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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The Foundation
"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government." --George Washington
"The Copenhagen Conference is about the world's Lilliputians tying down its Gullivers."Editorial Exegesis
"With less than two months to go before the big Copenhagen Conference on global warming, two major nations have said 'no thanks' to the no-growth agenda. For that reason alone, so should we. Following a deal signed late Thursday between China and India, anything we might agree to do in Copenhagen is likely moot anyway. The two mega-nations -- which together account for nearly a third of the world's population -- said they won't go along with a new climate treaty being drafted in Copenhagen to replace the Kyoto Protocol that expires in 2012. They're basically saying no to anything that forces them to impose mandatory limits on their output of greenhouse gas emissions. Other developing nations, including Mexico, Brazil and South Africa, will likely reject any proposals as well. The deal was already in trouble. Three weeks ago, the Group of 77 developing nations met in Thailand to discuss what they wanted to do about global warming. Their answer: nothing. William Hawkins, writing in the American Thinker, quotes a piece in China's Science Times journal that sums up how China -- and other developing nations -- feel: 'Why do the developed countries put an arguable scientific problem on the international negotiations table?' the article's author, Wang Jin, asks. 'The real intention is not for the global temperature increase, but for the restriction of the economic development of the developing countries.' They see clearly what the rest of us seem to miss -- that, for all its bad science, the Copenhagen Conference is about the world's Lilliputians tying down its Gullivers, not about global warming at all. So, thanks to China and India, Copenhagen is dead -- just as Kyoto was when it was signed in 1992, though no one knew it at the time. Without them, no global treaty on climate change will be workable." --Investor's Business Daily
Upright
"Much of what government does is based on the premise that people can't do things for themselves. So government must do it for them. More often than not, the result is a ham-handed, bumbling, one-size-fits-all approach that leaves the intended beneficiaries worse off. Of course, this resulting failure is never blamed on the political approach -- on the contrary, failure is taken to mean the government solution was not extravagant enough." --columnist John Stossel
"What is most frightening about the political left is that they seem to have no sense of the tragedy of the human condition. All problems seem to them to be due to other people not being as wise or as noble as they are." --economist Thomas Sowell
"Under every plausible analysis, it seems, ObamaCare will deliver lower-quality care at higher prices, increasing the federal debt while reducing Americans' freedom. Why are they so determined to do this to us?" --Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto
"Amendment X: 'The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.' ... New York Times: 'The Senate health care legislation will include a government-run insurance plan, but states would be allowed to "opt out" of it, the majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, announced Monday afternoon.' ... If the American press corps were as concerned about the Tenth Amendment as it has been protecting the First and trying to get rid of the Second, this would be a far different country." --political analyst Rich Galen
"Communism is nothing more than Nazism with better PR. Its track record of atrocities dwarf those of Hitler, and its core philosophy is every bit as repugnant, if not more so. That anyone in America would even attempt to put 'lipstick on this pig' is an unmitigated disgrace. That they can do it with such relative ease -- under the banner of 'social justice,' no less -- is truly frightening." --columnist Arnold Ahlert
Insight
"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care, and so on. The only thing lacking ... is freedom." --5-Star General and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
"If you meet it promptly and without flinching -- you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!" --British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Dezinformatsia
Pollaganda: "Polls show public sentiment increasing for a public option. A Washington Post-ABC poll found nearly six out of 10 favor a public option; 73 percent of doctors want it, too. ... A public option is the right thing to do morally..." --Newsweek's Eleanor Clift
Don Bush: "People in administrations make short-term decisions, and I think the one to sort of go on the offensive publicly against Fox was not too bright. Now, the Bush White House did that, it just cut people dead, it froze them out, you know it froze whole institutions out, didn't talk about it. It was much more like the Mob. When you talk about it, you diminish your influence." --NPR's Nina Totenberg
Bush Derangement Syndrome: "Next to the other hoaxes and fantasies that have been abetted by the news media in recent years, both the 'balloon boy' and Chamber of Commerce ruses are benign. The Colorado balloon may have led to the rerouting of flights and the wasteful deployment of law enforcement resources, but at least it didn't lead the country into fiasco the way George W. Bush's flyboy spectacle on an aircraft carrier helped beguile most of the Beltway press and too much of the public into believing that the mission had been accomplished in Iraq." --New York Times columnist Frank Rich
Cheney Derangement Syndrome: "The benefits for the White House of having Dick Cheney come out and [accuse the Obama of] 'dithering' [on Afghanistan] is ... it puts Cheney out there as a kind of boogieman the administration can point to. He's not terribly popular outside of conservative circles. And also, it allows the administration to talk about the situation they inherited, and the neglect of the Bush-Cheney years. ... So in some ways, Dick Cheney is a gift for the White House." --CBS's John Dickerson
"I've had Republicans from across the spectrum today say that Cheney shouldn't have weighed in, should have butted out too. One Republican even suggested it was so bizarre for Cheney to be the one making this argument and noted that Cheney didn't look well, that maybe there's something medically wrong with the vice president or his emotional state." --MSNBC's David Shuster (An incredible statement without naming any of the "Republicans from across the spectrum.")
