Blowback.

It took nearly a decade after 9/11 to catch and kill Osama bin Laden. During that time, America launched two wars and a new cabinet-level security agency while funneling money into the defense budget at record levels. This was the United States government’s response to bin Laden, yet very little of it contributed to his capture.Link

She was wrong then, why would she be right now.

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$3 trillion over 15 years.

The most expensive public enemy in American history died Sunday from two bullets. As we mark Osama bin Laden's death, what's striking is how much he cost our nation—and how little we've gained from our fight against him. By conservative estimates, bin Laden cost the United States at least $3 trillion over the past 15 years, counting the disruptions he wrought on the domestic economy, the wars and heightened security triggered by the terrorist attacks he engineered, and the direct efforts to hunt him down.Link

Charged with sorcery..........

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is mired in a political dispute with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that could result in the president's resignation, Al Jazeera English reported Friday.Link

Ron Paul hauls more than $1 million.

Ron Paul hauled more than $1 million just on Thursday via a debate-day money bomb. Paul’s presidential exploratory committee alerted his supporters to the 24-hour online fundraising via email and social networks and were able to sit back and watch $1,028,436.56 roll in.Link

Embracing his inner Dubya.

Candidate Barack Obama promised to bring change as president, but political observers on both sides of the aisle say it’s the presidency that’s changed him . . . to look more and more like the former president, George W. Bush, whose policies he once repudiated.Link