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The best kept secret these days is where Congress expects to get all of the money it appropriates to pay for things it says the people themselves could not afford to pay for. --J. Kesner Kahn
 

"In Biblical days it was considered a miracle for an ass to speak; now it would be a miracle if one kept quiet." – a Missouri Newspaper

Florida Price Gouging, Russian Tragedy, Reducing Corporate Welfare         By Theresa Fritz Camoriano            1. Florida Price Gouging – As Florida residents were preparing for the latest hurricane, they went on a shopping spree, buying plywood, bleach, batteries, and other products that would be needed in an emergency.  In many cases, people bought far more than they needed, which meant that others who came behind them were out of luck.  For example, a newspaper article quoted a woman who said she went to the store and bought 15 bags of ice.  She said she didn’t really need the ice, but she got it “just in case”.   This probably means that another woman, who really did need the ice, was not able to get it and, as a result, lost all the food in her freezer.  Other people filled the gas tanks of all their cars with gas, leaving spare cars with full tanks of gas in their garages as they evacuated.  Again, this probably meant that other people, who needed the gas in order to evacuate, were unable to get it.           (click to read more)

TERRY’S TIDBITS – Sex Clubs, Education Accounts, Heart Attacks        By Terry Gray         Sex Clubs.         I saw a couple of upstanding busy bodies on the news the other night who want to be sure that the citizens of Louisville have a voice against adult entertainment.  It seems to me that there is already a voice and its called supply and demand.          (click to read more)

Clubbed  A succession story in Virginia.       by John J. Miller         When Republican congressman Ed Schrock of Virginia announced on Monday that he would not seek reelection, the GOP didn’t merely lose a House member with a solidly conservative voting record — it nearly wound up with a tax-and-spend replacement.          (click to read more)

Your Fair Share         by Lady Liberty        I don't recall that I've ever heard any rational man or woman seriously suggest that people or groups be treated unfairly by other people or groups. Meanwhile, I've heard a whole lot of people demand their fair share of fair treatment. This strikes me as eminently reasonable and, well, fair. The problem that's been blatantly brought home to me lately, however, is that those demanding fair treatment are somehow deeply offended and even angered when that same fair treatment is given to others.          (click to read more)

We the People............       (from a reader)         Somewhere along the way, the Federal Courts and the Supreme Court have misinterpreted the U. S. Constitution on the subject of religion. How could fifty States be wrong?           (click to read more)

The Emperor and the Potted Plant        Once there was an emperor in the Far East who was growing old
and knew it was coming time to choose his successor.  Instead of choosing one of his assistants or one of his own children, he decided to do something quite different.          (click to read more)

Silence Dogood, No. 3  (The third of Benjamin Franklin’s Silence Dogood letters)         To the author of the New England Courant.         SIR,  It is undoubtedly the Duty of all Persons to serve the Country they live in, according to their Abilities; yet I sincerely acknowledge, that I have hitherto been very deficient in this Particular; whether it was for want of Will or Opportunity, I will not at present stand to determine: Let it suffice, that I now take up a Resolution, to do for the future all that lies in my Way for the Service of my Countrymen.           (click to read more)

    During a recent interview, Prime Minister Tony Blair of Great Britain was quoted giving the following answer to one of his parliament members as to why he believes so much in America and its President. And does he think they are on the right track?
  
   Blair's reply -- "A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at.....how many want in.......and how many want  out."

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