Interesting story about an Oregeon mayor thrown out of office via a recall vote because of a racy photo posted on her MySpace page.  Sounds like there were other issues surrounding her ouster, but the photo was the last straw.  While it's the town's prerogative on how to handle that situation, it's not like she did anything illegal.  She didn't try to undermine the due process of another citizen by committing perjury and attempting to force others to perjure themselves and cover their tracks, like another famous politician did in his sex scandal.

Great article about Barack Obama's flawed 2nd Amendment views.  He supports an individual right to bear arms, but also supports the law that impedes the right of DC citizens to defend themselves with firearms in their own homes.  That's certainly an interesting interpretation of the 2nd Amendment by Civil Rights Lawyer Obama.  It's not like DC's gun control law is a rousing success. 

At last night's debate, Senator Clinton publicly acknowledged, I believe for the first time, regret on her 2002 vote to authorize the Iraq war.  Well, sort of.  In her words, she would've never taken us to war in Iraq (despite voting to do so), she warned about waging a preemptive war (that she voted for), and she disagreed with going to war (which she demonstrated by voting to disagree with herself).  Is there any wonder her campaign is sinking??

Conservative pioneer William F. Buckley passed away today.  Despite the many betrayals by today's conservative movement on their supposedly limited government principles (and WFB's own deviations from limited government principles), Buckley is one of many responsible for revealing the dangers of overzealous government, back in a day when a zeal for activist government was at its peak.  A great Buckley moment came on Laugh-In, when he was asked why he always sat down on his TV program.  It was asked if Buckley couldn't think on his feet.  His answer: "It is hard...to stand up...under the weight...of all that I know."  RIP.