Not surprising, Gen. McChrystal has been relieved of duty in Afghanistan. The bigger problem is outlined in the Heritage Foundation's article Obama's Leadership Vacuum.

More problems in the BP oil leak as two helping in cleanup die and an undersea robot bumps vent causing BP to remove cap that was containing some of the crude. Have you seen this reported by the media...don't hold your breath.

Are they kidding? Mexico should be more concerned about taking care of their own problems by ending the drug lords control of their country than what laws Arizona passes to protect their citizens.

No surprise here.

I'm pretty sure that this is not how the $8000 first time home buyer's credit was supposed to be used: "A common scam had multiple taxpayers using the sale of a single home, with each claiming the credit. One home was used by 67 tax filers, the report said. In other cases, taxpayers got the credit for sales that happened before the tax break started." Read more here. Without the credit, home sales have slipped 33%, another sign of a very weak recovery.

The surprise here is that the Democrats control both houses and the Executive Branch and it is even more dysfunctional. How do they explain all those years of blaming the Republicans and Conservatives for the dysfunction?

More bad news for New Yorkers. No matter how they resolve the budget, rest assured the democrats will hit your wallet again and again. Call your legislator and tell them NO MORE TAXES, CUT SPENDING. Governor Paterson states pretty clearly that he will continue to tax New Yorkers at every level possible.