Tennessee is No. 1.

What's interesting about the chart provided  here is the color of the top 15 to 20 states of all 50 shown.  This chart rates, in order, the cost-of-living affordability of each of the 50 states in the US.  Hmm.....wonder why the most cost-of-living friendly states are all red??? Could have something to do with state governments that live within their means and have the lowest tax rates in the country, and are most business friendly.  Note Hawaii and California's rating.

Mark Steyn strikes again

Occasionally a reporter/commenter produces a piece that exactly mirrors our own opinion or thoughts.  For me such is the case here with this piece written by Mark Steyn.  Steyn, a Canadian born citizen of the US, is extremely insightful perhaps in part as a result of his foreign birth and experience living for some time under the democratic socialistic state just north of us.  Steyn also lived through and won a counter suit against the Canadian government over their ridiculous hate speech case brought against him and a collegue by the Canadian Hate Speech Commission.  He knows from first hand experience the value of our First Amendment here in the US.  He also knows BS when he hears it which is why he's been on Obama's case since he was a candidate.

Professor Paul Rahe comments

Paul Rahe,  a conservative history professor at the Hillsdale College in the midwest, comments frequently on current events on the Powerline blog, my personal favorite blog.  In the comments here, he notes Obama's proclivity to demean his opponents and those who disagree with him, and in subsequent comments here, Professor Rahe notes how this "attitude" is reflected in his recent dealings with our traditional western allies.  There is much to be concerned about in Obama's narcism, especially as his followers begin to see him for who he is.  At the point in time when Obama himself realizes he has lost the majority of his "adoring" followers, according to the professor, we are apt to see extremely erratic behavior on his part.  As Rahe observes the next few years could be a "rocky ride".