THEN AND NOW

I found this in the regular Friday missive from the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. First we have a quote from one of my favorite books: "The Law," and then we have a quote from hyper-leftie Michelle Obama. Have fun.

Then: "The war against illegal plunder has been fought since the beginning of the world. But how is... legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish this law without delay ... If such a law is not abolished immediately it will spread, multiply and develop into a system." - Frederic Bastiat

Now: "The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more." - Michelle Obama

AND NOW ON TO BARACK

An absolutely incredible exchange during the debate on Wednesday night. This is the type of question that so infuriates left wingers. First Obama was reminded that when capital gains taxes are cut revenues to the government go up. Then he was reminded that when capital gains taxes are increased, tax revenues go down. Then he was asked in light of these statistics why he was promoting an increase in capital gains taxes. His answer? He said that he capital gains taxes should go up out of fairness.

There you have it folks. Barack Obama believes that taxes serve purposes other than raising revenue for the legitimate operations of government. He also thinks that taxes should be used to make things more "fair." In other words .. to take from the people who are making too much money and give to the people who are making too little. Or, as some of Barack's communist heroes might say, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs."

Are you ready for a United States where politicians determine how much of the money you earn it would be fair for you to keep, and how much should just be taken and given to someone else?

If you are ... then Obama is your man!

WHO SAYS RECESSION?

Now why is this such a big deal? Because right now, Americans freak out at the word "recession." And it is this panel of people that will determine whether or not we are in a "recession." Would there be political reasons for and against labeling our economy as in a recession? Absolutely. No presidential party has ever retained office when the country is in a recession. So if that's the case, John McCain has a lot riding on this panel.

However, members of this panel maintain that their political considerations do not enter into their calculations. I guess that is why they serve as advisors to political committees.

TRIVIAL ISSUES?

Barack Obama thinks that his relationship with Jeremiah Wright and his statements about bitter rural people are "trivial issues." Well isn't that special. We just shouldn't be concerned that this man sat for 20 years in a congregation where hatred of America was regularly dispensed from the pulpit. That's a trivial issue. I guess the fact that Barack gave $26,000 to this church last year is trivial too. Let some Republican make a contribution like that to a white church that preaches racial hatred and watch the airwaves turn red.

ECO-ANXIETY

I am afraid that some of your global warming nut jobs out there might be suffering from eco-anxiety. This is, apparently, a real disorder among the environmental nutcases. These are the people that worry about every gallon of gasoline that they burn and every piece of trash they throw away. They worry about it so much to the point where they are actually making themselves sick.

Listen to this ... Sarah Edwards lives in California. She is one of these environmental freaks who is constantly worrying about litter on the beach and pollution in the water. She says that because of her worries about the environment, she now suffers from fear, grief, anger, confusion and depression. This causes her to suffer from neck and shoulder pains and fatigue. Poor poor pitiful Sarah.

Sarah says that she only drives to the grocery store every three weeks. She has her own source of water. Her family has a compost pile and they no longer heat every room on the first floor of their house. And now we have come up with a new label for people like Sarah ... eco-anxious. These are the people who can't handle the thought that they are contributing to global warming, which will eventually lead to the dwindling of natural resources and the extinction of precious species.

So now that we have a new disorder, we now have a new profession: eco-therapists. Eco-therapy or eco-psychology focuses on how much time a person spends in nature, the person's carbon footprint and what individuals are doing to save the planet. One eco-therapist in Santa Fe says that she treats dozens of patients a month who suffer from eco-anxiety. And of course these therapy sessions come with a price tag upwards of $100 an hour. This, my friends, is a bunch of horsesqueeze. Soon, the government will be forced to pay for eco-therapy sessions, which means more of your tax dollars down the drain to treat the environmental whackos.

I can see it now. The next time someone fails to recycle at the neighborhood government school, they'll run in some eco-counselors to make sure the children can cope with the dirty deed.

CALORIES ON MENUS

New York City has become the first American city where the government will require restaurants to put calorie information on menus. The rule will apply to restaurants with at least 15 outlets nationwide ... so we are talking places like Wendy's and the Olive Garden. Give me a break. If your lardass hasn't figured out by now that a double bacon cheeseburger isn't exactly slimming, it's your own damn fault. Why does it take the force of government to point out your own stupidity?

