Paul’s foreign policy is worse than Obama’s, and he’s only been a Congressman. While he plays up the grassroots stuff a lot, he’s simply not a conservative.

Not only are his foreign policies dangerous, but he gives aid and comfort in his stances on pot legalization, gay marriage and more. Why is he a Republican, again?

Oh, that’s right. He’s from Texas and felt he needed the branding to win elections. But make no mistake about it: Paul’s a leftist.

After the floundering campaign of former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty took the first swipe last night, accusing Bachmann of accomplishing nothing more than “she’s got a record of misstating and making false statements.” Pawlenty, who is polling in the single digits, seems to have fixated on discrediting Bachmann to lift his own profile, rather than focusing on front-runner Mitt Romney.

But Bachmann refused to wear Cherokee scrubs and play the role of Pawlenty’s punching bag, countering his weak, unfocused, non-specific criticisms with specific issues she took with the way the Governor governed while in power in Minnesota.

Bachmann pointed out that Pawlenty implemented a state cap-and-trade energy policy, praised President Barack Obama’s “unconstitutional individual mandate” that will requires all Americans to buy health insurance, and quoted Pawlenty as uttering the phrase, “the era of small government is over.”

“That sounds more like Barack Obama, if you ask me,” Bachmann said, capping the list of Pawlenty’s left-wing prevaricating.

Of course, for Bachmann, upending Pawlenty’s history of RINOism is like shooting fish in a barrel; he’s from her own state and her knowledge of his shortcomings comes from first-hand experience. With Bachmann emerging from the debate still impressive and relatively unscathed, she’ll need to move on soon to a new target.

Lord knows, there are plenty of weak-willed RINOs still in the race, like Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and most importantly, current front-runner Mitt Romney.

Let’s be honest; Rick Perry is probably the best-qualified to take on Barack Obama. He has ingratiated himself to the Tea Party, has executive experience by winning three consecutive terms as Texas Governor, and is a solid conservative suspicious of the overreaching aspects of federal power, a devoted Constitutionalist.

The best scenario is for Bachmann to act as the conservative bulldog, revealing the unclothed emperors in the GOP field and helping clear the way for Perry to win the nomination. Then, if he could select Bachmann or Herman Cain, either way, the GOP would have a virtually unbeatable ticket that would be the best the nation has seen since Reagan-Bush.

Breivik allegedly conducted the attack because of his opposition to the spread of Islam in Norway, though that seems speculation at this point. Yet many sources are citing as motives behind his gun- and bomb-fueled massacre factors as his belonging to and “anti-immigration party and opposed [to] multi-culturalism, Islam and the “cultural Marxists” of the establishment,” according to Reuters.

Whether any of this played a role or not, Breivik has vowed to explain himself in court on Monday, where he’ll be arraigned on charges stemming from the mass taking of human life.

It will take far more than a Bronx Accident Attorney, well qualified though they may be, to clean this legal mess up. With so many victims, the Norway government may need to hire a fleet of prosecutors.

Then again, perhaps Norway has judges who can make common-sense rulings and will put the self-confessed murderer behind bars without decades of court trials, delays and appeals. That might be a refreshing change from how his prosecution would likely be handled here in the US.

After the judge ruled in their favor, he ordered Bank of America to pay the couple’s legal fees. When they failed to do so after five months, the court foreclosed … on Bank of America.

This sounds like an urban legend or some other sort of Internet fable too ironic and sweet to be true, but here’s a link to the actual story, which ran on WFMY Channel 2 in Florida.

Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. You could give me 100 eotech magnifiers and I’m not sure I’d be quite as tickled as I am by this story.

My wife has really sensitive skin. As such, there’s very little in the way of lotions, creams, conditioners and makeup that works for her. Her skin reacts to it, especially when wheat is involved because of her wheat gluten allergy.

But we’ve found one type of natural makeup that seems to work for her. The type she responds well to are those using mud from the floor of the Dead Sea.

It’s odd how it’s used; you rub it in just like any other mud-mask, but then you use a magnet (included) to lift all the dirt away. All that’s left behind, when done properly, are the pure minerals and oils abundant in that water.

It’s one of the few things that works for her. Oddest thing.

The Obama Administration has let it be known that they plan to join much of the rest of the United Nations in rebuking Israel on the floor of the UN in an upcoming session, over the building of settlements in Israel. The US, long Israel’s strongest and most faithful ally, now seems to be joining the rest of an Israel-hostile world by this latest move.

If this is followed through on, many who believe the words of the Bible fear America could fall under a curse, citing a passage in Numbers 24:5,9, which reads, “How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel! … May those who bless you be blessed and those who curse you be cursed!”

Some say such a move is necessary if the end of the present age is at hand. Time will tell the tale.

Of course, one could always think of more pleasant things, like purchasing cabinet hardware.

I’m speaking, of course, about the vast proliferation of artificial sweeteners into nearly every major food product on US shelves … whether it’s labeled “diet” or not. This is all well and good for diabetics, but few people stop to consider this: there are people with dietary needs that are different than those of diabetics!

For example, my wife has a severe allergy to artificial sweeteners of any kind. You name it, it’s a risk of anaphylaxis for her. Saccharin. Aspertame (NutraSweet). Sucralose (Splenda). Sorbitol. Xylitol. Stevia. They’re all things that cause her to get sick, quickly. I’ve done hospital runs.

The trouble is that it’s in everything these days. Even products with sugar in them, or high fructose corn syrup, contains loads of artificial sweeteners as well, and most of those products are not marked as “diet” nor do they even feature any labeling warning the product contains artificial sweeteners.

Chewing gum and bubble gum, for example, are lost causes. There’s virtually no gum that isn’t “sugar-free” anymore. You call that consumer choice?

