POLITICO's Kasie Hunt, who's in the House chamber, reports that Justice Samuel Alito mouthed the words "not true" when President Barack Obama criticized the Supreme Court's campaign finance decision.

"Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections," Obama said. "Well I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people, and that’s why I’m urging Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to right this wrong."

The shot of the black-robed Supreme Court justices, stone-faced, was priceless. (JUSTICE ALITO MOUTHS 'NOT TRUE' TO OBAMA...  )

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stood up behind the justices and clapped vigorously while Alito shook his head and quietly mouthed his discontent.

(We are headed down a dangerous road if a President is going to tell the highest court in the land how to rule or how it should decide a case and that is what Mr. Obama did last night.)

After days of deliberations on whether to run a controversial Super Bowl ad from gay dating site ManCrunch.com, CBS has not yet reached a decision.

The 30-second spot shows two men excitedly watching the game, before their hands brush as they both reach into a bowl of chips. Suddenly, the two begin making out, much to the shock of a guy sitting close by.   (CBS Considers Gay Dating Site Ad During Super Bowl...  )

According to a rep for the dating site, which operates under the slogan “Where Many Many Many Men Come Out to Play,” the ad was submitted on Monday, January 18th. When the site followed up on the status of the ad on Friday, January 22nd, they were told by CBS that “the spot hadn’t been officially approved yet" by network standards, and that "all the Super Bowl spots were sold out.”

SLIDESHOW: Click here to see famous banned Super Bowl ads.

(I hope CBS doesn't agree to play this ad but I wouldn't be shocked if they do. How sad and sick. ) 

Caught between disgruntled voters and a president urging them to press ahead on divisive issues such as health care, Democratic lawmakers must soon decide whether Barack Obama is leading them toward statesmanlike courage or political folly.

Obama used his first State of the Union speech Wednesday to try to hit the reset button on health care and to offer a hodgepodge of tax breaks and other incentives to create new jobs. He mixed overtures with digs toward Republicans. But he mainly addressed fellow Democrats, who still can enact his agenda if they overcome fears fueled by events such as last week's stunning GOP victory in the Massachusetts Senate race.

That setback may have cost Democrats their filibuster-proof Senate majority, Obama said, but "we still have the largest majority in decades, and the people expect us to solve some problems, not run for the hills."

(Obama doesn't still get it. He thinks he needs to keep trying what the people of America including those who live in a State like Mass. which most of the times votes to the left have said no to. Obama needs to change and stop pushing an agenda from the left. He needs to start by stopping his push for forced government health care and stop spending along with cutting taxes. Do I want Obama to fail as President? Yes I do but let me make it clear when I say that I want his policies to fail. If Obama changes his politics I will become his fan. Read more on the above story  'I don't quit'.)

A German couple who fled to Tennessee so they could home school their children has been granted political asylum by an immigration judge in Memphis. (See earlier story)

The decision clears the way for Uwe Romeike his wife and five children to stay in Morristown, Tennessee, where they have been living since 2008.
    

German law requires children to attend public or private schools, and parents can face fines or prison time if they don't comply. Romeike, an evangelical Christian, said he believes Germany's curriculum is "against Christian values."

(It is time to be able to report some good news. How sad that good people who want to do what is best for their children got in trouble just for wanting to educate their children at home. Read more on this issue Political asylum for home schoolers.)

An atheist organization wants the image of Mother Teresa removed from a U.S. postage stamp.

The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) is calling for cancellation of the stamp based on the alleged separation of church and state. Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute, believes the motion is outrageous.

"For her to be excluded simply because of her religious background for her incredible public service to humanity would be a deplorable act by government and uncalled for," he comments. (Stamping out Mother Teresa's postal debut  )

(If there is no God like this group preaches what difference does it make if  Mother Teresa is on a postage stamp or not. This group wants to take all faith out of the culture.  I bet no one who belongs to this group as done anything close to the good works that Mother Teresa did to help the poor and needy around the world.)

President Obama will ask Congress Wednesday night to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that bars gays and lesbians from openly serving, White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod told CNN.

The request will be included in the president's State of the Union address, Axelrod said.

The issue has been a source of contention for heavy hitters on both sides of the issue, who are lining up for a fight.

(All of us who care about America and faith based values need to come together to oppose this move by Obama. This issue shouldn't be about rights  but what is best for those who are defending America. The  military is not the right place to try to change the culture or  push an agenda.  Read more on this issue Obama Will Call For Repeal Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'.)