“YOU WILL BE PUNISHED.”

MICHAEL YON’S BOOK IS STILL the number one military book on Amazon.com. And if you’d like to support him — the real PR campaign starts this week — here’s a page with things you can do to encourage stores and libraries to stock his book, etc. including a PDF brochure on the book.

As I noted, I’ve read the book and it’s terrific. I think it deserves the widest possible audience.

“WHITE-HAIRED WOMEN” for Obama.

The video – available at this link – was the brainchild of Belle Meade resident Patricia Burton, who wrote the script and tapped local filmmaker Travis Nicholson to direct. The video was produced as an entry in Moveon.org’s “Obama in Thirty Seconds” contest. The winner, selected by a panel of celebrity judges, will see their ad aired nationally courtesy of Moveon.org and will receive a $20,000 gift certificate for video equipment. The deadline for entries is Tuesday.

Okay, so they’re rich white-haired women for Obama. Still, that ought to make them part of Hillary’s base, shouldn’t it?

TENNESSEE’S GUN-RIGHTS BATTLE HEATS UP: I’m kind of surprised the Democrats in the legislature wanted to pick this fight in an election year. If Al Gore had carried Tennessee in 2000 he’d have been President, and gun issues were one of the main reasons he didn’t.

RIGHTEOUS CRUSADER OR CIVIL RIGHTS MENACE? “Richard Warman says he’s fighting hate. Critics say free speech is the real victim.”

ABC NEWS: Obama Allies Avoid Trying to Explain Most Controversial Part of His Remarks.

DUBIOUS BOOK ADVANCES FOR POLITICIANS. As far as I can recall, the only time this was regarded as an ethical problem was when Newt Gingrich was involved.

RUSH LIMBAUGH, BEWARE: “Notwithstanding Tuzla-gate and all the other problems that the Hillary Clinton campaign has faced, I think that the extended primary campaign is making Senator Clinton into a stronger, more appealing candidate.”

THE “LONELY PLANET” just got lonelier.

RUSSIA PLANS AN orbital construction plant.

MICKEY KAUS: “There would seem to be four distinct, major problems with Obama’s ‘cling’ gaffe. . . . Please note that Obama’s characterization of Pennsylvanians as ‘bitter’ doesn’t even make the top four.”

HILLARY AND OBAMA AND THE “COMPASSION FORUM:” Ann Althouse blogged it. And, from the comments: “Hey, let’s not blame Obama. His most substantial, direct exposure to religion has been Trinity United, so it’s perfectly natural for him to believe that religious belief is motivated by being bitter.”

ABE GREENWALD: The Arab Spring is happening now.