A packed house last night at Kennesaw State University for my faux commencement speech. Nobody threw anything at me. Not even any of the Kennesaw faculty members. Thank you, my friends, for the standing "O". Love you long time. And thanks to the event staff at Kennesaw for providing us with a wonderful venue.

The "Commencement Speech" was videotaped by Comcast and will be available on Comcast On Demand in the near future. A gallery of photos, yes, including pictures of Belinda and Cristina, is posted here. We'll also be replaying the speech next week on The Neal Boortz Show ... and the text of the revised speech will be going out in today's Boortz Blast newsletter. If you aren't already a subscriber, you can sign up here.

The Young America's Foundation has been keeping tabs on who is being invited to speak at commencement ceremonies around the country ... notice that I am not one of them ... and it won't shock you to hear that far more liberals are invited to speak at graduation ceremonies than conservatives. Why is this? Well it is very simple: liberals are preaching to the choir where as conservatives are more likely to spill the beans about the realities facing these fresh graduates.

So here is the list of just some of the liberals invited to speak at the nation's top colleges this year:

President Barack Obama, Notre Dame
Vice President Joe Biden, Wake Forest University
Hillary Clinton, New York University
Rahm Emanuel, George Washington University
Matt Lauer, Harvard University
Katie Couric, Princeton University
Ellen DeGeneres, Tulane University
Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts, MIT
Steven Chu, secretary of Energy Department, California Institute of Technology
Oprah Winfrey, Duke University
Wynton Marsalis, Northwestern University
Vicente Fox, Emory University
Gwen Ifill, Georgetown University
Suze Orman, University of Illinois
Tom Brokaw, Fordham University

Now, only five recognizable conservatives were selected to speak at the nation's top colleges this year:

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), Miami University
Laura Bush, Southern Methodist University
Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), University of Georgia
Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, University of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Morris Arnold, University of Arkansas

When it comes to this cap-and-trade scam, just remember one thing: that it is, in fact, a scam created for the purposes of expanding government and getting more of your money out of your pocket. Obama is running up a huge bill and he needs every cent he can get his hands on.

Take a look at what is happening in the battle over this bill. This is according to The Hill:

A committee chairman is threatening House leaders to either give him a role in shaping climate change legislation or risk losing every Democratic vote on his panel when the bill hits the floor.

Rep. Collin Peterson (Minn.), the outspoken Democratic chairman of the Agriculture panel, has been making it well-known that he wants his committee to have full jurisdictional authority over whatever climate change bill emerges from Chairman Henry Waxman's (D-Calif.) Energy and Commerce Committee.

This isn't about the environment, folks. It is about power. Even if you are government educated, you should have been able to figure this out by now.

The economy has hit broadcasting just as every other industry out there. Advertising revenue is down and people - damned good people--are being laid off. In one sense it doesn't seem logical. When business is bad you advertise to bring more customers through the door. Our weasels are trying hard to get that message across .... But in some cases the money just isn't there.

Well ... the Democrats have a solution. A solution, that is, if you're not a broadcast company owned by a white male. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (SC) is one of the preeminent race pimps in Congress. Every issue has a racial component for Clyburn. Clyburn has teamed together with Slobbering Barney and tax-cheat Charles Rangel to urge the Treasury Department to start spending some of that bailout money to minority-owned broadcasters.

If you're a broadcasting company owned by a white male you need not apply.

We'll just rely on your comments here. You pretty well know what I might have to say about this.

Obama wants Congress to authorize another measly $100 billion to loan to the International Monetary Fund. Why does the IMF need the money? To create a $500 billion global bailout fund.

Just what we need ... because our own domestic bailout is working oh-so well. We're going to run record deficits until your grandchildren have grandchildren thanks to PrezBO .. so why not spread some of your Grandchildren's wealth to the entire world? Aren't you just loving the change?

Headlines like this that remind me why the Republican Party is in its current state of pathetic existence: "Conservatives Urge Americans to Pray for a Troubled Nation."

No .. I have nothing against prayer. I use it every day. But I'm sorry ... as crazy as it seems there are still people who are looking to the dysfunctional Republican Party for some ideas on how to bring our nation back from the Obama-socialist precipice. Maybe it's just me ... but when I look to the Republican leadership for some sort of a brilliant plan, "Pray for a troubled nation" doesn't quite cut it. Our pastors can handle that suggestion .. we expect more from elected officials.

One out of every seven detainees that are freed from Guantanamo Bay ends up returning to terrorism. This according to the Pentagon. But Barack Obama wants to close up shop in Guantanamo Bay. Our government can't figure out what to do with the remaining prisoners. Doesn't all this make you feel so warm and fuzzy?

Change you can believe in? Housing terrorists in the US instead of Gitmo. How's that work for you?

I guess these cops were so angry with this suspect that they forgot about the rolling dashboard cameras. Whoops. Five of the cops have been fired.

Obama says that we can accomplish new auto emissions standards if we "work together." The Wall Street Journal has a message for him: good luck with that.

Here is a series of exchanges and quotes from tax cheat Tim Geithner. Read this, and then tell me that you still want this guy in charge.

While we are at it ...... watch this video of Barney Frank and then tell me if you can understand anything slobbering Barney is saying. If you can, call and enlighten me --- or just leave a comment right here. By the way ... what poor sap has the job of wiping down the microphones after Slobbering Barney gives a press briefing.

The Congress has officially passed the credit card bill that would impose sweeping new limits on the credit card industry. This is not going to work out all that well. Step number one? Credit card companies will start closing marginal accounts.

The Obama administration is one step closer to having a 'regulatory czar.' His name will be Wesley Mouch.

Now they tell us ... Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says that closing Gitmo was a "hasty decision." Duhhhhhhhh.

Three of Chrysler's secured creditors want the court to halt the restructuring plan on the grounds that it violates their legal rights and the government's authority.

Not that Obama doesn't have enough on his plate, but Iran has test-fired a missile capable of striking Israel. PrezBO will give Achmanutjob a call today and settle things down.

The Obama administration has now decided that California can have its stimulus money after threatening to withhold it because the state cut wages for healthcare workers.

No matter how many of these articles you read about the repercussions of Obama's emissions standards ... I never read one that says it will be a good idea.

How do Republicans plan on holding up this cap-and-trade bill? By reading all 946 pages .. all aloud. That's after they've hired the speed reader to comb through the darn thing.

Chuck Schumer has decided that now is the time to change our immigration laws.

State senators in South Carolina are "torn" on a resolution affirming the 10th Amendment. What's there to be torn about? Must be government educated ... maybe they don't know what the 10th Amendment says.

Here's an interesting report that found that our air quality actually improved during the Bush administration. That's a good reason to force the automakers to build go-carts.

A bunch of America's evil, filthy rich got together for a secret meeting recently ... and now the moonbats have begun concocting their conspiracy theories that these rich people are plotting to take over the world. Me? First, I wasn't invited. Second .. I think we would be much better off if we just let poor people run the show.

Joe Biden now says that he was fired on by Bosnian snipers ... wait, haven't we heard this one already? Oh .. and so was Hillary, by the way. Though I don't think those snipers were Bosnians. I think they were from Turdistan or something.

Here's some good news ... Illegal border crossings are down 27% since last year. The bad news is that there is a lot of sheet rock around that needs to be hung.