I’m a bit late at the party, I know. But somehow I missed this:

U.S. Army Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, set to deploy to Afghanistan, says he shouldn’t have to go.

His reason?

Barack Obama was never eligible to be president because he wasn’t born in the United States.

Oh my.

If you don’t want to serve, OK. Just say so. But don’t come up with a sad excuse like that.

This man isn’t merely making a fool out of himself, but he’s also embarrassing the entire military, and the conservative movement.

Or that’s at least what Democrats are thinking, that much is clear:

A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system to be announced on Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives will include a surtax on millionaires of 5.4 percent, congressional sources said.

The tax rate is higher than the 3 percent surtax lawmakers had been discussing earlier and would be imposed on those making more than $1 million a year, the sources said.

Bad idea, for three reasons:
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Instead of launching an ad in the war over his budget proposal, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger should consider stepping down. When he was first elected, many believed (hoped!) he would prove to be a new kind of Republican: pragmatical, realistic, moderate. A governor who could and would reach across the aisle. A man who would come up with the most effective rather than the most ideological plans.

Not so. Instead, he became one of the least popular and most despised governors in America. And rightly so.| MORE ›

This is not exactly surprising:

On the day before two British National Party (BNP) members take their seats in the European Parliament following last month’s election victory, a London-based think tank has published a report showing the party’s natural affinity with Nazi ideology.

Of course it has. How that can surprise anybody is beyond me. Its leaders have always had ties to neo-Nazis and to Nazi ideology.| MORE ›

The Jerusalem Post reports:

The IDF allegedly forced Palestinians to serve as “human shields” during searches of homes in the Gaza Strip, according to soldier testimonies that will be released to the public Wednesday in a new report accusing the army of war crimes during Operation Cast Lead.

Yeah, yeah. We know the drill by now.| MORE ›

OK, that’s it. I vouch to no longer trust and / or link to the New York Times. It may have been a mighty fine newspaper once, but it has become nothing more than a mouthpiece for the Democratic Party. Andrew Breitbart on his Twitter feed yesterday:

Why does this 2002 NY TIMES article seem so… timely, revealing? Some secret program. Someone forward to Panetta.

Here‘s the article. Karl, writing at Hot Air’s GreenRoom, comments:| MORE ›

Oops, he has been president for only five months, and already he’s being booed by baseball fans. Now, the link leads to Gateway Pundit, which is an extremely partisan Republican blog, but even Yahoo! confirms the booing and adds that Obama threw terribly; like a girl, as we like to say in the Netherlands.| MORE ›

Hyperbole, much?

The newest member of the Senate, former comedian Al Franken, was as serious as his colleagues in his opening statement at the Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

Franken said he is “truly humbled” to be on the Judiciary Committee. He also praised Chairman Patrick Leahy and ranking Republican Jeff Sessions.

Then, he was interrupted by the third protester of the hearing, speaking partly in Spanish.| MORE ›

Or so says the Associated Press:

Unemployment is rising. Nest eggs are in tatters. Home values have tanked. And yet surprisingly, Americans are feeling less stress from debt these days.

Chalk it up to the power of positive thinking combined with people saving more, spending less and trimming debt to cope with the recession.| MORE ›

The double standard in Germany and in Europe as a whole for that matter, exposed:

At Christmastime in 2007, two young men accosted an elderly man in a Munich subway station, beating him so badly he landed in the hospital in critical condition.

Less than two weeks ago, a 32-year-old woman, four months pregnant, was testifying in a Dresden courtroom when the defendant approached the witness stand and stabbed her 18 times. She did not survive.| MORE ›