“This is total madness,” shouts California Congressman Dan Lungren.

With the announcement that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and four other men are coming to America to be prosecuted in New York City, California Congressman Dan Lungren has had enough.

Lungren, usually a conservative who parces his words carefully, has taken his rhetoric up a notch ot two, actually placing the blame at the doorstep of the White House.

"Where was the President when this announcement was made...?"

Read (and watch the congressman on video) by go to "Lungren Calls Out President Obama" today.

Since I’ve had Meg Whitman on my show three times in the past few months, I thought it might be good to download a few “Meg-o-bytes” today.

Here are a few small files that seem to grab everyone’s attention.

What’s the real story surrounding the Republican gubernatorial debates?

This past week I entertained former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and asked her about the lack of fall debates. You see, on May 18th, Whitman appeared on my talk show while Commissioner Steve Poizner and Representative Tom Campbell debated the June ballot at the Sacramento Press Club.

During that radio visit in May, Meg stated that she was inviting Insurance Commissioner Poizner and Tom Campbell, for that matter, to participate in three fall debates. Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner’s guber-campaign was clear in stating that they never received an invitation from Whitman.

As fall wore on the Poizner Camp began to air audio from Whitman’s comments stating that Meg had never inquired of the commissioner’s availability for fall debates. And that it was actually Meg Whitman who was performing as the “debate dodger” in this case. During Tuesday’s interview, I played the audio from that May 18th appearance for Meg and asked her if Steve Poizner was, indeed, contacted to debate this past fall.

“I think we did ask him whether he wanted to debate in the fall, and I am not sure exactly what the answer was. I’ll have to find out. There wasn’t a serious response that he gave us on that,” Meg replied.

Read more and hear the audio at "Meg-o-Bytes" today.

It was the other Pearl Harbor; December 8, 1941 on the island called the Philippines.

General Douglas MacArthur was the Commander of the Allied Forces in Manila on the day of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

MacArthur’s forces were caught off-guard by the Japanese attack, and eventually received criticism for his lack of defensive action in the eight hours he had to prepare for the Japanese air assault, much in the same way the commanders fielded criticism in Hawaii.

MacArthur’s dependence upon his young air commander of two months, General Lewis H. Brereton, has been offered as an explanation for his inaction by his defenders.

Despite the militaries clear warnings of Japanese aggression, Brereton had not transitioned his air defenses to a war footing, and like the air commanders at Hickam Field at Pearl Harbor, failed to disperse aircraft properly in camouflaged revetments to limit damage from incoming air raids.

Read more at "The Promise of a Veteran Remembered" today.

Fifteen years ago, my family and I arrived in the United States, having fought for two decades to escape the dictatorship of the Soviet Union. We left behind a tyrannical system, determined to control every aspect of its subjects’ lives. Now, the same forces appear to be at the forefront of our national debate on health care.

At the heart of this debate lies a very simple question: will we preserve the freedom of every individual to determine his or her best interests, or will government seize for itself control over the health care of every American? Having experienced and finally escaped from the latter, it is not difficult to foresee its effects.

I saw hospitals devoid of basic supplies, anesthesia treated as a luxury item and hot water more difficult to obtain than attention from an orderly. A severe shortage of medications persisted, to the point where patients were refused hospitalization if they could not procure their own drugs.

Read "Health Care Deja vu" today.

Should rich politicians be paid for their journey into public service?

The argument can be made that rich politicians go into politics to advocate certain ideas. These private sector warriors do this because they believe in their proven concepts, and that they will work for the improvement of society.

If these rich politicians didn’t believe in their ideals, they shouldn’t advocate them, nor should they leave the private sector to promote them for the mass of citizenship.

And if they do not support specific ideas, they shouldn’t be in politics. Just because they have been successful doesn’t mean they should be given the office on a silver platter.

Politics is about ideas, concepts and principles. It’s not a profession.

Taxpayers should not be paying for politicians to sit in an office all day and act like they are doing something, or for politicians to calculate their next campaign and fundraising event.

Read more at "Should Steve Poizner Work Free?" today.

Fifteen years ago, my family and I arrived in the United States, having fought for two decades to escape the dictatorship of the Soviet Union. We left behind a tyrannical system, determined to control every aspect of its subjects’ lives. Now, the same forces appear to be at the forefront of our national debate on health care.

At the heart of this debate lies a very simple question: will we preserve the freedom of every individual to determine his or her best interests, or will government seize for itself control over the health care of every American? Having experienced and finally escaped from the latter, it is not difficult to foresee its effects.

Read: "Health Care Bring Deja vu" today.

Republican gubernatorial candidates Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman are looking forward to a better week, the previous seven-day period featured a bothersome news-cycle highlighting a few fiscal conflicts.

For Poizner, it became news that Commissioner Steve continues to use the California Highway Patrol to protect him while he is on the campaign trail.

Late in the week the San Jose Mercury News reported Meg Whitman’s foundation contributed $3 million into a hedge fund in the Cayman Islands.

That made for some controversial news; here is eMeg, trying to shore up the conservative vote in the GOP and her foundation has contributed to EDF and into an offshore hedge fund in the Cayman Islands.

The words environmentalists and hedge fund alone bring a jaundiced eye. There have been numerous political scandals surrounding offshore hedge funds, but most of the scandal involves the politician and not the hedge fund operation. That fact seems to be lost on the average Joe and Jane Citizen.

