Ah! How sweet the coffee’s taste is,
Sweeter than a thousand kisses,
Milder than sweet muscatel.
Coffee, coffee, I must have it,
And if someone wants to treat me,
Ah, my cup with coffee fill! ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (Koffee Kantate)

(Fellow former South Jersian) Michelle Malkin GENO’S SAYS: SPEAK ENGLISH — “If you know Philadelphia, you know Geno’s. Best cheesesteaks in the world. Reader Willie S. sends word via the Philly Inquirer that Joey Vento, the grandson of Italian-born immigrants who owns Geno’s, is taking a stand for assimilation and against illegal immigration. The Inquirer does its best to knock down Vento, but his blunt Philly style overrides the paper’s wishy-washy open-borders slant:” [Later in the post Michelle says, "Oh, man, I have half a mind to drive up for a "cheesesteak with" at Geno's right now." Great Idea! Jim]

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Give Us The Pork Database — “The Washington Examiner today endorses a Senate bill that would require the government to create a public database that would allow taxpayers to access data for all federal expenditures (except for indivdual assistance). Tom Coburn, a noted pork hawk, authored the bill and has a bipartisan group of co-sponsors which include Barack Obama and John McCain:”

SoCalPundit (Kevin Korenthal) What Kind of Immigration Reform Is Hot Today? — “If one believes the polls, President Bush’s last major address on immigration had a small amount of success with the electorate. But not in the way he had hoped. It appears that Americans that were ambivalent on or were against stricter border enforcement have flipped. Congressional Republicans and Democrats in conservative areas of the country are saying that their constituents prefer enforcing the laws of immigration that are already on the books before anything else.” [Check out Kevin's great new look while you're there. Jim]

Iowa Voice (Brian) Happy Anniversary To Us — “Tomorrow, June 1, my wife and I will be celebrating 10 years of marital bliss.” [Go on over and congratulate the happy couple with a wish for many more blissful years. Jim]