To celebrate my new knee's first birthday, have a look at pictures from my surgery! Not for those with weak stomachs. You have been warned. Here it is all nice and healed up:

Rumors have it that Justice David Souter is going to hang up his black robe. We knew this was going to happen ... and we know that the results are going to be a disaster. Now Obama gets to make his first Supreme Court appointment and the people of this country get to see the real consequences of their vote last November. It certainly isn't going to be pretty.

What to expect? Pretty easy, actually. Just imagine that someone goes out to Berkeley and asks a Marxist grad student to suggest someone for the Supreme Court. Good chance that the student would come up with pretty much the same name that Obama will present.

It's a cinch that Obama will not nominate someone who actually believes that the power of the federal government is or should be limited by the 10th Amendment to the Constitution. It's a certainty that Obama's nominee will not recognize and vote to restore our right to political free speech. But this is all minor compared to one very sinister belief that Obama's nominee will bring to the court .. and that is the belief that it is perfectly proper for the Supreme Court to consider foreign law and the rulings of foreign courts in their decisions as to the constitutionality of laws passed by and the actions of our own government. Our Constitution will no longer be the basis upon which rulings are made - at least for Obama's appointments.

This retirement will happen early enough in Obama's first term that he will be able to go leftist radical in his appointment. He knows that the American people have short memories when it comes to voting. He'll appoint a leftist radical and still have plenty of time to move to the center for the next campaign.

Nancy Pelosi is offering a little bit of advice for Republicans. Considering Arlen Specter is now batting for the other team, Nancy says that Republicans should "take back" their party ... and by that, she means that they should become more like Democrats.

Here's Nancy's sound advice, "I say to Republicans in America, take back your party ... The party of protecting the environment, the party of individual rights, the party of fairness."

So is that what a Republican is supposed to be to Nancy Pelosi? Boy does this explain a lot about why these buffoons can't get anything done in Washington. How about the party of smaller government? The party of lower taxes? The party of self sufficiency?

Pelosi is so tiresome.

The Republicans are starting a new outreach initiative. Basically, they know that their party is hopelessly screwed. They can't save themselves; they can only hope that the Democrats screw up enough to make the Republicans not look as bad.

But they are making an effort, nonetheless. Will it work? Well, this National Council for a New America launched an open letter to the American people. What is interesting about the letter is what was left out: illegal immigration, same sex marriage, abortion .... all of these issues that have the Republican Party completely handcuffed.

Now I have a strong personal interest here ... but I truly believe that if the Republican Party would work to understand and then promote the FairTax the American people would respond very positively. They could have the Democrats on the run. Am I dreaming here? Your thoughts?

I've told you about studies similar to this ... but here is a recent example of how people would rather see the government seize money from the rich than earn more money for themselves.

In Minnesota, the Star Tribune did a little poll. It found that two-thirds of people would want the government to seize wealth from rich people in order to help solve the state's budget woes. But then when it comes to raising taxes on everyone ... not just the filthy rich ... 60% of Minnesotans say absolutely not.

So taxing the rich is OK. Other taxes that are popular with Minnesotans are those on tobacco and alcoholic beverages. But they aren't done there ... 57% of people believe that corporations should pay higher taxes. Higher taxes? Are these people completely brain dead? Do they not understand the fact that the United States already has outrageously high corporate tax rates? Of course they don't; because you are talking about the government educated dumb masses. You are talking about people who believe that evil rich people and greedy corporations don't pay their "fair share" in taxes. And you're talking to people who are so uneducated and obtuse that they don't understand that all taxes paid by businesses filter down to the people who ultimately purchase whatever that business is producing at the retail level.

I'll say it again: At the core of most, if not all, of the problems facing our country today you will find a public that is so uneducated that they just can't understand basic concepts of governance and economics. Government schools were designed to create a populace that was educated just to the point that they would be good government subjects and good employees. Government education has been a massive success.

