The Pew Research Center has published a poll showing the awareness of issues in the public realm. Here is a breakout by Republicans, Independents and Democrats:
The ACLU is suing to remove a war memorial from WW I. A photo of what it looked like before the suit is here:
I couldn't resist when I read that line in this article about Obama "Jumping the Shark."' [...] 
David Muller at the American Thinker has a very good piece on the discussion of the political spectrum. For someone who sees tyranny on both sides of the spectrum, this comparison is especially apt. The old version is shown here:
President Obama has said that he will not sign any health care reform that adds one red cent to the debt. Guess that will kill health reform forever.
A coalition of "environmental" groups plan to take out ads against Cong. Rehberg for opposing Cap and Tax. Since my daughter works for the Missoulian, I think that this is wonderful. The Missoulian gets money, and the "environmental" groups tick everyone off.
Okay, this is red meat, but I do love the Constitutional Scholars who have taken the oath.
This is not just a rag against socialized medicine. It's instead, a fair analysis of the two systems that needs to be covered while we debate our own version of ObamaCare.
Irony.
and remembered why 
Sometimes.
