Michelle Malkin has a great post over at her blog.

Read through the comments. Just make sure toput down any drinks first.

Last night, we experienced something rare in Southern California - an extreme lightning storm. See for yourself:

Sorry about the blur of the buildings. I was standing on my porch, hand holding the camera with the shutter open trying to catch the flashes. I think the bolt on the first pic hit something about a block away.

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Welcome to the revolution. Two centuries ago, Thomas Paine stoked the flames of discontent of British rule with his classic work, Common Sense.

Today, we have YouTube. Enjoy.

Oh, and get involved.

This.

America is in line at the airport. America has its shoes off, is carrying a rubberized bin, is going through a magnetometer. America is worried there is fungus on the floor after a million stockinged feet have walked on it. But America knows not to ask. America is guilty until proved innocent, and no one wants to draw undue attention. America left its ticket and passport in the jacket in the bin in the X-ray machine, and is admonished. America is embarrassed to have put one one-ounce moisturizer too many in the see-through bag. America is irritated that the TSA agent removed its mascara, opened it, put it to her nose, and smelled it. Why don’t you put it up your nose and see if it explodes? America thinks.

And, as always: Why do we do this when you know I am not a terrorist, and you know I know you know I am not a terrorist? Why this costly and harassing kabuki when we both know the facts, and would agree that all this harassment is the government’s way of showing “fairness,” of showing that it will equally humiliate anyone in order to show its high-mindedness and sense of justice? Our politicians congratulate themselves on this as we stand in line.

All the frisking, beeping and patting down is demoralizing to our society. It breeds resentment, encourages a sense that the normal are not in control, that common sense is yesterday.

Go read the rest.