It's graduation time, and everyone was invited to give a commencement speech .. except me, of course. I've never been invited to give my commencement speech. I did deliver a high school commencement speech once, and enjoyed it. No negative critiques either. But a college or university? You have to be kidding me. Ain't gonna happen. We will have the chance this week to get some inkling of what I might do, however. I'm going to be delivering a faux commencement speech this Wednesday evening Kennesaw State University. That's about as close as it's gonna get for now.

Let's get to the people who do get to speak to graduates ... Michelle Obama gave the commencement address at UC Merced over the weekend. In her speech, she told the students to do one of my absolute favorite things: give back.

Gag.

She says, "You will face tough times. You will certainly have doubts, and let me tell you because I know I did when I was your age ... Remember that you are blessed. Remember that in exchange for those blessings, you must give something back. You must reach back and pull someone up. You must bend down and let someone else stand on your shoulders so that they can see a brighter future."

Sometimes I think I'm alone here, but this "give back" crap just makes me nuts. It is now the standard language of the left and those who should know better use the phrase all the time.

OK ... here we go again: The inference in the "give back" phrase is that whatever you have was given to you. You graduates have had this education handed to you on a silver platter. You didn't earn it. You didn't study. You didn't stay up long hours trying to understand a difficult text or to study for a critical exam. You didn't spend evenings in study groups that you could have spent brandishing your fake ID at several local watering holes. You romped and played your way through college and these diplomas you will received today will be given to you, not earned. Once you leave this college you will be given a job. You will not have earned that job through your educational pursuits, it will be given to you. Then, after you begin work, you will be given a salary. You will not have earned that money. If you receive commissions those will have been given to you as well. A gift. Not something you have earned. Ditto for bonuses. All gifts. Nothing earned through the application of skill and sweat.

Michelle Obama, and every other looter who has an eye on the wealth you produce, and who uses this "give back" line, will be completely negating every amount of effort you have put into your livelihood. Remember, they're not asking you to "give," they're telling you to "give back." The very premise of that phrase is that your wealth was a gift, not earned. Since your wealth was given to you, when you make some sort of a donation to a charity you are not "giving," you are "giving back."

I know that I drone on and on about this ... but this "give back" nonsense is like a dripping faucet.

Alright, can I have a show of hands as to how many of you are sick of hearing about Barack Obama's commencement address at Notre Dame? Good. That's what I thought.

Briefly, I am going to delve into a topic that I never talk about on the radio, and that is abortion. We get it .. Notre Dame is a Catholic school. Most of the students are likely to be pro-life. Barack Obama is a Democrat and he is pro-choice. To some of these Notre Dame students, this is the worst possible thing that could happen to them - have a president in the White House who is pro-choice. The real problem here is that the students weren't protesting Obama's plans to massively grow government or spend them and their children into oblivion. Nope. That didn't seem to bother the students at all. All that these protesting students were concerned about was abortion.

Maybe once they grow up after entering the real world, they will find something other than controlling the reproductive lives of females to focus on. Obama got it right when he said that "the views of the two camps are irreconcilable." That's why we never talk about it, folks. I'm going to continue to fear a government that would force a woman to have a baby she does not want to have, and the other side is going to continue to sing the praises of government force. And so it goes.

The federal income taxes for every taxpayer would have to rise by roughly 81% to pay all of the benefits promised by the government under current law.

How do you figure that? Bruce Bartlett will explain.

The government wants to expand its role into how corporations govern themselves. Chuck Schumer will be introducing a bill this week known as the shareholder bill of rights. It will give shareholders more say on executive compensation and make it easier for them to nominate corporate directors.

The bill will do a few things:

• Confirm the SEC's authority to grant shareholders access to the corporate proxy
• It will require public companies to create a separate risk committee to ensure that risk management is given "appropriate oversight."
• The duties of the chief executive and the board chairman would be required to separate.
• Companies would also be required to get approval from shareholders for executives' golden parachute packages.
• Corporate directors would be subject to annual shareholder votes and must receive a majority of voters in order to remain on the board.

Shouldn't all of these guidelines be up to the shareholders and not the government? Maybe that's just my weird mind at work.

Peggy Noonan has a great column about the indecipherable language of government and how it is endangering our nation.

Wall Journal Editorial ... "Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich." No need to say any more.

Do you remember last week when Obama said that healthcare leaders pledged to cut costs by $2 trillion? Yeah, turns out that it isn't exactly accurate. Wait! Obama not being entirely truthful? You have to be kidding me!

As of right now, the Democrats are sticking by Nancy Pelosi, despite the fact that she accused the CIA of lying to Congress. That's fine. She's theirs. They're welcome to her.

Reckoning day for tax and spend governance may finally be at hand ... in California.

Mark Steyn has an excellent column exploring Nancy Pelosi's 'troubling' performance at her press conference last week.

While John Kerry is anxious to bailout the newspaper industry, the White House actually seems resistant to the idea.

According to a Rasmussen poll, 32% of Americans say they'd be willing to pay higher taxes so that the government could provide health insurance for all Americans. Now that's a rather interesting statistic when you consider the fact that almost 50% of Americans don't pay income taxes in the first place.

Where would we be without the latest gaffe from Vice President Joe Biden.

Speaking of Vice Presidents ... Dick Cheney has been in the news a lot lately, and the Republicans seem to be okay with this.

Michael Steele has decided that the Republicans need a new way to oppose gay marriage .. so they are going to say that it will affect small businesses. Oh yeah .. this is really going to propel the Republicans into power again.

Today Barack Obama will be meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. I would just love to be able to read Netanyahu's mind during that meeting. "How in the hell did this guy ever get elected?"

New York Rep. Pete King says that the ACLU is single-handedly "tearing down the United States" because of their position on torture and the Gitmo detainees.

Have you heard about this Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009? It would authorize Eric Holder to deny the sale or transfer of firearms to known or suspected terrorists. Would that include our veterans?

So a 16-year-old high school student decides not to wear any underwear - and a somewhat short skirt - to high school on a day when pictures are going to be taken. What could possibly go wrong? The family, of course, is going to hire a lawyer.

We are getting closer to having the first four-year accredited Islamic college in the United States.

Hugo "the Horrible" Chavez wants to close down the last remaining TV station that dares to question his authority.

Research suggests Wal-Mart can actually reduce obesity in low-income neighborhoods.

What products of flying off store shelves in this economy?