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If Obama is going to treat the Americans like children, why doesn’t he just go all the way and announce that, if re-elected, he’ll name Muppets to Cabinet posts in a second term? They couldn’t be any worse than those he has in those positions now. – IBD

That would hurt credit and crimp growth by 4 percentage points next year in Greece, Cyprus, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain, Europe’s periphery. – Bloomberg

“That order had to come from the highest levels of government,” Root proclaimed. ”Obama is using the power of the IRS and other government agencies to punish his political opposition and intimidate and silence his critics.” – The Blaze

Rep. Elijah Cummings, a member of Democrat socialists of America, announced a congressional probe this week of a tea party group that is fighting vote fraud by pushing tougher voter laws. – Washington Times

Obama’s communist mentor Frank Marshall Davis is mentioned 22 times in Obama’s book “Dreams From My Father.” All references to Frank in the audio version and in the subsequent book, “The Audacity of Hope,” audio version have been scrubbed. – The Blaze

Whereas the unemployment rate doesn’t include people who are out of work, but have given up looking for a job, the “Not Employed Rate” gives a fuller picture of the dire economic situation many Coloradans are currently facing. – The Colorado Observer

Univision News aired a “bombshell” hour-long report on their investigation into Operation Fast and Furious, revealing brand new evidence of international weapons smuggling by the U.S. government. – The Blaze

During the same week when the American ambassador to Libya was murdered and his dead body dragged through the streets by celebrating mobs, the president of the United States found time to go on the David Letterman show to demonstrate his sense of humor and how cool he is. – Sowell at NRO

We know how much politicians across the world hate it when they have to deal in reality and not in promises. The fiscal cliff is real and maybe too real for comfort. – TradingFloor.com

Protests and secession challenge bankrupt Spain’s PM Mariano Rajoy. – Business Insider