*White House to Congress: No oversight for you!  Bad Congress!  Bad!

*Barack’s Socialist Mop, by Rand Simberg.

*Is the new Barnes & Noble e-reader (The Nook) a Kindle killer?  I don’t know, but I love the ‘lend a book’ feature.

*White House Tactics Go Too Far, by Charles Krauthammer.

“Defend Fox from the likes of Anita Dunn? She’s been attacked for extolling Mao’s political philosophy in a speech at a high school graduation. But the critics miss the surpassing stupidity of her larger point: She was invoking Mao as support and authority for her impassioned plea for individuality and trusting one’s own choices. Mao as champion of individuality? Mao, the greatest imposer of mass uniformity in modern history, creator of a slave society of a near-billion worker bees wearing Mao suits and waving the Little Red Book?”

*There May be No Coping With Copenhagen, by Tom Blumer.

*73% of Republicans believe the national party has lost touch with the base.  I know, I know…only 73%?

*Rise of the Mob Economy, by David Harsanyi.

“Despite this undercurrent, the administration continues to expand needless intervention and “investments” into the economy that offer only the illusion of safety and a reality of stagnation.

And that’s exactly what empty words, unlimited taxpayer funding and uninhibited regulatory power can buy you.”

*Fading Print? By Greg Beato at Reason.

*Can Civility Be Lost If It Was Never Found? By Jonah Goldberg.

*America’s Obama Obsession: Anatomy of a passing hysteria, by Victor Davis Hanson.

*Sarah Palin, Dick Armey, and Steve Forbes all embrace the Conservative Party Candidate for NY23 instead of the Republican.  After the Palin endorsement, Hoffman (the Conservative) raised $116k in a single day.  Consider that your Daily Dose of Awesome.

UPDATE: Should you feel so inclined, you can donate to Hoffman here.