• Men who marry older women die earlier. If they marry women about 15 years younger than they are they live longer... OK ... if the science is correct, can men who marry an older women counteract those affects by just having a little fling with a younger woman once in a while? "Look, honey. You want me around for a long time, don't you?" Hey ladies. Let me know if that would work for you.

• Tried to talk Belinda into a couples massage after the show today. She declined. Biatch.

• I want a plaque. Look ... if they can name highways around the Atlanta area for every hack politician who has ever served in any capacity around these parts ... I can have my plaque. I want that plaque in the sidewalk where I stepped off that Greyhound bus in 1967, "On July 2, 1967, Neal Boortz stepped off a Greyhound Bus and began his conquest of Atlanta." Contributions being accepted.

• Do you spell "plaque" the same way for a commemorative display as you would for that stuff you scrape off your teeth?

• Levin .. what a stud. 11 out of 12 weeks at No. 1 on the NYT Bestseller's list. Looks like I'll be on his radio show tonight. Big time here I come.

• PrezBO says that health care costs (insurance costs) affect business competitiveness in this country. Is he kidding me? These corporations merely deduct those costs from what they would otherwise be paying their employees. How in the wide wide world of government does this reduce business competitiveness? Look at corporate income taxes if you're looking for a cause.

• If not a plaque I'll hire a homeless person to stand there with a sign.

• Would our history have changed if they had put Nelson Rockefeller's shoes on the right foot?

Are Americans finally realizing that elections have consequences? Notice that your friends and your neighbors are silently removing their Barack Obama bumper stickers from their cars. Now they're walking around with a "who, me?" look on their faces. Notice also that more people growing weary of government spending and intervention. They may not admit it, but they know they were wrong. After all, Obama didn't lie about what he wanted to do as president - he ran on a platform of bigger government and more spending on healthcare, energy, education, etc. But most Americans couldn't see beyond his hot bod and charm. They we suckered in by focus group slogans. They voted for him anyway.

A new Wall Street Journal poll found that there are rising doubts among Americans. This is not good for a president that has the most ambitious government-growth plans since the Great Depression. For example, 70% of Americans are concerned about the increased government intervention in the private sector.

Now here is a prime example of a dumb Obama voter. This is someone who voted for Obama precisely because of the reasons above. Laura Zamora is a local government worker in Orange, California. Government worker ... that's your key. Ms. Zamora says she is frustrated with Obama, but here is why: "He's bailing out the private sector. He's putting all kinds of money into the private sector ... The money should be going to social programs, not to bailing out banks and GM. It should go to people who are unemployed." I would bet a day's salary that this bimbo was government educated. No bets on whether or not she's here legally.

The Democrats see this failing confidence in their Messiah. They know that if they want to increase government dependency through government growth they have to move fast, before more people out there wake up. It's classic. They're trying to steal your independence .. and their tip-toeing through your room in the dark of night trying to get it done before you wake up ... and they just heard you move under the covers. Why do you think the Democrats are bummed that they have to postpone a markup of the healthcare reform bill? Because they know that time is of the essence.

While the Democrats battle within their own party to come up with a healthcare bill that they think can pass, the Republicans have decided to come up with a bill of their own. Does it have any legs to stand on? Not a chance. But here are some of the details according to CNN Money ......

• "Pools" of insurance. It would let states, small businesses and others group together to offer lower-cost, health care plans. Such pools would have to offer, at a minimum, any coverage that is provided in a majority of states.
• Medicaid transfer. It would allow Medicaid users to take the value of their Medicaid benefits and transfer/apply those to a private health care plan instead.
• Boosting of health care savings accounts. It would increase incentives for people, especially those in lower income brackets or over 55, to build up HSAs. OK .. this idea has merit.
• Automatic insurance. It would encourage employers to sign up their workers for health insurance automatically, so that employees would have to "opt out" of coverage if they didn't want it. This is reform? How about moving more health insurance policies to private ownership, instead of corporate.
• Longer coverage for youths. It would allow dependent children to stay on their parents' policies until they are 25.
• Promotion of wellness at the workplace. It would encourage employers to reward employees for improved health.
• Expansion of community health centers.
• Mobile health care. It would allow Americans to maintain their specific health insurance policies when they lose or leave jobs.
• In-home care. It would provide financial help and encourage more in-home care over institutions.
• Limitations on malpractice lawsuits. There is general agreement over limiting such lawsuits, but a deep divide exists over exactly how much.

This is weak. Very weak. There is only a minimal promotion of the private sector here. Let me give you just a few ideas of things they missed:

1. Allow individuals to deduct the cost of their health insurance from their taxable income, just like their employers can right now.
2. End all state insurance mandates. If some insurance company wants to market an insurance policy that doesn't cover for the normal costs of childbirth, drug abuse treatments, mental health treatments, obesity treatments, alcohol-related treatments and the like ... then let them.
3. Allow people to shop across state lines for their medical insurance.
4. Expand the privileges of nurse practitioners. I don't need someone with seven years of medical school and residency to prescribe an antibiotic for a sore throat.
5. Charge a minimum of $5.00 per visit to any public health facility ... regardless of income. This will weed out the people for whom a visit to the doctor is more of a weekly social event.
6. Require only life-saving medical care to those who are in this country illegally.
7. Allow employers to shut out smokers from any company-provided health insurance benefits.

