"Back in the day, really, when people would talk about our military in a poor way, somebody would shoot ‘em. And there’d be nothing said about that, because they knew it was wrong. You don’t talk about our troops. You support our troops. Especially when our congressmen and senators sit there and say bad things in an ongoing conflict."

A lucky 200 people have been shortlisted for the chance to become the caretaker of a tropical Australian island, dubbed by promoters as the "Best Job in the World."But tourism officials acknowledged Friday that many last-minute applications were lost because the Web site was flooded with traffic.

The Washington Post columnist George Will stands by his challenge to the global warming alarmists. In what will most likely be a controversial piece about a controversial topic, Will cites The New York Times, of all papers, calling out Al Gore for "exaggerations."

President Barack Obama wants to rescind a Bush administration rule that strengthened job protections for doctors and nurses who refuse for moral reasons to perform abortions.

A Jindal spokeswoman has admitted that in reality, Jindal overheard Lee talking about the episode to someone else by phone "days later." Jindal had implied that his support for the sheriff helped ensure the rescue went ahead, but it turns out Jindal wasn't there at the key moment, and played no role in making the rescue happen.

Contrary to the lie perpetuated by Repubs (and bought into by the media) NONE of the past three GOP presidents - Reagan, Bush I or Bush II - were fiscal conservatives. In fact, their hero Reagan not only didn't care about the deficit, he exploded government spending with a military spending free for all that lasted nearly a decade. [-ukit]

he suggested, as something of a joke, that President Barack Obama might learn a needed lesson if Chicago were destroyed by a nuclear bomb.

The increase would triple the law enforcement presence in the border city, which has been racked by drug violence. Its police chief quit recently and its mayor has received threats.

Japanese police said on Thursday they have arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of trying to manufacture a bomb to blow up his classmates.