CHANGE THIS! (2)
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Obama ran on a platform of "change," and was fond of pointing out how horrible everything is -- that is, how much it needs his "changing." OK, let's hold him to it. Here's the benchmark. On election day, The inflation rate was 3.7% Unemployment was 6.5% The prime was at 4% The Dow closed at 9,625 The NASDAQ closed at 1,780 The S&P closed at 1,005 Oil was $60 a barrel. U.S. monthly domestic oil ...
LET'S STOP BLAMING PALIN FOR MCCAIN'S BOTCHED CAMPAIGN (2)
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The Journal editorial page calls for John McCain to rein in the Sarah Palin-bashing coming from his failed campaign:This whole display calls to mind those embarrassing codas to each episode of "The Apprentice," when the losing team would sit before Donald Trump in the boardroom and then start blaming everyone but themselves for their failures. The apparent eagerness of Team McCain to indulge in this kind of fingerpointing is similarly unprofessional, and it raises an ...
BEST OPENING LINE EVER IN A POLITICAL COMMENTARY (1)
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"Let us bend over and kiss our ass goodbye," begins P. J. O'Rourke in a deadly right-on diagnosis for the Weekly Standard of what conservatives did wrong in their years of power -- that have now led to them having no power at all.Where is this land of freedom and responsibility, knowledge, opportunity, accomplishment, honor, truth, trust, and one boring hour each week spent in itchy clothes at church, synagogue, or mosque? It lies in ...
IT'S SUCH A BAD IDEA, HE HAD TO PUT IT FIRST AND SAY IT TWICE (1)
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On Obama's new "Change.gov" transition website, go the page on "Revitalizing the Economy." Here's the first item. It's listed twice, back to back, first under the heading "Barack Obama's and Joe Biden's Plan" and again under the heading "Plan to Revitalize the Economy."Jumpstart the Economy Enact a Windfall Profits Tax to Provide a $1,000 Emergency Energy Rebate to American Families: Barack Obama and Joe Biden will enact a windfall profits tax on excessive oil company ...
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN WRITE DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN THINK (1)
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An AP story:For Morrison and others [other writers], the election of Obama matters not because he will be the first black president or because the vast majority of writers usually vote for Democrats. Writers welcome Obama as a peer, a thinker, a man of words — his own words. "When I was watching Obama's acceptance speech (Tuesday night), I was convinced that he had written it himself, and therefore that he was saying things that ...
MELTDOWN HUMOR (1)
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Didya hear about the blonde homeowner? Paid her mortgage. Difference between an Investment Banker and a Pizza? A pizza can still feed a family of four. Overheard at Happy Hour: This is worse than a divorce. I've lost half my net worth and I still have a wife. How can you tell if a banker is an optimist? He irons five shirts on Sunday.Via David Duval.
NOW HERE'S A CHAIN LETTER THAT MAKES SENSE (4)
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Making the rounds... small business owners, pass it on! Dear Fellow Business Owners As a business owner who employs 30 people, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barack Obama will be our next president, and that my taxes and fees will go up in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, I figure that the Customer will have to see an increase in my fees to them of about 8-10%. I will ...
HERE'S A GOOD ONE MAKING THE ROUNDS (1)
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From reader Ken Wood: Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money." I laughed. Once in the restaurant my server had on an "Obama 08" tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference--just imagine the coincidence. When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama ...
YAHOO! AND AT&T LEND THEIR NAMES TO FRAUD (1)
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See these two satellite dishes laying in a heap on my driveway?The white diamond-shaped one is my friend of 17 years -- not an a actual satellite dish, but rather a microwave transceiver. It was installed on the hill above my home in 2001 with a line-of-sight to a Sprint tower many miles away across the San Francisco Bay. Back in 2001 it was the only way to get anything like broadband internet in the ...
