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And indeed they are pathetic. So pathetic that in this interview from last night, Newt Gingrich claims that the shoebomber Richard Reid was appropriately given his rights because “he’s an American citizen.” Reid is not and never has been an American citizen, and the Constitution has never said, nor have the courts, that non-citizens don’t get rights when accused.

A record snowstorm has hit Washington, DC in the past week. This is by its very definition a once in a lifetime event, so what could be more logical than to use this unbelievably rare situation to mock Al Gore about global warming, just a few days after the hottest January in the history of human records of the planet’s temperature?

This needs to be the location of Michael Moore’s next movie.

COLORADO SPRINGS — This tax-averse city is about to learn what it looks and feels like when budget cuts slash services most Americans consider part of the urban fabric. More than a third of the streetlights in Colorado Springs will go dark Monday. The police helicopters are for sale on the Internet. The city is dumping firefighting jobs, a vice team, burglary investigators, beat cops — dozens of police and fire positions will go unfilled.
The parks department removed trash cans last week, replacing them with signs urging users to pack out their own litter. Neighbors are encouraged to bring their own lawn mowers to local green spaces, because parks workers will mow them only once every two weeks. If that. Water cutbacks mean most parks will be dead, brown turf by July; the flower and fertilizer budget is zero.City recreation centers, indoor and outdoor pools, and a handful of museums will close for good March 31 unless they find private funding to stay open. Buses no longer run on evenings and weekends. The city won’t pay for any street paving, relying instead on a regional authority that can meet only about 10 percent of the need.

These are symptoms of the main problem plaguing too many American voters today: a refusal to pay for any of the services they still demand from government. This is the exact reason that California is in a fiscal disaster. The situation in Colorado Springs is coming soon to a city near you.

It worked for another Democratic President in another Republican-caused economic crisis.

The people of Haiti are going to need a lot of help. Here is just one place where you can donate, I will be making more posts throughout the weekend. Here is an article comparing the cost vs. aid ratios of various aid agencies.