Newspulper Headlines:
What Were His Numbers in 1959?: "Barack Obama Sees Worst Poll Rating Drop in 50 Years" --Daily Telegraph (London)
And He Definitely Can't Walk on Water: "Obama Not Expected to Stop Traffic" --Advocate (Stamford, CT)
Keep 'Fighting Back,' Mr. President: "Endangered Fox Lives for Another Day" --Daily News (New York)
He's Not Satisfied With a Sweetheart Mortgage Deal?: "Dodd Wants Immediate Rate Freeze on Credit Cards" --Associated Press
We Blame Global Warming: "Polar Bear Flocke to Move to France" --MSNBC.com
Nothing Gets Past the FDA: "Sugar Cereals Are 'Smart Choices'? FDA Not So Sure" --Associated Press
Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control: "Kerry Becomes All-Around Adviser to Obama" --Associated Press
News You Can Use: "Bernanke: U.S. Should Cut Budget Deficit" --Associated Press
Bottom Stories of the Day: "Obama Expresses Frustration at Criticism" --Washington Examiner
(Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto)

The Demo-gogues
Pretty much sums it up: "[Democrats] are trying on every front to increase the role of government..." --Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
That'll fool 'em: "You'll hear everyone say, 'There's got to be a better name for this.' When people think of the public option, public is being misrepresented, that this is being paid for with their public dollars." --House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) who now wants to con Americans into believing the "public option" would sell better if re-named "the consumer option"
The Big Lie: "As people learn more about what this insurance exchange is and the public option, they begin to realize that this is not an all-encompassing government plan." --Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
Community organizer in the White House: "What I reject is when some people sit on the sidelines and root for failure on health care, or they root for failure on reforming our energy system, or they root for failure on getting the Olympics. ... I mean, who's against the Olympics? What's up with that? You know it's a sad thing, isn't it? I mean, I don't care if you're a Democrat or a Republican, you know, it's the Olympics, come on!" --Barack Obama
So easily proven wrong: "Democrats are an opinionated bunch. You know, the other side, they just kinda sometimes do what they're told. Democrats, ya'll thinkin' for yourselves." --Barack Obama ("Some of the most prominent names in national Republican Party politics are lining up against the GOP nominee in a key upstate New York House special election." --Politico.com)
Alpha Jackass: "I will never rush the solemn decision of sending you into harm's way." --Barack Obama to servicemen -- two months after the request was made for more troops by the general in the field (Servicemen already in harm's way can wait. Obama's got a tee time to make.)
