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Headline Roundup (5/30/10)

Today's headline roundup includes a look at today's savvy young entrepreneurs, Obama's assent to the startling U.N. Small Arms Treaty to take away your handguns, more racism from the "progressive" left, a hilarious parody of Congressional micromanagement, a sobering look at the national debt, an expensive milestone for the wars in the Middle East, a mea culpa from the military for the civilian deaths of dozens of Afghans this February, and two examples of what I'm starting to suspect is an epidemic of police stupidity and ineptitude.

  • Meet the new young millionaires: "Forget Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. The founders of Facebook, YouTube, and other upstart companies are shaking up the business world -- and making millions along the way."
  • 2nd Amendment Alert! Is Barack Obama about to team up with the United Nations to take your guns away? "This week, the Obama administration announced its support for the United Nations Small Arms Treaty. This international agreement poses real risks for freedom both in the United States and around the world by making it more difficult -- if not outright illegal -- for law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms."
  • More progressive racism: Bill Maher says Obama isn't acting like a "real black president." Full quote: "I thought when we elected a black president, we were going to get a black president. You know, this [BP oil spill] is where I want a real black president. I want him in a meeting with the BP CEOs, you know, where he lifts up his shirt where you can see the gun in his pants. That's -- (in black man voice) 'we've got a motherfu**ing problem here?' Shoot somebody in the foot."
  • Hilarious video: Congressmen demand passage of the "IHOP Should Stay Open All Night Act" in an emergency session of Congress. (Sad fact: This is actually pretty much the kind of crap that Congress does all year in real life.)
  • National Insanity: Despite a national debt that just soared past $13 Trillion less than a week ago, Congress goes on a spending spree. "Taken together, the Democratic-led U.S. Congress is trying to find a way to pass about $300 billion more in unfunded spending before Memorial Day -- a spending spree that rivals anything drunken sailors have been accused of."
  • Wars' Price Tag Reaches $1 Trillion: "As of 10:06 on Sunday, May 30th, we will have spent $1 trillion in Iraq and Afghanistan. A trillion dollars is a baffling amount of money. If you write it out, use twelve zeros. Even after serving in Congress for over a decade, I, like most Americans, still have a hard time wrapping my head around sums like this."
  • Civilian Deaths: "A biting U.S. military report released Saturday criticized 'inaccurate and unprofessional' reporting by operators of unmanned drones for contributing to a mistaken February airstrike that killed and injured dozens of civilians in southern Afghanistan."



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