MICKEY KAUS NOTES THAT Paul Krugman has started backpedaling on the Stimulus. Plus, from the comments: “A non-stimulating stimulus? Kind of like decaf coffee in the morning?” Yeah, but at a trillion dollars a cup . . .

KEITH HENNESSEY: The President’s Trillion-Dollar Sacred Cow. “The President repeats that both parties must abandon their sacred cows in budget negotiations. Republicans, he argues, will have to agree to tax increases as part of a deficit reduction package. Republicans are being characterized as intransigent and extreme for refusing to do so. What, then, should we conclude about the President’s unwillingness to consider reductions to the trillion dollars of health spending increases enacted in last year’s health laws?”

BACHMANN OVERDRIVE: We’ll see this sort of headline used again and again, I suspect . . . .

UPDATE: Reader Gregory Odorizzi emails: “Bachmann overdrive? Yeah, and the media is trying to Turner against the other Republican candidates. They are trying to bring her Down, Down. And while they yell, Hey You, she’s Taking Care of Business.”

MARKDOWNS ON GRILLS AND OUTDOOR COOKING GEAR.

CHANGE THE CULTURE, CHANGE THE POLITICS: Introducing the PJ Lifestyle Blog.

IN LIGHT OF ALL THE GUNRUNNING SCANDALS, SUBPOENAS WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE: The Hill: DOJ gives new tools to ATF on guns.

COMPASSION: Sheila Jackson Lee to Aide: ‘I Don’t Care Anything About Your Disability’.

MICHAEL LEDEEN: Are we going to do anything to those who kill Americans?

NEW YORK POST: Obama: Give Peas A Chance.

YOU DON’T SAY: Small Business Doesn’t Appreciate Obama Telling Them to “Eat Your Peas & Suck It In.”

BYRON YORK: Fresh Doubt Cast On Obama’s Health Care Story. “During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama often discussed his mother’s struggle with cancer. Ann Dunham spent the months before her death in 1995, Obama said, fighting with insurance companies that sought to deny her the coverage she needed to pay for treatment. . . . It was a simple and powerful story, one Obama would tell many more times as president during the national health care debate. But now we’re learning the real story of Ann Dunham’s health coverage is not quite what her son made it out to be.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Law Schools Get Practical: With the Tight Job Market, Course Emphasis Shifts From Textbooks to Skill Sets.

SYRIA: “Hama Doesn’t Forget Or Forgive.” You know where those secret police live. They made it personal. Return the favor.

JUST WORDS: We thought it was funny, at the press conference today, that Obama, in prepared remarks, used the word “sacred” in the sarcastic way right before using “sacred” in the serious way.

WELL, THIS SHOULD BE A GOOD ISSUE FOR THE REPUBLICANS: Democrats To Oppose Light Bulb Ban Repeal:

House Democrats on Monday indicated strong opposition to a controversial bill to repeal federal lightbulb standards, which could lead to the defeat of the measure in an expected Tuesday vote.

The Better Use of Light Bulbs Act, H.R. 2417 would end federal bulb standards passed in 2007 that Republicans have since held up as a prime example of federal overreach. House Republicans brought up the bill under a suspension of the rules, which requires two-thirds of voting members to support it.

That means even though a majority might support it, it is unlikely to be approved Tuesday in light of Democratic opposition.

But while it’ll be fair to go after Dems who vote the wrong way in 2012, that doesn’t get Fred Upton off the hook. You passed this, you own it until it’s repealed. And I agree that Fred Upton should be stripped of his seniority by House Republicans as punishment.

Meanwhile, it’s not too late to stock up. . . . Yet.

PENELOPE TRUNK: “After years of obsessive research about what makes people happy, I have determined that self-discipline is the key to happiness.” Ma non troppo. And I say that as a former child cellist myself . . . .

PHIL BOWERMASTER: Working Ourselves To Death?

HAPPY BLOGGIVERSARY TO The Dignified Rant.

BLOG COMMENT OF THE DAY: “I’m gay and agree with Richard. This is boring. Fucking platypuses evolved faster than Obama’s stance toward gays.”

A REMINDER TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Language Alert: ‘Refute’ Does Not Mean ‘Deny.’