McCain now Republican nominee

The big news of yesterday was Mitt Romney’s exit from the Presidential race.  We’ll cover that, along with reaction to his and John McCain’s speech at CPAC, today.

 

Also at CPAC, President Bush indicated his support for McCain.  Why were either of them allowed to speak at CPAC?

 

Ron Paul actually got it right yesterday, accusing Republicans of acting too much like Democrats.

 

Club for Growth President Pat Toomey (who should be a junior Senator from Pennsylvania) assesses McCain’s options for a running mate.

 

Ann Coulter made the case for why conservatives have no reason to support John McCain.

 

Hillary Clinton loaned her campaign $5 million.  She’s in trouble; losing the fundraising battle and momentum.  She had planned on having the nomination sealed by now.

 

The Archbishop of Canterbury says that Sharia Law in Britain is inevitable.

 

Remember that joke of a National Intelligence Estimate released in December that said that Iran gave up their nuclear program?  Now the Wall Street Journal says that the National Intelligence Director essentially reversed the statements made by the NIE.

 

A lawmaker in the Philippines does not want to allow the religion of a criminal (especially if he is a Muslim) to be published in the media.

 

One scientist said that politicians who do not believe in global warming should be thrown in jail.

 

Nancy Pelosi would be safe, though:  she bought $89,000 worth of carbon offsets with taxpayer dollars to offset the impact of House business.

 

Meanwhile, more intelligent scientists are worried about a legitimate threat:  global cooling due to a downturn in the Sun’s output.

 

The Grapevine, Texas school district is forcing its students to learn Spanish.

 

Shaquille O’Neal was traded to the Phoenix Suns this week, and he already has a second job nailed down:  chasing illegal immigrants.

 

Some stores in New York City are beginning to accept Euros for payment.  Wait, what country are we in?

 

A Colorado lawmaker is in trouble for calling unwed teenage mothers “sluts.”

 

The state of Georgia is trying to steal water from Tennessee by moving the border between the states to include part of the Tennessee River.

 

I wonder what he would have to say about a 3^rd-grade “transgender” student in a Colorado government school.  Me?  I say the kid is a freak.

 

The World Health Organization says that tobacco could kill 1 billion people by the year 2100.  I’ll fire up a stogie to that.