Broken record: "Lately I feel like somebody made a big mess and I've got my mop and I'm mopping the floor and the folks who made the mess are there (saying) 'you're not mopping fast enough. You're not mopping the right way. It's a socialist mop.'" --janitor in chief Barack Obama
The Alinsky rules for governance: "The naysayers, the folks who would pretend that [global warming] is not an issue, they are being marginalized." --Barack Obama
Village Idiots
Can't we all just get along? "President [Barack] Obama is marginalizing not just his enemies but those of the American people. He is attacking organizations standing in the way of progress toward reforming health care or cleaning up the conditions that led to the financial crisis. He is putting on notice advocates of greed -- instead of the greater good -- that they no longer have public legitimacy." --Rosabeth Moss Kanter of Harvard Business School, likening ObamaCare dissenters to America's real enemies
He's the smartest man alive: "And the president is asking the questions that have never been asked on the civilian side, the political side, the military side, and the strategic side." --White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel on Afghanistan
Talk about spin: "What Vice President Cheney calls dithering, President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform and to the American public." --White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
Not the brightest bulb: "It's no surprise the Glenn Becks of the world have been attacking Obama since the moment he stepped into the Oval Office. Beck and his blathering buddies on the right -- you know, the stinky kids in the coatroom who eat their own boogers." --Joy Behar of ABC's "The View" with enlightening commentary on the substantive issues at hand
Stuff a sock (or a steak) in it: "Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world's resources. A vegetarian diet is better." --British climate chief Lord Stern, who says he's not a "strict" vegetarian himself, advocating a vegetarian diet to "save" the planet
Short Cuts
"If Obama's 'smart diplomacy' is so smart that even Hamid Karzai ignores it with impunity, why should anyone else pay attention? The strange disparity between the heavy-handed community organization at home and the ever cockier untouchables abroad risks making the commander in chief look like a weenie -- like 'President Pantywaist,' as Britain's Daily Telegraph has taken to calling him. The Chicago way? Don't bring a knife to a gunfight? In Iran, this administration won't bring a knife to a nuke fight. In Eastern Europe, it won't bring missile defense to a nuke fight. In Sudan, it won't bring a knife to a machete fight. But, if you're doing the overnight show on WZZZ-AM, Mister Tough Guy's got your number." --columnist Mark Steyn
"The strangest thing about all the invective against Fox is that it is happening in a world that contains MSNBC. At least Fox News primetime hosts, and many of their guests, know something about politics. MSNBC's primetime lineup presents an array of people who sound like earnest college kids who just walked up to a Common Cause table, and the sum-total of what they know about politics is what they read in the brochures." --columnist Ann Coulter
"Throwing rotten eggs at 'them lyin' newspapers' has always been great sport in America, and sometimes even effective politics. But it has to be done with wit and humor, which may be above Barack Obama's pay grade." --Washington Times editor emeritus Wesley Pruden
"The University of Chicago disclosed it would someday like to be home to Barack Obama's future presidential library. The president was a professor at the Chicago Law School for a dozen years. He taught the How to Get Around Constitutional Law class." --comedian Argus Hamilton
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Garrett
Be careful where you step in the barnyard--don't step in the Pelosi . . .
Posted October 28, 2009 at 11:30:20 AM
Mark Russell
Mr. Alexander,
I am a big fan!
I do have a problem with your quote of Barney Frank, however. You've quoted him saying in your Demagogues section today, "[Democrats] are trying on every front to increase the role of government."
His quote was not at an end there. He said, "We are trying on every front to increase the role of government in the regulatory area."
Please do not follow Drudge and PealClearPolitics in misquoting him. He says enough poorly without any more help.
While I do not agree with Mr. Frank on virtually anything, if we are going to be "always faithful" we must represent a man with what he said - not with what we want him to have said.
Thanks and keep up your good work.
Mark Russell
Valparaiso, IN
Posted October 28, 2009 at 11:50:15 AM
Menges
This isn't about climate, it is about world unification, where our rights as a country are subjugated. To many "ISMs" in the formula.
No one has shown what the percentage of CO2 is at
present. No discussions on Volcanic activity, (Sodium Carbonate), or the de-forestation that is
going on to produce ethanol, which also produces problems.
Same garbage as the R-12 Freon, which purportedly
made those holes in the atmosphere, NOT.
A spinning earth with a nebuless mantle of atmosphere, which when stirred at the axis produces
eddys.
Chicken Little is still alive.
Posted October 28, 2009 at 11:58:55 AM
Kimmy
I laughed out loud at this quote by Argus Hamilton: "The University of Chicago disclosed it would someday like to be home to Barack Obama's future presidential library. The president was a professor at the Chicago Law School for a dozen years. He taught the How to Get Around Constitutional Law class."
You know, it'd almost be believeable except Barack Obama has never held a job that long!
Posted October 28, 2009 at 12:11:43 PM
J Polk
Obama fiddles while troops burn.
