N.J.)
• Rep. John McHugh (N.Y.)
• Rep. David Reichert (Wash.)
• Rep. Christopher Smith (N.J.)

Remember those names in November of 2010, people. If they aren’t ousted by their local GOP, vote for the Dem opponent. At least then, you’d know you’re getting a liberal, rather than a turncoat. Send all eight of them into Congressional retirement; they’d probably be better off selling Wilmington NC real estate.

Just as he was trying to decide between hiking in the Ozarks, shopping for Naples FL custom doors or a secret trip to Argentina, South Carolina GOP governor Mark Sanford revealed he let the wrong head do his thinking for him, as he revealed his absence was due to an affair, rather than a nature-loving trip or buying smart home improvement materials.

Sanford had been positioning himself for a 2012 presidential run by being among the first to turn down President Obama’s bailout money a few months ago, so secure head-of-the-pack on the fiscal conservative front. Now disgraced and admitting it, at least, Sanford has said he will step down as president of the GOP Governor’s Association and it has yet to be determined whether the scandal will also drive him from office.

“The bottom line is this,” Sanford said. “I have been unfaithful to my wife.”

While that reads a whole lot more honest than, “That depends what the definition of the word ‘is’ is,” and worlds better than “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky,” it’s still tawdry stuff that’s rather unacceptable in GOP circles, at least for the moment.

So Governor Palin can rest easier tonight as one of her stronger contenders for the 2012 top of the GOP ticket is now sidelined faster than you can say, “Macaca.”

While appearing to bend to pressure from the West, Israel PM Binyamin Netanyahu publicly accepted in concept the idea of a Palestinian state existing alongside Israel; however, the leader attached some preconditions that nearly assured Israel’s security under such a plan, such as that Palestine could have no standing military with which to attack Israel, and that the Palestinian state would have to recognize Israel’s right to exist.

Of course, this prompted a rejection of any peace talks by Palestinians, who are unwilling to accept anything short of total surrender and vacating of the land by all Jews as acceptable terms for a negotiated peace. So let President Obama assume victory if he wishes; at least President Netanyahu knows the real score, even if he’s more in need of a diet pill than our chief executive.

With the controversial, election-fraud-ridden victory over the weekend of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who won a second four-year term as president with an alleged 63 percent of the boat, it’s clear that Mr. Ahmadinejad has at least one lesson to share with Minnesota’s Al Franken: if you’re going to steal an election result – go big!

Franken’s ACORN-assisted election result is controversial because the election fraud perpetrated in his name was too modest, giving him a win of only a couple hundred votes. If Franken truly wanted to be Minnesota’s next undisputed U.S. senator, he would have fielded an Ahmadinejad-like win that put to rest all doubts that the fix was in.

Meanwhile, digital camcorders may be recording election fraud in Iran and Minnesota, but guess where the footage has the best chance of getting the camera man killed? Look to the west, young man…

At least one Russian newspaper of record is touting already the death of American capitalism under President Barack Obama. Please note: this is not a claim by a Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity worshiping the porcelain tile; this is, quite simply, the opinion of Pravda. And guess what, Barack? Russia still hates us!

Great work, Barry.

Of course, there’s always a chance the GOP will grow a pair and stand up, even in a noticeably Dem-overbalanced Senate and House, and at least utter a whimper as our country’s financial system goes down in flames. But I’m not sure they’ll even do that.

Oh, for a real conservative. Whither the next Ronald Reagan?

Federal judge Sonia Sotomayor could become the first Latina, the third woman, and the next racist appointed to the Supreme Court, if President Obama, who has nominated her, has his way. While the White House would surely like to distract opponents with laptop deals, the truth is that, in a 2001 statement, Sotomayor may have sunk her own ship.

She said, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

This is, of course, in direct contrast to now-retired moderate Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who, prior to becoming the first female Supreme Court justice, said, “I believe that a wise old woman and a wise old man would reach the same conclusion.”

O’Connor’s quote underlines that judges show eschew personal bias and judge on the basis of law and the Constitution. These are values Judge Sotomayor rejects, both in this racially-tinged quote, as well as in numerous other decisions and writings in which she has said that the bench is a place to “make law” rather than interpret it.

