What conception of capitalism do you have if you are attacking your opponent for entering what is the risk-taking of capitalism?

Via Breitbart.tv.

UPDATE (12/14): George Will: Newt Gingrich commits a capital crime

Romney, while at Bain, performed the essential social function of connecting investment resources with opportunities. Firms such as Bain are indispensable for wealth creation, which often involves taking over badly run companies, shedding dead weight and thereby liberating remaining elements that add value. The process, like surgery, can be lifesaving. And like surgery, society would rather benefit from it than watch it.

Romney surely anticipated that such an attack would come — but from Democrats, in the general election, not from a volatile Republican. He now understands Rep. Paul Ryan’s response when Gingrich attacked his entitlement reform as “right-wing social engineering.” Said Ryan: “With allies like that, who needs the left?”

An L.A. conservative invites members of the “Occupy L.A.” movement to ask him questions. He answers with a combination of humility, sensibility and candor that seems to ender the crowd to him– several of them are happy to invite him back.

Obama has been relentlessly scolding the American public for our failure to embrace high-speed rail for over two years. He seems particularly upset that China has obtained something that has eluded the U.S.A. for nearly 120 years. Obama lamented in his jobs speech Thursday,

Building a world-class transportation system is part of what made us a economic superpower.  And now we’re going to sit back and watch China build newer airports and faster railroads?  At a time when millions of unemployed construction workers could build them right here in America?

The man is absolutely obsessed–

It’s OK, everybody. GE exited modular buildings in 2007, so Jeff Immelt won’t be upset.

Via Breitbart.tv.

I think he’s having a really bad trip right now– like, Christiane Amanpour bad.

Aww… The little guy is frustrated.

Would you agree that sending pitiful, whiny emails titled “frustrated” is unbecoming the American President?

And what is the purpose of this email, anyway? An exhortation to “call Congress”? Does he have a petition I can sign? Is there a bake sale scheduled to raise funds for poster boards and sharpies?

Photos via here and here.

UPDATE: Jim Treacher announces a caption contest.

Paul Krugman would like to see space aliens attack Earth so that we’ll have to initiate a massive, economy-stimulating military build-up:

But wait– the Guardian doesn’t want that at all. And you’ll never guess what contentious environmental issue may be attracting the ire of superior intelligent life:

It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alien attack, scientists claim.

Watching from afar, extraterrestrial beings might view changes in Earth’s atmosphere as symptomatic of a civilisation growing out of control – and take drastic action to keep us from becoming a more serious threat, the researchers explain.

 UPDATE: Allahpundit is funny.