Barack Obama has "no regrets" about talking about things that he knows nothing about... because he does it all the time. 
This Professor "acted stupidly"' by not submitting to the authorities.  There is no doubt that if he wasn't so full of himself and pulling the "don't you know who I am" in front of his friend, this wouldn't even been in the news.  Seriously. 

Professor Gates, you may be someone special in your little world of academia, but you are probably like so many others who stay there (or in government jobs) because you can't make it in the competitive real world. 
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/07/24/does-obama-regret-saying-the-police-acted-stupidly-nope/


Oklahoma's humble representative Dr. Tom Coburn provided his latest Spendulus report via twitter.  Some excerpts
http://bit.ly/14Fmiu

29,000 stimulus grant will pay to hire a liaison to the film industry for the Oregon film festival (and she also gets to watch movies to decide which ones should be shown at the festival) click here to read more

Martini bar recommended for $25,000 stimulus grant by Missouri city; Martini bar and a Brazilian steak house scored higher than other area applicants for stimulus funds click here to read more

$1.8 million in stimulus funds paying for a 162 feet long wildlife overpass in Nevada click here to read more

Concealed guns law rejected in close Senate vote
It was close.  Republicans could have done a better job of vote counting before going to the floor, but it wouldn't have made it through Nancy's house.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090722/ap_on_go_co/us_concealed_weapons

Nancy Pelosi; Lies and the lying speaker who tells them
http://vodpod.com/watch/1623660-update-nancy-pelosi-lies-and-the-lying-speaker-who-tells-them-l