Search queries for "Michelle Obama" surged today as a doctored photo of the first lady appeared on the first page of Google's search results. Many in the media are reporting that Google has taken out an advertisement apologizing for the image. This isn't completely accurate.

The health care bill that passed the senate includes an amendment that precludes the government offered insurance plan from covering abortions. It also says private insurers that insure people who receive federal subsidies will not be able to cover abortions. There are some exceptions, such as rape and incest, or if the mother's life is in danger.

I have to say, I feel good about this. Ever since we had my son, I can't imagine killing a baby, or contributing money in the form of taxes, towards abortion.

Oprah went around the world recently to show how much happier people are in other countries including Denmark and Dubai. My wife was interested in the show, I was interested in blogging. But I could not help but overhear the crystal clear pitch for universal health care and even socialism present throughout her show. She also mentioned her, and the President's recent Olympic failure; twice I think.

The Canadian government has decided to limit the number of treatment cycles that will be paid for by the government health care system. Many call this limit arbitrary, and the province's ombudsman says it "borders on cruelty."

Ontario currently pays for 16 cycles of Avastin, which while not curing colorectal cancer, prolongs the life of the patient to 24 months from 15 if the drug is not part of therapy.

I came across an article at Planet Moron, one of the funniest blogs I read from time to time, describing a few of the runner-ups for the Nobel Peace Prize. I thought Obama's speechwriters should have been in there, or even shared the prize, but they are not listed.

Here are some of the runner-ups:

In a shock to much of the world, President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today. He was awarded this distinct honor, according to the Nobel Peace Prize's web site "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples" according to the website. President Obama is donating the 1.4 million dollar prize to charity.

After SNL broadcast a poorly done skit in which President Obama scored himself, CNN quickly organized a fact-checking campaign to discredit the comedy skit. Yes, a skit. I attempted, unsuccessfully, to find CNN, or MSNBC segments discrediting skits done about Palin or Bush.

I'm not sure I'd want my children spending their time doing this in school, regardless of who is president.

US Representative Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat from Oregon, introduced H.R. 3311 for research and study into a transition into a per-mile vehicle tax system. The proposed study will cost taxpayers 154,500,000.00. Yes, that's 154 million dollars.

The concern, and the reason for the proposed vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fee is, with the growing popularity of fuel efficient vehicles, less gas is purchased which results in fewer tax dollars available for a variety of government endeavors.

One doesn't have to dig too long to find evidence of guidelines written that trade life for cost savings. How about doctors letting a 22 week old newborn die because of guidelines?

The newspaper indicated Capewell said medical staff told her they would have been able to treat her son had he been born two days later.

The Nuffield Council drew up the guidelines that are not mandatory but followed closely by doctors and medical workers. The guidelines are based on the belief that unborn children born so early in pregnancy have very little chance of surviving and that any medical care and treatment is futile and a waste of money and resources.