Obama vs Christie: even

Rasmussen: "Few expect him to run, but New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is essentially even with President Barack Obama in an early look at a hypothetical Election 2012 matchup,"

Mike Ross: "time out of the 2012 elections"

After North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue's call for suspending Congressional elections for two years, Cong. Mike Ross calls for a "time out of the 2012 elections." This is all really hard to believe. Are they serious?

They know where you've been

How cell phone companies treat your private data: They keep it.

I've seen your lab results, now the bad news

Andrew Ferguson: "Is there a more empathetic person in the world than Diane Sawyer, the top newsreader at ABC TV? I’m sure there must be—around seven billion of them, probably. But is there anyone who looks more empathetic than Diane Sawyer? Not a chance. When she peers at you through the camera she has the look of someone who’s just seen your lab results and is trying to figure out how to break the bad news. It must be terribly unnerving to see it close up, firsthand, in person—especially while she’s sitting next to you on a couch, no less."

Herman Cain's book

This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House.

Health-care costs going up

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Obamacare is already raising health care costs. I received my 2012 insurance information yesterday, and everything including co-pays were up.

The Kindle Fire commercial

Run, Christie, Run

Bill Kristol urges Chris Christie to run for president. No doubt there's a lot of dissatisfaction in the GOP with the current field of candidates.

self-checkout

Some supermarkets are replacing self-checkout machines with real people. That's surprising. I like the self-checkout unless I want to buy something that has to be weighed.

Tax limits exhausted

The Greeks can't pay any more new taxes.