NO NEAL 'TIL TUESDAY

Neal will be taking a few days off. The staff has taken over the Nuze until he gets back. We do have some fill-in hosts for you. Friday, Herman Cain will be sitting in for Neal. Monday, Dick Morris will get behind the microphone for the Talkmaster.

SENATE UP FOR GRABS AGAIN?

Democratic Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota has undergone brain surgery early this morning and already the media buzzards are circling. The reason? The Democrats have a 1-vote majority in the Senate...and if something happens to Johnson, the Republican governor of South Dakota would appoint a successor, handing control of the Senate back to the GOP. Now keep in mind, Johnson is still very much alive. Truly tasteless.

Even though nobody on the Republican side is talking about it, get ready for Democrats and the media to step up the accusation that they're thinking about it. And if Johnson should have to resign....the Democrats aren't going to go quietly. They're going to trot out the accusation that the GOP stole another election. Never underestimate the ability of the mainstream media and the Left to have absolutely no class at all.

Here's hoping Senator Johnson has a speedy recovery.

MORE EMINENT DOMAIN ABUSE

After a national election in which so many states enacted new laws curbing eminent domain abuse, you'd think any local government would be afraid to try another land grab. But you would be wrong. Eminent domain abuse by local politicians is continuing. This time, it's Stockbridge, Georgia. The city wants to build a city hall and surround it with a town center development including retail and residential construction. The only problem: there is a flower shop in the way and they don't want to sell. No problem, says the city...we'll just steal the land.

The city has purchased almost all of the land and has made all of their plans...and now the only thing standing in the way is a flower shop belonging to Mark and Regina Meeks. Check out this quote from Stockbridge City Manager Ted Strickland, who was weighing in on the controversy: "The town center is going to be built. We've gone too far and it's too important to the future of the city." The message is clear: the fact that we don't own the land isn't going to stop us from doing what we want.

If anybody else was doing this, they would be arrested for trespassing and theft. But not government. Who knows how this is going to turn out...a large battle likely lies ahead. But as long as the Kelo vs. New London decision stands in the Supreme Court, we are all partners in the land we own. Your name may be on the deed, but the city is your silent partner.

THE 34-MINUTE EXECUTION

The State of Florida executed a 55-year-old man yesterday for murdering the manager of a bar 30 years ago. The howls of protest have already started...because the execution by lethal injection took 34 minutes to complete. The message is clear: don't commit murder in Florida, because the lethal injections take a long time.

Some bedwetter from something called the Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty whined about the treatment of the convicted killer. "They had to execute him twice. If Floridians could witness the pain and the agony of the executed man's family, they would end the death penalty." What about the pain and agony of the man who was killed and his family? Somehow that never gets mentioned.

But back to the condemned. He admitted to his girlfriend that he killed the manager of a club in Miami. Just before he was executed, he claimed he was innocent. Despite the somewhat lengthy execution, a spokesperson for the Florida Department of Corrections said he felt no pain. That's more than can be said for his victim.

So now Florida's method of execution will be called cruel and unusual. That's what they said after somebody caught on fire in the electric chair. What's next? How about bringing back the guillotine?

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

We figure this is more likely to go back to Alabama than back to the future. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

Bill sends us this video clip for an ADHD treatment even Neal can get behind.

You've heard Herman Cain fill in for Neal Boortz. Read his latest online column.

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