Posted October 28, 2009 at 12:11:55 PM
Don Broome
"You know, the stinky kids in the cloakroom they eat their own boogers". Is this the best of the collective intellect on ABC's "The View"? Nothing has, in fact, changed in the far left's "play book". They have absolutely no effective weapon with which to refute facts.
Posted October 28, 2009 at 12:29:06 PM
Donald A. Miller, Sr., USA Retired
"Mr" Obama. Many of us are not "rooting" for the failure of all your Government interventions in our health care, utilities, taxes and trade, et al. We are PRAYING FERVENTLY that they will fail.
Posted October 28, 2009 at 12:42:45 PM
Kris
Ann Coulter forgot to mention HLN in addition to MSNBC. Joy Behar's comment only further validates Coulter's point on why some people just have no business doing political commentary. Who is the 'genius' who made this woman a news anchor on HLN anyway?
Posted October 28, 2009 at 12:46:59 PM
Luther Stueland
We lament (commendably) the Democrats wish to control the people it was elected to DEFEND. Yet we continue to support the use of force to control the people of countries that have NOT elected us to defend them. Is it not contradictory to liberty to claim we want freedom and then force other [bad] countries to comply?
We can barely keep the republic our founders created... why would we expect countries, steeped in thousands of years of oppression, to accept, not to mention defend, such a form of government that *may* one day be successfully forced upon them by our entitlement empire?
Posted October 28, 2009 at 12:51:03 PM
George
I hear people say, "Barack Obama's a smart guy so..." Can someone provide an example of something he has done that would indicate that. He says he was attracted to Communism in college and Americans attracted to Communism are not very bright. He didn't publish any scholarly writings while he was a professor. He didn't realize that Rev. Wright was a racist hate monger. He can't make a speech without a teleprompter. He wrote at least one and maybe two books but so did Al Gore. George Bush's dog, Millie, "wrote" a book. He doesn't sound very smart when he tries to answer a question.
Posted October 28, 2009 at 12:58:48 PM
Pete Meis
We would be better off if we took Sean Connery's Chicago politics to Washington, instead of the socialist-in-chief's.
Posted October 28, 2009 at 1:00:57 PM
Ken Brown
Not all Republicans are conservatives and not all conservatives are Republicans.
Ronald Reagan: Conservative or Liberal? He reduced taxes once while serving as President, but raised taxes six time. Reagan's 1986 tax reform was a hoax. It actually increased taxes (no true tax reforms. He increased the debt, expanded government and increased the deficits... There is a lot more, but this should be enough to convince you that he was a bleeding liberal.
Gingrich divorced two wives, had a number of affairs, and failed as the Speaker of the House...No tax reforms, no monetary reforms, and increased the size of government.
Need I say more. Be careful not to fall in the trap of voting a party line.
Regards,
Ken Brown
Posted October 28, 2009 at 1:04:16 PM
Max Chomic
Obama will never rush the decision to send troops into harm's way? Obamacare, which he's rushing, seems to be putting not only the troops, but the American people in harm's way as well. A response, Mr. Obama?
Posted October 28, 2009 at 1:11:17 PM
peter kelly
Why does ISDlead an article on upcoming Copenhagen Conference with an attempt to justify not supporting their objectives because others won't. This is also an all too often the approach taken when discussing "energy efficiency" - linking it to "global warming". Energy Efficiency is one thing, which I support as long as the market conditions bear it out. (Nuclear energy anyone?)Global warming (by which people really mean an anthropogenic impact to global temperature cycles) is quite another - and, per Rudyard Kipling, "ne'er the twain shall meet".
Decrie it for what it is - a sham. That's the only valid reason - no further "justifications" required. The sun has been in a long period of little or no sunspot activity (I've been watching with my telescopes). Data seems to show a relationship of sunspot activity to historic cycles in average global temperatures. If valid, then a cooling cycle has begun, or is about to (some evidence suggests it has already started ). If you want to impact global temperatures, put a switch on the sun. Can climate control, carbon offset , cap 'n tax proponents do that? I din't think so.