I am honestly not sure if Kent Conrad is referring to God or Barack Obama. Seriously, folks. Here's the scenario: the House and Senate passed Obama's $3.5 trillion spending blueprint. This included language to pass national healthcare through the process of reconciliation, which would allow the Democrats to bypass any Republican filibuster. However, the Democrats in the Senate told Americans that they were against using this process to achieve healthcare reform. So when Kent Conrad was asked about this change, he said that he was pushed into reconciliation by a "higher power."

Now does my question make a little more sense?

It took them long enough but PETA is finally having its say on this swine flu. Naturally, the organization wants to use this swine flu in order to illustrate why people should become vegetarians.

What they want to do is set up a real-life hog farm on the steps of the Capitol. The exhibit would include three pigs, and 3,500 gallons of pig manure and urine. Then they are going to get large fans, which will be used to blow the odor around. In the background, they will show undercover footage of conditions in hog farms while distributing information on why you should become a vegetarian.

I'll show you undercover footage of Nancy Pelosi ... and that will ensure that you will never be a vegetarian.

Are you enjoying your whopping $10 a week from Obama's "Making Work Pay" tax credit? Well enjoy it while you can, because the government is more than likely going to re-seize it in the long run. This is because new IRS withholding tables could cause millions of taxpayers to receive more money than they are "entitled" to under the credit. For some, this will mean a smaller-than-expected tax refund. For others who calculate their withholding differently, you could end up owing the government, come next April.

Here are some prime examples of what some people may be facing.

-- A single worker with two jobs making $20,000 a year at each job will get a $400 boost in take-home pay at each of them, for a total of $800. That worker, however, is eligible for a maximum credit of $400, so the remaining $400 will have to be paid back at tax time--either through a smaller refund or a payment to the IRS.

-- A married couple with a combined income of $50,000 is eligible for an $800 credit. However, if both spouses work and make more than $13,000, the new withholding tables give them each a $600 boost--for a total of $1,200.

-- A single college student with a part-time job making $10,000 would get a $400 boost in pay. However, if that student is claimed as a dependent on a parent's tax return, she doesn't qualify for the credit and would have to repay it when she files next year.

And when it comes to Social Security and veterans, there are a whole heap of issues there too. But don't you worry. Tax cheat Timothy Geithner says that he is "exploring ways to mitigate that effect."

That should make you feel much, much better.

This guy wishes he hadn't been.

We are going to have Atlanta attorney Andrew Speaker on the show today. Here's the latest on his lawsuit against the CDC.

The World Health Organization says that "all of humanity is under threat" from this swine flu fajita flu.

Fox won the ratings war by scoring more viewers than other networks that ran Barack Obama's press conference the other night.

This Wall Street Journal column says that the real culture war in America is over the concept of capitalism and essentially freedom.

Experts are warning that the Internet is running of space.

It looks like the Obama administration isn't going to be able to release all of the detainees from Gitmo like liberal bed-wetters had hoped.

Yet another Democrat admits that Obama's plan to institute a cap-and-trade policy is going to increase energy prices for Americans.

Good news .. the Senate defeated the "cramdown" bill yesterday.

When Obama has to fill an open seat in the FCC, who better to appoint than the oldest daughter of South Carolina race-pimp Senator James Clyburn.

Tax cheat Timothy Geithner says that the government is not going to need any more bailout money ... anytime "soon."

Now you will learn how $100 million is large when $8 billion is small, in the world according to Barack Obama.

Get a load of this .. Israeli passengers have complained to a British airline that Israel was nowhere to be found on their inflight maps, which showed flights bound for Israel were instead heading to Mecca.

A hospital in Nashville has agreed to pay a former employee $70,000 in damages for denying him time off so that he could make a pilgrimage to Mecca.

Connecticut has now made it illegal to transfer machine guns to children . Aren't you glad your lawmakers are making great use of your tax dollars?

Now a man from Montana will explain to you why he does not want to serve on a jury.