SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET:

HOW ROMANTIC – From CNS:  "During her weekly briefing, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reminded everyone Valentine's Day was coming up and to 'take your loved one and sign up for the Affordable Care Act.'"  And while you're at it, how about saying "I love you" with a gift pack of Centrum Silver and Geritol.  Always hits the spot.

DOESN'T GET IT – From CNS:  "During a heated discussion over gay marriage, CNN morning Anchor Chris Cuomo opined that the unalienable rights endowed to all Americans do not come from God.  Cuomo was debating Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage. Near the end of the back-and-forth and after Moore argued that rights cannot be handed down by men, Cuomo blurted out:  'Our rights do not come from God, your honor, and you know that. They come from man... That’s your faith, that’s my faith, but that’s not our country. Our laws come from collective agreement and compromise.'"  I guess Chris was absent from school the day they talked about the Declaration of Independence.  "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."  It is one of the fundamental statements of American exceptionalism, that we have certain natural rights, and that no government can take them away.

THE TRUTH COMES OUT – From The Hill:  "Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg admits to sharing some wine with her colleagues and not being '100 percent sober' for President Obama's State of the Union address in January.  During Obama's speech, which lasted just under an hour, many viewers on social media pointed out that the 81-year-old liberal justice appeared to be snoozing.  'The audience for the most part is awake, because they’re bobbing up and down, and we sit there, stone-faced, sober judges. But we’re not, at least I wasn’t, 100 percent sober,' Ginsburg said during a talk at George Washington University on Thursday night, according to a report by The Blaze."  I couldn't have lived another day without knowing that.

NUTS – President Obama has made a nutty video advertising Obamacare.  It's here. This comes shortly after the president allowed himself to be interviewed by a media personality whose claim to fame is that she takes baths in Fruit Loops.  You'll recall the number of "historians" who welcomed the election of Mr. Obama in 2008, citing his intellect.  We may still discover that intellect, but I doubt it.

February 12, 2015