The Tea Party reminds me of Ross Perot: both are crackpots.

"Osama bin Laden has released yet another audiotape message. Where does he find all these audiotapes, O.K.? You can't even buy audiotapes anymore. I mean, is there a tiny country in the Middle East called Radioshackistan? Is that where they're coming from? Where do you — we can't even play them. We don't have machines that old." –Jay Leno
 

The-World-Will-Be-A-Safer-Place-Without Saddam

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4375‎

• Officials: Suicide bomb kills 3 in Afghan south

• Afghan leader seeks Saudi mediation with Taliban

• Dems, GOP, warily eye issue of gays in military

• NATO chief: No plan to 'bribe' Taliban

• Settler house to be evacuated in Jerusalem

• Israel warns Syria it would lose future war

• Soldiers find time for hockey in Afghanistan

China versus Obama

China has hit back at the United States after President Barack Obama promised to take a tougher line with Beijing over currency and trade.

In the latest disagreement between Washington and Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu on Thursday said the country's currency was set at a "reasonable level."

And he warned "accusations and pressure" would not help solve the problem.
 

President Obama got out of jury duty. No word yet about getting us out of Afghanistan.- David Letterman

Disturbing News

• Dominican official: I warned U.S. church leader about Haitian kids

Super Bowl Sunday is the one day every year where people around the country say, “Shut up, the commercials are on.” - Laugh Lines

Dogfaces

 The American military is rushing delivery of dozens of bomb-detection dogs to Iraq after accusations that widely used mechanical devices are ineffective to pinpoint explosives at checkpoints and other search sites, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

Republican-Shenanigans News

• Tea leaves: GOP establishment still rules

• Romney to raise money for Thune

• Limbaugh says Sen. Feingold in league with Bin Laden Examiner.com

• Palin to hit Tea Party events in Nevada, Massachusetts

• Top 5 Tim Tebow eye black biblical verses

Big Dog and Little Man

Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are scheduled to share the stage this morning at the TD Ameritrade Institutional National Conference

Rock-The-Voter News

• The last president to balance the budget

• 'Countdown With Keith Olbermann': Could The End Be Near? NPR (blog)

"This is unfortunate. I heard that John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth have legally separated. Under the reasons for separation, Elizabeth Edwards just wrote 'see news.'" –Jimmy Fallon
 

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Biz-Tech News

• Oil prices head lower

• Toyota recall bill could hit $2 bln

• Toyota says Prius had brake design problems

• Is blogging a slog? Some young people think so

 "Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries." — James Michener, American author (1907-1997).

Internet search firm Google is finalizing a deal that would let the National Security Agency help it investigate a corporate espionage attack that may have originated in China, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Survivors know best: Torture is always wrong

Today's Highlight in History:

On Feb. 4, 1783, Britain's King George III proclaimed a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War.

On this date:

In 1789, electors chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.

In 1861, delegates from six Southern states met in Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America.
 

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Dick Cheney is still hiding out.

The Super Bowl is Sunday. The people of New Orleans finally have something to cheer about since the disaster that hit their city in 2005. FEMA.- Laugh Lines

Thank you, John!

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