George W And Laura Bush Back At The White House For Presidential Portrait Hanging Ceremony

President Bush cries and Laura Bush adds that "this house belongs to those who will never have a portrait here":

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Ridiculous Nanny-State War On Sodas: "We're Simply Forcing You To Understand"




It is a New York woman's sacrosanct choice to have a sex-selective abortion because she must have total control of her body (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/us/politics/house-rejects-bill-to-ban-sex-selective-abortions.html). A New York City woman cannot be trusted to choose what beverage size to purchase in case she puts too much soda into her body (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/nyregion/bloomberg-plans-a-ban-on-large-sugared-drinks.html). Go try and figure that one out.

Gallup: Americans More Socially Conservative, Remain Steady In Economic Conservatism

Gallup reports:



Americans are more than twice as likely to identify themselves as conservative rather than liberal on economic issues, 46% to 20%. The gap is narrower on social issues, but conservatives still outnumber liberals, 38% to 28%.  
In the same poll, on Gallup’s standard measure of ideology — not asked in reference to any set of issues — 41% identified themselves as conservatives, 33% as moderates, and 23% as liberals. Those figures are similar to what Gallup typically finds when it asks people to identify their ideology. 
Thus, compared with the standard measure of ideology, slightly more Americans say they are economically conservative and slightly fewer say they are socially conservative. Also, significantly more Americans say they are socially liberal than identify their basic ideology as liberal.