That too me all of 90 seconds .. .and there's not one idea there that expands the size or scope of government.

If the government passed a law requiring employers to provide health insurance policies to employees, what would that do to our employment figures?

And can someone please --- after all of these years --- please explain to me the logic behind the conventional wisdom that when you hire someone you are supposed to provide them with health insurance? Why not life insurance? After all, if they die they can't come to work, can they? Why not auto insurance? They have to drive to get to work, don't they?

As I've already pointed out, the Obama administration knows that it has to act quick on these big agenda items. Healthcare has clearly taken center stage lately. But we can't forget about Obama's energy legislation. The cap-and-trade bill is back in the mix, and guess what? Obama wants the bill to be passed next week! Next week will be dubbed "energy week." Well isn't that special!

Gawd, that was fast. Just in case you don't remember how incredibly painful this bill would be for the American economy, Citizens Against Government Waste has some more details:

In reality, this cap-and-trade plan is nothing more than a hidden tax that The Heritage Foundation has estimated could increase the average American family's energy bill by $1,500 annually!

..... These higher operating costs for utilities, oil companies, and industry will ultimately trickle down to individual Americans, and you will pay an estimated 74 percent more for gasoline, 90 percent more for electricity, and 55 percent more on your natural gas bill. And that's not the end of it. You'll also pay more for every product that requires fossil fuels in its manufacture or transportation!

The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade plan will also grow the size and cost of government by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a greenhouse gas (GHG) registry, create a GHG emission allowance transfer system, and set emission allowances from 2012-2050. This army of new bureaucrats will eventually control every aspect of industrial, commercial, and individual energy use. You won't be able to tune up your car or install a grill in your back yard without federal interference ... perhaps even a costly environmental impact study. What's more, the cap-and-trade program will necessarily be ripe for political favoritism and corruption, as politicians and bureaucrats manipulate the system for favored industries.

Climatologist Chip Knappenberger has estimated that the 83 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions mandated under Waxman-Markey by 2050 will result in a drop in climate temperature of only nine-hundredths of 1 degree Fahrenheit. That's equivalent to just two years of avoided global warming.

It's a tax, my friends. It's all about the government getting more of your money. The pretense here is the environment. There's a reason why these environmental pushes come from the political left. It's not about the environment. It's about expanding the scope and the size of the Imperial Federal Government. It's about control over your life. Wake up. Global warming is a fraud.

Department of Defense employees must take written exams as part of their routine training. See if you can correctly answer the following question:

"Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorism?"

• Attacking the Pentagon
• IEDs
• Hate crimes against racial groups
• Protests

Any guesses? I bet you know where this one is going, don't you? That's right. Protests. Now we have the Defense Department telling their workers that protests are "low-level terrorism." Excuse me, but isn't there something in the Constitution about the right to "peaceably assemble?" And then there's something else about the right to "petition the government for a redress of grievances." Now we call these activities low-level terrorism? What does that make all you tea-party demonstrators from earlier this year? Low-level terrorists?

Do you feel comfortable with this? Not I!

You have to watch this video of this incredible twit as the latest American Idol winner is announced. This, my friends, is the future of our country. Could this possibly be any more pathetic? Like, OMG!

Obama blames everyone for the people's resistance to government-run health care ... everybody but government.

While much of the world condemns the Iranian election, Obama has just decided to give the whole thing a pass.

What has been the reaction to Obama's announcement about his financial-regulation plan? The Wall Street Journal explains the brewing controversies.

Iran accused the United States of "intolerable" meddling in its internal affairs in regards to its recent "election." Meddling? Obama hasn't said squat! Sarkozy has been left to carry the ball on this one.

Victor Davis Hanson with his handy guide to the Age of Obama "logic."

Bush has his say on some of PrezBO's policies.

The battle over the firing of IG Gerald Walpin is heating up. Walpin responded to Obama's character assassination.

So ABC won't accept free market healthcare ads during Obama's healthcare townhall next week. They explain that they never accept 'advocacy ads.'

But apparently ABC isn't the first network to do coverage of a presidential plan like this ... NBC did it back in 1994 with Hillarycare.

In a big blow to the healthcare bill, the Senate Finance Committee has postponed the markup of the bill until after the Fourth of July recess.

Meanwhile, Max Baucus says that he is going to strip $600 billion out of the healthcare bill in order to bring down the cost to $1 trillion. Oh ... I feel so much better now.

Many of the lawmakers involved in crafting this climate change legislation have investments in companies that would be directly affected by passing the bill.

Here is a visual representation of how the Obama administration completely misjudged the impact of the economic stimulus plan. You need to look at this. On this chart you'll see the Obama team's predictions for unemployment rates both with and without the stimulus plan. Then it shows the actual figures. This Obama guy really has it figured out.

After admitting that he cheated on his wife, Republican Sen. John Ensign stepped down as the chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. Maybe cheating on your wife isn't such a good policy ... unless you're married to Jane Fonda.

Barack Obama says that you would be hard-pressed to watch Fox News for a day and find a positive story about him.

The gay community has its thong in a wad over Obama's proposal to extend benefits to gay partners of federal employees.

PETA is upset for Barack Obama for killing a fly during a TV interview.

I could have told you this one ... research shows that dogs are smarter than cats.

Hey look! Those tools at MediaMatters are still listening to the ol' Talkmaster. Thank goodness for that.

Yeah, let us know how that works out for you, kid.