The same goes for pop. While all diet pop has artificial sweeteners in it these days, many regular sodas that contain sugar or high fructose corn syrup also contain healthy doses of aspertame, sucralose, sorbitol or xylitol. Some even contain two more more of these, all without being labeled diet. You must read the fine-print ingredients to even know!

Now, for the average consumer with no food issues, this may seem like a small thing. But when a teaspoon of cough syrup sweetened with aspertame can send your wife to the ER, believe me, you start to take it a bit more seriously.

And if you think this is a mere “pop and candy” issue, it’s not. You have to check everything from yogurt to fruit juice to cocoa to Kool-Aid to donuts and other pastries and, well, anything that’s sweet. Even some canned vegetables are stored in juices containing artificial sweeteners these days. Not always, but often enough that you have to read the fine-print ingredients to avoid a nasty surprise trip to the doctor.

Beware of packaging phrases like, “Now with a third fewer calories” and similar phrases.

And over-the-counter medicine? Forget it. Just about anything and everything from aspirin to allergy tablets are coated these days, usually with a mixture of gelatin and artificial sweeteners. I mean, can’t a person swallow a simple Advil without having to have it taste sweet going down? I’m not that old yet, but when I was growing up, medicine had no taste. Sometimes it was even chalky. But it’s medicine! It’s not supposed to taste good; it’s just supposed to work.

Yet during cold and flu season, just try to find a tablet or gelcap or syrup that doesn’t list aspertame or sucralose as a main inactive ingredient. It’s nearly impossible!

Look, if all this stuff makes the lives of diabetics a little bit easier, mazel tov! Wonderful! But what ever happened to consumer choice? One needs a DLP projector to look back to a time when all this artificial sweetener stuff was hard to come by. Diabetics argued for consumer choice then.

Now, their needs control the food industry almost completely. Only a few rare products offer safe sugar products with no artificial crap in it. Gotta love Heritage Dr. Pepper, for example! Or Sierra Mist Natural. These rare exceptions help, but it only fixes the soda problem.

What ever happened to cane sugar, sugar beet sugar and “pressed cane juice,” hmm? Or the most natural sweetener of all, honey?

And for the love of the LORD, why coat medicine with any sweetener at all, artificial or otherwise? It’s medicine. Buck up and take it, America! You don’t need everything to taste sweet going down.

Trouble is, no matter how often Israel complies with such proposals, the results remain the same: the PLO continues its acts of terrorism and demands more, more, more. In the latest round of negotiations, Obama’s Administration is pushing Netanyahu’s to surrender parts, or all, of Jerusalem.

But finally, an Israeli leader is willing to say, “Enough’s enough.”

While some previous leaders were willing to surrender the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, when it comes to Jerusalem, Netanyahu has said that’s a step too far. He’s not one wearing political lingerie of a weak homeland security policy; Netanyahu knows that there must be limits on how much land one surrenders before it becomes “too much.”

Would Obama surrender the East Coast, including Washington DC, to Canada to “achieve peace” if Canada were bombing US sites and cities regularly?

On second thought, bad example. Obama would likely just surrender the entire country.

Some folks would like ObamaCare to cover the bill, but really, it’s better when there’s a cost associated with recovery that the patient has to bear in part; it teaches them that there’s a cost to their poor decisions.

My father struggled with alcohol abuse until I was about 13. So I know how troubling situations like this can be.

Let’s start with Minnesota Governor.

In the wake of Tim Pawlenty’s soft, McCain-style GOP leadership, what Minnesota needs at the state house is the best colon cleanse we can find; one that flushes all the crud out of the system.

On the Dem side, Mark Dayton’s resume is being the biggest embarrassment Minnesota has ever seen as U.S. Senator. Not worthy of the state house no matter what party he belongs to. FAIL.

On the Independence Party side, Tom Horner is an Arne Carlson-style RINO who supports an awful lot of liberal positions. Forget it. FAIL.

On the GOP side, Tom Emmer’s not perfect. He’s mildly more conservative than Pawlenty, which would be a welcome upgrade. I’m concerned about the two DWIs on his record. But looking at the details, Emmer received his first one in 1981 at the age of 20, and his second one in 1991 at the age of 30. He’s now 49, so he’s been clear of that for 19 years.

I think it’s time to forgive the DWI incidents. So long as he continues not to repeat the offense. But I have my eye on him.

That being said, his stances are solid and generally a bit more conservative that Pawlenty’s. He’d take the state in a better direction than either of the other two candidates.

Now, the mainstream Minnesota media is lobbying the public to vote Horner because, “It’s not a wasted vote!”

But that’s just a strategy; they believe that by doing this, Dayton will win by default. And a Dayton win would be tragic indeed; the man was incompetent as a US Senator, condemned by 99 other Senators from both parties, and simply does not deserve to win.

So let me tell you what the mainstream Minnesota media won’t: A vote for Tom Horner means Dayton’s your next governor. Do you really want to be responsible for that?

Reducing Horner’s support to just eight percent would swing the election to Emmer. That’s the smart vote, and that’s why WonderfulPessimist.com endorses Tom Emmer for Governor.

Acknowledging that Gaga is nothing but a scam artist stealing her various looks and hijinks from far more genuine pop stars like Madonna, Pink, Gwen Stefani and others, Paglia’s claim is that the rise is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta to prominence is the equivalent of the “exhausted end of the sexual revolution.”

Maybe it’s about time, eh?

“Today marks the start of direct negotiations between someone who has no right to represent the Palestinian people and the brutal occupier, to provide a cover for Judaizing Jerusalem and stealing the land,” Zahar said.

While refrigerator filters may be rare in Israel, straight talk is even rarer, so let me ask the Obama Administration a straight question: Do you STILL think Israel’s the roadblock to peace, here?

Give me a break…