“Allow me to make a radical suggestion of my own:  When leaders in the House of Representatives baldly admit that Congress is both willfully and hopelessly ignorant of the laws they expect us to live under, it may be reasonably argued by the average citizen that we are under no obligation to respect such a law; that its passing is a travesty; and that the body which committed it to paper is a joke.

If we were half the men our ancestors were, there would be outrage, if not revolt, over such open ineptitude and corruption in our government.

As it is, we sigh and shrug, as Republica weeps.”

Read the whole thing.

*Our friends in congress are getting quite the earful from their constituents angry mobs back home.  See here, here, and here.  That last one is my favorite so far.  What’s on their mind?  Cap-and-tax, ObamaCare, and the non-stimulating stimulus.  Enjoy your vacation reps, something tells me it will not be relaxing.

*From the “It’s only wrong when republicans do it” file.  Behold, pictures of Obama as the Joker:

These pictures have been popping up all over the web, and on posters in LA.  The LA Weekly is in a bit of a tizzy.

“A new poster depicting President Obama as a version of Heath Ledger’s Joker character in The Dark Knight has appeared in Los Angeles[.]

It has a bit of everything to appeal to the drunk tank of California conservatism: Obama is in white face, his mouth (like Ledger’s Joker’s) has been grotesquely slit wide open and the word “Socialism” appears below his face. The only thing missing is a noose.”

This is the same LA Weekly who ran this photo:

And in case you don’t remember, this isn’t the first President to be made into Batman’s arch villain:

But that was alright, because everyone knew Bush was a proto-fascist, not like dear leader.  Mock him and you’re a RAAAACIIIIST!

H/T Big Hollywood, Hot Air.

RELATED: How Quickly They Forget, by Michelle Malkin.

*Tax revenues see biggest drop since the Great Depression.

*How Many Obama Voters Feel Let Down? By Jennifer Rubin.

*Why Most Journalists Are Democrats, by Barbara Oakley.  Two words: Self-Selection.  Read the whole thing, it is an excellent article (unusual for Psychology Today).

*Utopia vs. Freedom, by Thomas Sowell.

“Ultimately, our choice is to give up Utopian quests or give up our freedom. This has been recognized for centuries by some, but many others have not yet faced that reality, even today. If you think government should “do something” about anything that ticks you off, or anything you want and don’t have, then you have made your choice between Utopia and freedom.”

*The Folly of Hate Crime Laws, by Richard Cohen.

“The real purpose of hate-crime laws is to reassure politically significant groups — blacks, Hispanics, Jews, gays, etc. — that someone cares about them and takes their fears seriously. That’s nice. It does not change the fact, though, that what’s being punished is thought or speech.”

*Teeing Up the Middle Class: Joe the Plumber’s tax vindication is nigh.  At the WSJ.

“The undeniable reality is that you can’t run a European-style welfare-entitlement state without European-style levels of taxation on the middle class (and eventually without low European-style growth and high jobless rates). It’s looking more and more like Mr. Obama’s no-middle-class-tax pledge was one of the greatest confidence tricks in American political history.”

*The Billion Dollar Car Crash, at NRO.

RELATED: Clunkernomics, by Rich Lowry.

*Still a Good Question: Why Biden? By Jonah Goldberg.  Best line EVAH:

“Yes, Biden is occasionally a truth-teller. But, just as often, he’s explaining how FDR spoke to Americans on TV, years before they had television sets or — give it time — how squirrels would taste more like ice cream if goats were only taller.”

*Your Daily Dose of Awesome: Get your wookie on