The Gargoyle in North Korea is apparently preparing to launch new missiles. Here we go .... again. What new stern language will the UN come up with this time to castigate Kim Jong Il?

Aren't you glad you aren't Barack Obama right now? Remember the last time this dangerous fool launched a missile? The very next day Obama announced that we were going to curtail work on a missile defense system. Now that's showing strength, isn't it? This menace test a missile that could carry a nuclear warhead, and our defender, our President, stands up and says "Oh, by the way, we're not going to spend all that money on missiles launched by midget menaces from North Korea."

In light of Obama's stance, it's rather odd that Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that the United States can shoot down any missile that is fired our way. With what? That program Obama is eliminating? Gee, that is comforting. How about China ... does it have the "high probability" of being able to defend itself?

This Kim Jong Il character is a loon, folks. He's a loon with nukes. This is not the type of guy you want with his finger on the trigger. He is training his son to take his place. I assume that the nut doesn't fall far from the tree.

Last week Obama urges Congress to adopt a government option for healthcare .. a plan that will cost over $1.3 trillion. On Monday Barack Obama announced to the nation that he was going to ramp up stimulus spending.

Now, all of the sudden, Barack Obama is worried about spending. Yesterday he urged Congress to reinstitute Paygo. That would require Congress to finance the cost of any spending initiatives by either increasing taxes or cutting something from the budget. Based on the Democrats lofty schemes -- universal healthcare, increased spending on education, energy legislation, bailouts, stimulus spending - it doesn't seem like much is going to be cut from the budget. In fact, we are talking about the largest expansion of government in history, and that is on top of our $1.8 trillion federal deficit. Oh and somehow Obama also plans on cutting the deficit in half by the end of his first term.

So how is all of this going to happen? Well it sure isn't going to happen with economic growth, not with this economic fascist running the show. So the answer is ... tax increases. That's the only way.

We have three basics economic classifications in this country. Producers, moochers and looters. The moochers are licking their chops, the looters are putting on their ski masks and the producers are looking for cover.

You can rest assured that there won't be any direct new taxes or increases on the moochers; after all, those are Democrat voters. Obama's plan is simple. All he has to do is tax the wealth. Seize the money from the evil rich, the job providers, the corporations, the small businesses. We already know that this is the plan to pay for healthcare .. Obama said so earlier this week. Listen to how he says this, "Entitlement increases and tax cuts need to be paid for ... They are not free, and borrowing to finance them is not a sustainable long-term policy." When Obama says "tax cuts" he is actually referring to government handouts. You would know that if the media was treating this honestly. Someone has yet to explain to me how it is possible for Obama to give tax cuts to people who don't pay income taxes. But then again, he is like God (sort of) ... right?

Apparently some items would be exempted from Paygo: Medicare payments to physicians, the estate and gift tax, the Alternative Minimum Tax and tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003.

But here is how it really works. This paygo thing is nothing but a gimmick. At least that is what Brian Riedl, a budget analyst at the Heritage Foundation, believes. He explains that "the Paygo law required Congress to make across-the-board cuts in entitlement spending at the end of any year in which the Congressional Budget Office found that Paygo requirements had not been met. He said lawmakers responded each time by passing another bill, waiving the Paygo requirements." In other words, it is nothing but a talking point. It's a charade to make you believe that these politicians actually care about spending when in fact they don't. All they care about is making you, the ignorant voters, more dependent on government.

Guess who has joined the global warming movement? ACORN. Yep, your friendly community organizers and voter fraud organization has decided to throw its efforts into the global warming movement. This is according to the World Watch Institute:

Brian Kettenring, ACORN's deputy director of national operations, said his group - the largest grassroots community organization of low- and moderate- income people in the United States - was inspired to join the Climate Equity Alliance and work with groups such as the Sierra Club after seeing the vulnerability of cities such as New Orleans to rising sea levels and more intense climatic events. The group, which lobbies for affordable housing and improved education in urban areas, is also encouraged by the hope of "green jobs," environmentally sustainable employment opportunities.

"ACORN families understand that building a green economy that's sustainable and builds jobs for working families is good for them, good for the environment, and good for communities," Kettenring said.

ACORN's contribution will include direct lobbying of Congress. In the long term, Kettenring expects more ACORN chapters to become involved in green jobs initiatives, such as efforts to collect federal funding for weatherizing urban buildings.

