*Barack Obama: Beneficiary of a GOP Legacy, by Matt Patterson.

“…the fact remains that the GOP has promoted the liberation, enfranchisement, and health of black people at home and abroad from the beginning of its century-and-a-half history.

And while it is true that Democrat Barack Obama is the first black president, it is also true that that accomplishment would not have been possible without the party of Lincoln.”

*Obama’s books too radical for the US prison system. (H/T Gateway Pundit)

*“Put nothing in writing, ever.”  So says our ‘climate czar’ Carol Browner.  Wouldn’t want those pesky plebes actually seeing how our new, Chicago style government works would we?  Most transparent administration evah!

*Help pass the “Read the Bill Act”

*When Political Spin and Economic Realities Collide, by Jennifer Rubin.

*Cap-and-Trade is dead, for now.

*Plumage-But at a Price, by Charles Krauthammer.

*About That CIA ‘Lie’, at the WSJ

RELATED: Lies Wide Shut, by Dafydd Ab Hugh.

*The Stimulus-Anatomy of a Failure, by Rich Lowry

RELATED: The Jobless Recovery

RELATED II: Growing Worries About Our Pied Piper, by Victor Davis Hanson.

“So the problem is not just that Obama, like Bill Clinton, is proving insincere, or like Richard Nixon, at times duplicitous. And the rub is not even that he, like Ronald Reagan on occasion, is showing a limited repertoire or, in the manner of the Bushes, is becoming predictable in speech and custom. Obama, like Jimmy Carter, earns the added injury that all wannabe prophets incur when they promise more than mortal purity while proving to an ordinary human in character.”

*Political Opposition is Not a Hate Crime, at the Washington Examiner.

“…legislation quietly making its way through Congress would give the White House power to categorize political opponents as hate groups and even send Americans to detention centers on abandoned military bases.”

RELATED: The Lock Up Your Political Opponents Bill of 2009

*Does the US need a third legislative chamber?  Interesting article, not sure that it would work, but interesting.

*Darwinian selection continues apace.

*Your Daily Dose of Awesome: Bikini Friday!