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As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, the Supreme Court today, by a 5-4 decision upheld the Consitutional right to bear arms. 

Duh.

If you want a good read, you can check out Justice (Saint?) Scalia’s opinion here.  Make sure you read the footnotes - they’re a scream.

Y’all know I love the comic strip Mallard Fillmore.  Make sure to check out today’s issue for a good chuckle!

Make sure you keep on top of the Americans for Prosperity blog over the next few days.  What with all the shenanigans in Nashville on Friday, there are sure to be some good developments.

In the meantime, you can see pictures of the AFP Hot Air Tour hot air balloon and our former Vice President’s home.  Also, be sure to check out CostofHotAir.com in the next few days for pictures of the entire tour last week from Spartanburg, SC to Cincinnati, OH as well as the schedule for the next leg, which launches after the Independence Day holiday.  It might be coming to YOUR town!

It seems as though the former Vice President is trying to block Americans for Prosperity’s Hot Air Tour event in Nashville today.  The Nashville police have threatened to restrain AFP staff if they try to launch the Hot Air Balloon over Al Gore’s home as previously planned and announced:

A couple of days ago, a Gore spokeswoman ominously warned that they’d be working to block our event:

“We’re making inquiries” to see whether the balloon launch violates any local ordinances, (Gore spokeswoman Kalee) Kreider said.

More here.  Follow this ongoing story on the AFP blog throughout the day.

This shocking headline and opening courtesy of the venerable Associated Press:

McCain, Obama offer different visions on taxes
Make more than $250,000 a year? Watch out. Barack Obama wants to raise your income taxes. Social Security taxes, too.

Run a corporation? Lucky you. John McCain wants to cut your business taxes.

Those positions illustrate pieces of two vastly different approaches to the economy, an issue at the forefront of voters’ minds given that the country is teetering on the brink of - if not already in - a recession as gas prices soar and layoffs rise amid a credit crisis and a housing slump.

Obama, the Democrat, seemingly has a traditional liberal outlook of taxing the rich more while having the government help people of more modest means through tax breaks. McCain, the Republican, advocates a classic conservative vision of cutting taxes - many geared toward businesses - to promote competition within a free-market system.

I mean, wow.  Really.  Republicans and Democrats disagree on taxes?   I’m shocked.  Although, I guess, to be fair, this was in question in this election cycle. 

However, this is illustrative of one important point.  Senator McCain should keep this as the story.  He should stop talking about global warming or whatever other “straight talk” he’d like to provide us for the day.  He should keep talking about tax cuts and spending restraint.  He should talk about the expansive growth of government and how to stop it.  At least, I suppose, if he’d like conservatives to get at all excited about him this year.  Guess we’ll see…