I'm reading this article on a cat who leaps into your bed at the old folks home and he has got solid death instincts. He only becomes your companion when you're on your way to permanent sleep:
America, as Bill Whittle so eloquently pointed out, is not, and never has been an Empire builder. Still, America has been a world-power since almost her inception over 200 years ago. Is it over?
I got this from RightWingSparkle and it had me laughing. Some might not think this whole episode is very becoming...or funny. John at Powerline rightly notes that Hillary is "still angry after all these years":
How far behind Venezuela does America lag in the populist, socialist, state-run "solution" to the perceived injustice and unfairness of our formerly great capitalistic state? In this podcast, I interview my brother who is in Venezuela doing business and how the people there perceive the changes. The subjects of Sotomayor's intelligence, the NRSC Toomey endorsement, and Obama's socialist health care and taxation policies make up the show.
Is there a simple solution to our complex economic problems? I don't know, but I see parallels to the complexity of the human body and the United States economy: