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Teddy Kennedy had a seizure yesterday during the congressional luncheon. I’m sure we join many of you in wishing him well. The reports this morning are good.

The stock market did not react too well after Obama’s inaugural address. That tends to happen on Wall Street on inauguration day, but this was the worst inauguration drop in history. I’m sure it means nothing … right?

Did you notice that it didn’t take long for the official White House website to make the transition to a President Obama. Exactly one minute passed 12pm ET yesterday.

Speaking of the new website, some are already upset over the White House’s new website and how it refers to President Bush’s response to Hurricane Katrina. I wonder why we don’t concentrate on the response of Louisiana’s Democrat governor and New Orleans’ Democrat mayor?

For those of you who are not feeling optimistic about an Obama presidency .. you might enjoy this article: Barack Obama inauguration: this Emperor has no clothes, it will all end in tears.

If you were George Bush, and you had to write a secret note for Barack Obama…. what would it say? For me it would be simple: “Welcome to the Big Leagues.”

Hillary Clinton’s nomination will more than likely be approved today. Yesterday, seven of Obama’s cabinet nominees were approved.

Today, Obama will discuss the possibility of an accelerated troop drawdown from Iraq with top military officials.

The Los Angeles Police Department has been told not to wear riot helmets because it might make demonstrators more upset. Yeah .. you don’t want police upsetting law-breakers.

Iowa City is considering an ordinance that would allow police to breath-test entertainers at bars and restaurants to make sure that they don’t have a blood-alcohol concentration of .02 or higher.

Another reason to quit smoking (other than the fact that you’re an idiot) is that your pets will be healthier.

Apparently Barack Obama has an Indonesian look-alike.

All articles were obtained from boortz.com

Apparently the newest Senator from New York will be Caroline Kennedy. Americans haven’t lost their affection for Royalty.

Joe Biden’s wife let it slip that Obama gave Biden the choice of either vice president or secretary of state. Trust me, Hillary will get her ounce of flesh for this one.

Keeping the Obamamania alive .. Obama is single-handedly redefining the male physique.

Remember when the Clinton’s left the White House, they trashed the place and took over $200,000 worth of stuff. Well it seems that the Bushes are going to leave with a little more class. And who would expect that?

Here’s what Obama’s first day in office is going to look like. Iraq is going to be back in the spotlight.

Defense secretary Robert Gates will not be attending the inauguration ceremonies. He will be the designated chosen one if something terrible were to happen today. He’s going to Disney World.

Over the weekend, Obama said that we need a “new Declaration of Independence.” And who, Mr. Obama, would be in charge of drafting that one?

A government school superintendent in Dayton, OH is warning students and staff against “inappropriate comments” today during the inauguration. Free speech is alive and well.

Bill Clinton says that we are not going to have partisan politics over the next 30 years of American history. Easy for him to say.

So far, Congress is very pleased with Obama’s willingness to work with them and listen to them.

According to a recent Rasmussen poll, more Americans believe global warming to be caused by planetary trends rather than by human activity. Good! An indication that Americans might not be all that dumb after all!

Great Britain spent tens of millions of dollars on a computer to calculate how climate change will affect its country … only to find that the machine itself has a huge carbon footprint.

A scientists from Berkeley wants to paint major cities white in order to tackle global warming.

Experts from the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis say that Iran will have nuclear weapons this year.

The Seattle Post editorial board admits: “We can only imagine what we would have said had Geithner been a Bush appointee.” Ahh …. Honesty! Too bad this paper won’t exist in about six months.

Irish bookies are betting on what phrases Obama will use during his inauguration speech today.

A “memory pill” could be available over the counter soon. Looks like someone else is going to have to hide my Easter Eggs this year.

All articles were obtained from boortz.com

Here’s a must-read article from the Wall Street Journal explaining how we are living the real-life version of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged.” Whatever you do don’t pay attention.

Obama says that “everybody’s going to have to give” when it comes to our economy .. and by “everybody” I assume he means the evil rich that aren’t paying their fair share.

The ante has been upped for Obama’s job stimulus program. At first he promised 3 million new jobs, now he says his plan will create 4 million jobs.

Mitt Romney is going to be in Washington this week to offer his ideas for an economic stimulus.

Neal Boortz bit on an alternative stimulus plan made it to Townhall.com

President Bush said that he refused to bailout the Republican Party by withdrawing from Iraq. The Republicans have a lot more than just Iraq to worry about.

The producers and entrepreneurs are fleeing California at record rates. I’ll give you one guess as to why …… taxes.

Obama hasn’t even taken office yet, but do people really expect our nation to be healed of racial differences? Nope, we are still going to see people playing the race card.

Bernie Sanders wants a re-write of the text that accompanies George Bush’s portrait at the Smithsonian’s National Gallery.

It’s going to be a cold day in Washington, DC for the inauguration. Must be all that global warming.

A talk radio host in Great Britain was fired for offending Muslims by defending Christianity on air.

This is Atlanta for you .. theyspend $550,000 to put new bathrooms in a MARTA station, and then MARTA decides it wants to close all of its bathrooms because of “budget cuts.”

England’s government is launching an investigation as to why only 10 government school teachers have been fired for being incompetent in the last eight years.

As our economy gets worse, there is evidence that people are becoming increasingly stupid: sales of lottery tickets are on the rise.

And for the most important news of the day .. the Obama’s are down to two different breeds for the First Dog.

All articles obtained from boortz.com