Read: "eMeg's Hedge and Poizner's Police" today.

*BREAKING: Democrats have stricken the Lone Wolf Provision from the Patriot Act. I’ll have more over the weekend. What follows is my initial report from earlier today.

While Republicans are fighting to keep America safe, Washington Democrats sought to remove the one provision in the Patriot Act that allows for individuals to be investigated if they are thought to be a candidate for sudden jihadists terror like Army Major Nidal M. Hasan.

Update at "Democrats Remove Lone Wolf Provision".

While Republicans were fighting to keep America safe, Washington Democrats sought to remove the one provision in the Patriot Act that allows for individuals to be investigated if they are thought to be candidates of sudden jihadists like Major Nidal M. Hasan did Thursday at Fort Hood, Texas

Congressman Dan Lungren (R- Gold River, CA.) informed me today that the majority party wanted the sunset rule to mature, allowing the Lone Wolf Provision of the Patriot Act to be removed.

Lungren reports that the House Judiciary Committee was discussing this consideration this past week, just  ahead of Major Nidal M. Hasan’s terrorists action against America and his own Army members in Fort Hood, Texas.

The Lone Wolf  Provision gives the federal government the right to use tech-intelligence upon individuals who are thought to be planning an individual action of terrorism against the United States. Congressman Lungren was one of the Republicans who placed the provisions in 2003.

Read: "Democrats Were to Remove Lone Wolf Provision" right now.

This weekend the House led by Nancy Pelosi will attempt to pass the Health Care Bill.  Problem is that  40 defections from the Dems will sink the ship. 

That assumes all the Republicans will vote against.

I can imagine all sorts of side deals will be in place trying to get the right amount of votes.  Seems the Dems are a tad gun-shy with the reaction to this summers Tea Party’s, Townhall meetings and the fear of being booted out of office.

Read "Democrats Don't Have The Votes" right now.

The charge that State Assemblyman Churck DeVore is making, “don’t be fooled again”. California has its own Dede Scozzafava in the GOP’s newest candidate, Carly Fiorina.

HP’s famous Carly Fiorina is a political novice who has the weight of a severe termination from Hewlett Packard; and a campaign that will compel her to speak to economical factors such as adding jobs – when she is known for removing them while CEO.

There is a noticeable negative sediment from HP employees; I’ve had many callers to my show state that they are none to pleased with Fiorina’s managerial skills. Many callers reference her Compaq deal and decision to outsourcing jobs to India, while hundreds of American HP employees packed their boxes for the exits.

Fiorina has a voting record comparable to a 2004 naturalized citizen.

She has made comments that are seen to be supportive of President Obama’s stimulus, and bailout packages.

Worse yet, she has referenced the last frontier of true free speech – the Internet – as a territory that needs to be submitted to government oversight and regulation.

Read "She's Carly Fiorina; California's Scozzafava" right now.

There seems to be a new mantra that says, “Republicans are making a mistake in supporting wealthy candidates like Meg Whitman in the gubernatorial primary race; she is just too wealthy to be supported as a candidate.”

How can we vote for a woman who has, and spends, so much of her own money?

“The costly airtime – with the primary election still seven months away – is just one way the former eBay chief is spending the $19 million of her personal fortune that she has plowed into the race.”

“The first-time candidate, a Republican, has also paid for an army of advisers, pricey plane rides and a big technology tab. She spent $6 million in the first half of the year.”

Is Meg Whitman too rich, and spending too much of her own money to earn Republican support? Read: "Meg Whitman too Rich for Republicans?"

You have seen the reports over the past few days at The Drudge Report. Great concern surrounding President Barack Obama’s extreme loss of weight.

What gives?

Here's the story...

Apparently there is a report that Mr. Obama has been skipping a few meals in recent weeks. His staff has referenced his loss of weight as a result of removing himself from a meal, or two, due to a very busy schedule.

So it seems that Barack has been pushing aside a few meals while playing basketball, golf and dragging on his smokes.

He does appear to be noticeably thinner, skinnier and very lean - leaner than people around him can ever remember.

So what gives with President Obama’s ‘bony-structure’?

Read my "Barack 'n Bones" interest today.

Ford had a better idea...

why did we the taxpayers go on the hook to bailout Chrysler and GM? If Ford was able to figure out how to survive, why didn’t the other two figure it out and why did you and I have to pay for two companies that didn’t know how to manage themselves?

I was always taught that you got rewarded when you did something good, not when you run a company into the ground. Ford may still be on shaky ground, but the fact that they have survived without government money has to make you wonder did we just get hoodwinked on the other two companies?

Are we going to start rewarding companies that can’t turn a profit anymore?

Read the full piece called "Ford Made How Much Money?" today.

I’m an optimist by nature...

That’s why I want to take a moment to celebrate the USS New York’s cruise into New York Harbor. The Los Angeles Times “Top of the Ticket” blog by Andrew Malcolm reported that the Navy’s newest amphibious ship includes seven tons of recycled steel from the World Trade Center and today houses 700 Marines.

All I can think of is that there’s no better way to honor the innocent citizens and rescue workers who lost their lives on 9/11 than by transforming the tragedy into a symbol of our great nation.

The ship’s crest carries the simple statement, “Never Forget”. I couldn’t agree more, and I will never forget.

Read more of Zak's "Bones From American Bulldog" today.