AN OBAMACON JUMPS SHIP: T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII: I’m Beginning to Believe This Obama Fellow Is Unequal to the Task.

BILL WHITTLE: The Haters’ Guide To “Football.”

AREN’T WE SUPPOSED TO “LISTEN TO OUR ALLIES?” Merkel Tells Obama Spending Cuts to Boost Economy, Not Put Brake on Growth. Of course, when they were saying that they were also saying “listen to the generals. . . .”

YOU DON’T SAY: Business leaders say Obama’s economic policies stifle growth. “The chairman of the Business Roundtable, an association of top corporate executives that has been President Obama’s closest ally in the business community, accused the president and Democratic lawmakers Tuesday of creating an ‘increasingly hostile environment for investment and job creation.'”

THE COUNTRY’S IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS: Hoyer: Yeah, we’re punting the budget this year. “The primary responsibility of Congress under the Constitution is to pass a budget for the federal government. The Democrats have a 77-seat majority in the House and an 18-seat majority in the Senate, where filibusters won’t apply anyway on budgetary matters. Barack Obama’s presidency gives them a clear path to passing whatever budget Democrats desire for FY2011. And so, obviously, all of this has proven too much of a hurdle for Democrats to overcome, as Steny Hoyer admitted today.”

OBAMA TO GULF COAST: DROP DEAD. Federal Gov’t Halts Sand Berm Dredging: Nungesser Pleads With President To Allow Work To Continue.

HOW LONG BEFORE OUR GOVERNMENT DOES THE SAME? Britain becomes latest to slash budget, freeze salaries.

“I TOLD YOU SO?” Michael Yon on McChrystal back in April.

DECIDING THE FATE OF THE INTERNET in a back room at the FCC?

POLITICO: Obama’s real McChrystal problem: Afghanistan plan in trouble. The halfhearted approach seldom succeeds.

OBNOXIOUS FOOD NANNIES complain about feeding the poor.

REALLY, IT’S A BAD IDEA TO THREATEN BLOGGERS.

HEH: Waiter! There’s a fly on my dupe!

RICH GALEN: Press Secretary 101: How to avoid getting into a McChrystal situation.

UPDATE: What went wrong.

SHOULDA DONE IT YEARS AGO: In Budget Crisis, States Take Aim at Pension Costs. You know, before there was a crisis.

AND YET THE SOLUTION TO EVERYTHING IS MORE RELIANCE ON REGULATORS: Regulators Failed to Address Risks in Oil Rig Fail-Safe Device.

GENE HEALY: It’s Time America Had A Fat President.

UNRAVELING The Secrets Of Rogue Waves.

WOULD HE DO THIS IF THINGS WERE GOING WELL? Peter Orszag Flees White House.

A WIN FOR Nikki Haley.

OLD WISDOM: Cute and Cuddly. New Wisdom: Chimps, Too, Wage War and Annex Rival Territory.

REVIEWING THE REVIEWERS: A Roundup of Book Reviews From All Over.

ED DRISCOLL: All The President’s Rubes.

HIGH YIELD AGRICULTURE cuts CO₂ emissions. Plus this: “Genetically engineered crops reduce CO2 emissions. Funny but true. So Europeans opposed to genetic engineering of crops (and the center of such opposition seems squarely in Europe) are inadvertently working against a goal that the vast majority of them support: reduction of CO2 emissions in order to prevent global warming.”

FROM THE 278TH ACR, A REPORT FROM IRAQ.