The New York State Restaurant Association had challenged the regulation in court but lost. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene believes that the regulation will help the city reduce obesity rates. Right now, over half of New Yorkers are overweight. This new regulation is expected to prevent 150,000 New Yorkers from becoming obese.

HEY MAN .... I JUST GOTTA HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD!

Running short on time .. but I have a story here we'll discuss on the air. Some rapper had to fake his criminal record so that he would be accepted by hip hop fans. You just can't say enough about a culture where a criminal record seems to be a requirement for success.

ONWARD TO THE NANNY STATE

I saw an ad on television last night which implied that it was the government's function to provide lifetime financial security for everyone. The ad was promoting some website named dividedwefall.org. Log on and you will quickly see that this is an effort of the left-wing American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). So ... I guess the gimme generation now feels that it is no longer the individual's responsibility to provide for their own financial security. It's all up to the government. Like I said ... we are turning America into a giant assisted care living center.

ISLAMIC HOLY NAMES

And now for a bit of insensitivity ... A fatwa has been issued in Dubai to immediately ban the printing of names on labels of sample bottles. Are you with me here? This means that if your name is Mohammed and you go to the doctor for a checkup, the doctor can't ask you to pee in the cup and put your name on the label. These are the little bottles provided at hospitals and laboratories. And why are they so concerned about names on these medical bottles? Because the Dubai Islamic Affairs Department does not want the 99 names of the Almighty God printed on a bottle containing urine or stool samples. This is offensive to Islam because it desecrates the glorious names of God.

Blowing your ass up in the middle of a group of women and children isn't offensive to Islam.

HOW ABOUT A HATE MAIL:

"Catch up" with the EU? What has this character been smoking? Oh .. and did you know that your life has been "enslaved" by your employer?

I CAUGHT HELL FOR BEING HARD ON BELINDA YESTERDAY ... I DID SAY I WAS GOING TO BE NICE TO HER ONE DAY THIS WEEK

Subject: belinda bashing
Name: marian

Message:
shame on you, shame on you. today you showed your insensitivity and lack of manners by blasting poor belinda in front of millions of people. if there is a next time, how about doing that in private? belinda showed her class but you were crass.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Apparently John McCain is gearing up to run one of the most unconventional campaigns in recent history.

Here we go with these single women voters again. In this election, single women are supposed to be for Democrats what evangelical Christians were for Republicans in 2004. Did you know that single-parent households cost our economy over $12 billion a year?

The House Ways and Means Committee has passed legislation that would give unemployed workers an additional 13 weeks of jobless benefits. There's a name for this. Vote buying.

This can't be good news ... an Afghan legislative committee is drafting a bill to introduce Taliban-style Islamic morality codes, which include banning women from wearing makeup in public and forbidding men from wearing female fashions.

Chevron is being sued by environmental activists for committing "environmental sins." I guess they read that stuff from the Vatican a few months ago.

A government middle school teacher in Ohio has been told that he must remove a Bible that is sitting on his desk because the children might see it.

Mexicans spent almost $3 billion in bribes in 2007 ... that's almost two bribes for every living Mexican.

We have a picture of Jesus that is being taken down from a Louisiana court house.

Apparently this is how kids are bullied in schools nowadays ... they bring peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and hope their classmates swell up with peanut allergies.

The world's oldest tree has been discovered in Sweden ... and guess why that really matters? Because it has rewritten the history of the climate in the region where it used to be a lot warmer.

I'm surprised a government school would let a student do a science experiment to test whether Chinese water torture would produce a fear response. This kid will be featured on America's Most Wanted someday.

Great Britain is alarmed because one out of every five killings in Britain is committed by a foreigner. What do you want to bet that the vast majority of these "foreigners" are Muslims.

Cell phones on public transportation are really becoming an issue lately and many places are cracking down.

And now for the world's smallest dog ... a 4 inch Chihuahua named Dancer.

Are you a little stressed after a full week of work? We've got your stress reliever right here.

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