Some of the topics we're loaded with today: House GOP Caves on Payroll Tax || USA Deb: $15,123,841,000,000 || Obama Heads to Hawaii || The Great Norwegian Butter Famine || Merry Christmas!

Author and cultural commentator Mark Steyn filled in for Rush on Open Line Friday. You can check out the topics Mark covered here, including articles and audio/video clips.

"We are a country that's 15 trillion dollars in debt and the genius president and Democrats have somehow managed to make 40 bucks the issue." -Steyn