Posted October 28, 2009 at 1:23:05 PM
Franklin
One of the best ideas I've heard to get rid of a large portion of global warming is to get rid of all the hot air from Obama and his radical thugs. Too much hot air about worthless, power grabbing ideas are floating in the air. If they would shut up for just a day it would be beneficial to everyone!
FO
Posted October 28, 2009 at 2:00:49 PM
Rick von Berne
This administration ignores the lessons of history.
They are dragging us headlong into the depths of a depression that will make the Great Depression look like a ripple.
They want to rule, but don't know how to lead and have left our troops hanging while they try to figure out how to appease their left wing nuts.
Colonel Stauffenberg, et al, made 3 of 17 attempts to remove Hitler from office and save Germany.
Is it wise to alienate the people AND the military?
Posted October 28, 2009 at 2:53:18 PM
John Brickner
The Democratic Liberals are doing what they do best basically the so called nobels are taking rights they have absolutely no right to take on every front. Constitution, 2nd amendment, judicial, Health, political, automotive, financial, and the list goes on and on. Unless you want to be a slave for life, watch braveheart staring Mel Gibson, We all have to be william Wallace in the movie. In the movie they took the right to his bride and killed her. Thats exactly what their doing to this entire country on every front. Wake Up America. You cant all be so dumb as to not see this. GOD BLESS AMERICA
SIGNED A PATRIOT AND A VET.
Posted October 28, 2009 at 2:56:03 PM
Frank E. Waterstraat
10/27/09
I've always thought Polititions were CON men, some
polititions were accompolished Con men.For example
look at Al Gore he has made millions by pushing
man made GLOBAL WARMING.He helted coned OBAMA into
drafting the TAP & TRADE bill which Gore will make more millions on.Gore makes the Harvard graduate
look rather nieve?DO YA THINK!!
Posted October 28, 2009 at 3:01:06 PM
LaDjonna McCant-Dickey
@ Luther - you say freedom is being forced on "bad" nations and that we are hypocritical in doing so. I wish you would ask the women of these countries if they feel "forced" into freedom of education, voting, walking about freely, not being raped, not being sold into marriage, not being publicly beaten for any imagined offense, etc. I'm amazed at the number of people (especially liberals who lambaste me for being conservative and therefore a sellout to fellow women) who will defend the right to exist ANY group that enslaves, marginalizes and demonizes women.
That said, CO2 emissions are necessary for the plants on our planet to survive. It doesn't matter what their levels are, we're not damaging anything with them. Global warming? It's been cooling for the past 11 years. Who knew? The earth goes through natural cycles? Wow, new concept. Except it isn't.
It's all about power and who takes it and who gives it away. The current admin is willing to give away our sovereignty in order to be popular. Now that's sick.
Posted October 28, 2009 at 3:34:02 PM
Maynard Brandon
I earned a degree from the University of Chicago. Please do not devalue it by according BHO the status of professor. He was a lecturer.
Posted October 28, 2009 at 4:14:13 PM
Bill
States rights, now terminally stricken, became a basket case long ago when states began accepting federal grants. Ironically receiving a portion of their own taxpayers dollars laundered through Washington, but thus becoming subservient to the central government, and susceptible to bullying threats to cut off funds.
Posted October 28, 2009 at 4:19:08 PM
John Eastus
I'm confused. Is professor mean the same as senior lecturer?
Posted October 28, 2009 at 4:51:27 PM
Ted McKay, Jr.
Let me get this straight.Government run health care will cover us and save money. Cap and trade will cause our energy costs to "skyrocket", thus completely negating any medical savings. Net effect is absolutely no savings at all. Higher taxes with lower economic growth, less disposable income for all and a complete loss of many Constitutional rights. Doesn't sound very "Democratic" to me.
Posted October 28, 2009 at 6:10:38 PM
Michael Zaleski
Re: "-janitor in chief Barack Obama" (10/28)
I understand the frustration we all feel with the president's
policies, but childish labeling, name calling, etc hardly
lends dignity to conservative arguments. The same thing
could be said about quoting people as "Village Idiots".
I enjoy the Patriot Post, even though I do not always
agree with it. But it does pain me to see valid conservative
views tainted with cheap name calling.
