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The Post 9-11 World

On 9/11, did the terrorists sneak those airliners into the World Trade Center through the mail slot?

Quote From Condi

Condi said that her dad was a Republican because the Democrat party (Birmingham, AL) refused to register him to vote. The Republicans registered him though. [I’ve never really understood why blacks eschew the party of Lincoln in favor of the party of, well, George Wallace, Lester Maddox, Strom Thurmond, Robert Byrd and the like.]

A Mere Trifle

It’s astonishing how very little the Congress have and are addressing the actual budget problem. The latest proposal would cut just shy of a trillion dollars. Ooooh, saving almost a *trillion* dollars (over ten years). It’s a trifling amount in the overall FedGov budget (estimated at 3.82 trillion in 2011). A savings of 100 billion […]

Debt Talks

Lots of talking heads weighing in on the debt talks. I saw a John Stossel show a while back in which 6 different think tanks weighed in with proposed U.S. federal budgets. Only one (1) of them had as its objective to actually balance the budget! Some Big Wig Democrat, I didn’t catch his name, […]

The Gimme-Gimmes

[The Gimme-Gimmes] don’t want much, just cradle-to-grave security and plenty. Just the basics: a roof over their heads, food on the table, free education, free medical care, a good job with job security and generous vacations, early retirement and a good pension. That’s all.