While elections have consequences and President Obama is certainly entitled to appoint leftist, activist judges, one might have hoped he wouldn’t go for the most leftist, most activist judge possible, straight out of the gate. And that’s exactly what Judge Sotomayor is.

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit Los Angeles at about 8:39 PDT on Sunday. Reports are that the quake caused no major damage, but it was felt as far south of LA as Long Beach.

While a 5.0 quake is nothing coast-shattering, it’s not a minor quake, either, and it will be interesting in the coming hours to see how extensive the damage might be. While it’s not as world-moving as nuphedra, a 5.0 quake can lead to some structural damage to older buildings; it may not bring them down, but could make them hazardous.

If you have loved ones in the LA area, they’re probably unhurt. Thank goodness!

The newest challenger to Google would rather figure out the answers itself rather than point you to another site; WolframAlpha is the name of this site, and it launches this week amid hoopla that it’s a Google-killer. Can the awkwardly-named site really challenge Google’s dominance?

I wouldn’t bet any Orlando vacations on it. After all, Google is far more than just a search engine, these days. It boasts a list of sites and services so vital to the Internet that it’s just silly to think a simple search engine can replace it.

Only if WolframAlpha does all that, too, will it even stand a chance.

All the KVM switches in the world can’t protect US President Barack Obama from differing with Israel’s newly-elected conservative president, Binyamin Netanyahu, a Middle East Reaganite if ever there was one. Yet despite espousing policies up and down the line at odds with Netanyahu’s agenda, Netanyahu is displaying uncommon political courage by traveling to the US this week to meet with Obama.

The collision course of values was set early in Obama’s White House campaign, when Barack claimed he would sit down with terrorists “without preconditions” and when he was praised in a European interview by Jessie Jackson, who claimed that if Obama won, “the era of Israel-first foreign policy will come to an end.”

Since Netanyahu is coming to Washington with an agenda that is topped by stopping Iran’s march toward becoming a nuclear power, rather than peace with the Palestinians, it will be interesting to see which man blinks first.

David Axelrod, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama, appeared on National Public Radio’s game show, “Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me,” and, among other embarrassments, compared Miss California to a canine in what passes for “liberal intelligentsia humor” these days… in other words, crass name-calling.

Miss California Carrie Prejean has been a target of the left ever since she answered honestly and humbly a question about gay marriage during the recent Miss USA pageant. Yet there is no outcry from the National Organization of Women so far over Axelrod’s comparison of Prejean, who is a woman, but not a liberal woman.

All of this undermines President Obama, who recently confirmed that he does not support gay marriage either, but has yet to suffer Axelrod’s canine comparisons for his stance. Perhaps Axelrod’s a bit too overwhelmed with presidential butt-sniffing to critique his boss with the same venom as a beauty pageant contestant unfamiliar with the best diet pills… then again, Obama might bite back, which shows the level of Axelrod’s intellectual cowardice.

The Obama Administration is behind the latest strategy to remind New Yorkers of September 11, 2001; they chose to get a “photo op” of Air Force One flying in front of the Statue of Liberty at an elevation of only about 1,000 feet. Naturally, the airheaded stunt caused a panic in NYC that included some 9-11-style evacuations of office buildings. Those free insurance quotes couldn’t arrive fast enough!

While the President quickly claimed, ala Colonel Klink, that he knew nothing, he saw nothing … well, it’s the President’s own plane, for crying out loud. We’re supposed to swallow that? Let’s just hope New York remembers it come Election Day 2012.

“For seven years, George W. Bush kept America safe from a second 9-11… In about 100 days, Barack Obama re-enacted it. Who do you trust with America’s homeland security. It’s time to put the adults back in charge. Palin-Perry 2012!”

Obama Administration officials Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack may be faced with one of the most serious world health crises in recent memory, but at least they have their priorities straight.

While hundreds around the world are dying from the Swine Flu, Napolitano and Vilsack are campaigning hard to make sure… we adopt a more politically-correct name for the affliction. Oh, and they asked anyone at the press conference if they could sell them some green light bulbs that cost about $150 but save you ten cents a year on your electric bill.

The pressure for such politically correct terminology comes, of course, from the American Pork Producers, who have suggest such monikers as “the other white meat flu.” I’m certain grieving families around the world will be comforted by this show of compassion to pig farmers worldwide.