Posted October 28, 2009 at 7:48:35 PM
dickster
I belive the word need here is impeach
Posted October 28, 2009 at 11:24:51 PM
FreeNorth
"Broken record: 'Lately I feel like somebody made a big mess and I've got my mop and I'm mopping the floor and the folks who made the mess are there (saying) 'you're not mopping fast enough. You're not mopping the right way. It's a socialist mop.'' --janitor in chief Barack Obama"
Mr. Obama, what are you doing? Just where did you learn to clean floors? That's dry paper you're trying to clean up with that wet mop!"
Posted October 28, 2009 at 11:33:09 PM
Robert Gray
Do you get the impression that when Obama is alone in the Oval Office he stamps his feet a lot? Or do you think he's afraid to be alone? I mean ... look at all those Czars!
Posted October 29, 2009 at 9:40:33 AM
E D Stewart Jr
As he becomes involved with more and more activity, it becomes increasingly apparent that MUCH is above Obama's pay grade!!!!
Posted October 29, 2009 at 7:30:19 PM
C Dillon
Please tell all of your career military and retirees to contact their politicians to fight Obamacare because it will do away with Tricare for Life medical benifits and cause us to pay more like everyone else. He's already floated the idea of us Combat wounded veterans paying for medical for service connected wounds which was exposed by the various service foundations. These are earned benefits granted by the Congress.
Be Safe,
C Dillon
Posted October 29, 2009 at 9:15:24 PM
J.NormanSayles
It's not health care, it's Stealth Care; steal from Medicare and give it to illegal aliens' health care.
Posted October 30, 2009 at 1:21:54 AM
Victor
"Ken Brown
Ronald Reagan: Conservative or Liberal? He reduced taxes once while serving as President, but raised taxes six time. Reagan's 1986 tax reform was a hoax. It actually increased taxes (no true tax reforms. He increased the debt, expanded government and increased the deficits"
Hello Ken,
Is this what they are teaching in government run schools?
Reagan's tax cuts increased revenues from 1983 to 1989 nearly 100%. The 1986 Tax Deform Act was the product of Dollar Bill Bradley.
The deficits happened because the democrats spent money like drunken liberals, because only the House can appropriate and spend money.
The dems controlled the House all through the 80's until '94.
"Gingrich divorced two wives, had a number of affairs, and failed as the Speaker of the House...No tax reforms, no monetary reforms, and increased the size of government."
What planet were you living on?
Gingrich and the Republicans balanced the budget, decreased the capital gains tax, which increased revenues, passed the welfare reform act, which put millions of taxpayers on the rolls and generally held Clinton in check.
They reduced the rate of spending and increased the rate of revenues. That is how we got the surplus.
Posted October 30, 2009 at 8:27:23 PM
Victor
"Ken Brown
Ronald Reagan: Conservative or Liberal? He reduced taxes once while serving as President, but raised taxes six time. Reagan's 1986 tax reform was a hoax. It actually increased taxes (no true tax reforms. He increased the debt, expanded government and increased the deficits"
Hello Ken,
Is this what they are teaching in government run schools?
Reagan's tax cuts increased revenues from 1983 to 1989 nearly 100%. The 1986 Tax Deform Act was the product of Dollar Bill Bradley.
The deficits happened because the democrats spent money like drunken liberals, because only the House can appropriate and spend money.
The dems controlled the House all through the 80's until '94.
"Gingrich divorced two wives, had a number of affairs, and failed as the Speaker of the House...No tax reforms, no monetary reforms, and increased the size of government."
What planet were you living on?
Gingrich and the Republicans balanced the budget, decreased the capital gains tax, which increased revenues, passed the welfare reform act, which put millions of taxpayers on the rolls and generally held Clinton in check.
They reduced the rate of spending and increased the rate of revenues. That is how we got the surplus.
Posted October 30, 2009 at 8:27:52 PM
Ramona
"Democrats are an opinionated bunch. You know, the other side, they just kinda sometimes do what they're told. Democrats, ya'll thinkin' for yourselves." --Barack Obama
Where did he develope that fake Southern accent he uses, Kenya, Chicago, Hawaii? And what's up with that 'ya'll'? Is he making fun of us Southerners? I'm offended.
Posted October 30, 2009 at 9:38:51 PM