Now where in there do you see any concern for the environment? None. It's not about that. It is about gaining power for your segment of the population. More specifically, it's about gaining some control over the government's use of power. That's all that this global warming movement is about ... it is a fraud and a scheme created to empower people who would otherwise be selling Che Guevara t-shirts at a street fair.

While we are at it, the Congressional Black Caucus has decided to make healthcare reform also an issue of race. No surprise there. To the CBC everything is an issue of race. Without race issues these people would perish of boredom. Now that Obama has thrown himself back into the healthcare debate, the caucus is urging him to focus more on racial disparities in medical treatment when he creates his government healthcare system. You do know where that leads, don't you? We already know that there is going to have to be rationing of health care services when the government starts running the show. Well, if there's going to be rationing, the CBC wants to make sure that race is a consideration. You can rest assured that when the rationing gets underway the race pimps will be watching very carefully to see that the numbers add up. This is going to get very tricky when it comes to issues like hypertension. Blacks suffer from hypertension to a greater degree than whites. Perhaps we'll have to assign quotas based on the occurrence of particular diseases among different races. Bottom line: rationing is a certainty, and the CBC is there to make sure the racial element is acknowledged.

The CBC also plans to introduce an alternative healthcare proposal. This version would seek to improve services in low-income areas (more entitlement programs), eliminate language barriers (more entitlement programs) and improve the collection of data to detect gaps in care for racial minorities (more government bureaucrats).

Trust me, you folks are going to LOVE government healthcare.

Just in case you thought the movie Idiocracy was WAY out there...

This won't mean much to someone not from Atlanta ... but they're going to put timing chips on the running shoes of all Peachtree Road Race participants this year. I like it because it may stop the cheaters.

The coveted prize for running the 10K Peachtree is that t-shirt. You get to wear that t-shirt to show everyone what a stud you are. Yeah .. you ran 6.2 miles in the sweltering July heat in Atlanta. Trouble is, out of the 55,000 runners, there are a lot of cheaters. They get their race number and then sit in the comfort of some Burger King or Starbucks halfway through the race until the runners start coming by. Then they toss their lattes into the trash and join the race to pick up their t-shirts.

Now the race organizers have a way to deny these cheaters their prize. If your chip doesn't show that you crossed both the starting line and the finish line you should go home wearing your sweaty running clothes. Let's see if the organizers have the nads to do this.

Economics is soooo boring. But maybe you should read this. "Get Ready for Inflation and Higher Interest Rates."

Yesterday on the air I read this letter by Lou Pritchett "Why You Scare Me." While I don't agree with all of it, it's a good read.

More on Obama's plans for your health care. This from Mona Charen. You had better pay attention to this one before it is too late.

Here's more on the perky little stripper who likes to file false police reports.

So the Democrats want to set Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings to start July 13th. The Republicans think this is too soon.

This is an excellent article from Kevin Hassett about Barack Obama essentially telling American businesses to drop dead.

Globally, the liberal left seems to be collapsing. What do these fancy Europeans know that Americans don't? I guess if their leaders were (sort of) Gods things would be different.

Ten TARP recipients have been told by the Treasury Department that they are healthy enough to pay back federal loans ... but don't expect this to help consumers.

The first Gitmo detainee has made his way to America to stand trial. We're importing terrorists. How nice.

Katie Couric is just doing wonders for the ratings right now on CBS. Sure glad that she is an award winning journalist. What a ditz.

Here we have some refreshingly good news ... A Senate committee on Tuesday approved opening the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling. It's just a committee, folks. This is going nowhere.

A Yahoo polls asks how Obama is doing handling the economy. Any guesses as to how the people voted?

We just can't seem to get a bill through the Congress without the addition of any pork or "unrelated extras." This time it is the war funding bill.

Here's a good analysis of how Congress is meddling in the auto industry, even though Obama claims that the government doesn't want to run these companies.

Chris Dodd wants the Federal Reserve to prohibit banks from charging overdraft fees. More government control.

This is a fun article ... Love or lust, Obama and the fawning press need to get a room.

These federal agents want Congress to give them their guns back! Any guesses as to who it is?

A man in Connecticut says that he is losing his home because he owes $50 in taxes to the government.

The state government in California wants to regulate food that is served at any licensed child care facility.

A lesbian couple and their three adopted children were denied the family rate at the Lava Hot Springs State Foundation because they don't fit the state's definition of a "family." Good, we need a good "Lesbians vs. Government" fight to keep out minds off the serious stuff.