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Quit Digging

by Mona Charen

My city, Washington, D.C., is going bonkers for Obama. So is yours no doubt. Shopping for party favors, I came across — in addition to key chains and light-up necklaces — T-shirts and coffee mugs emblazoned with the Anointed One's photograph. Jan. 12's Washington Post carries a story about Obama attorney Greg Craig. He took the job imagining he'd be confronting knotty separation of powers issues. And he may. But for now, he's "charged with stopping the commercial exploitation ...

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Posted by: Shirley deLong
Comment: #1
Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:36 AM

Obama in the most powerful job in world is beyond Scary! Think of millions he's already spent on vacations, secret service, gas guzzling autos, his 'team' and the planned 'Huge Hollywood Party - his Inauguration! You know, the one where 'slugs are mixing with other slugs!' Just think what this is going to cost Taxpayers! Taxpayers were hoping Obama would use his common sense and being smart, that he keeps telling the news media he has, would be used to 'STOP THE TAX & SPEND!' "Obama is going to be icing on the cake for Bankrupting America!" When Taxpayers hear the politicians' words ‘Selection of New Cabinet Members', they know this means bigger government by telling you more infrastructure is needed to create jobs! It's also saying, again, taxes will increase! Instead of cutting the salaries, retirements, insurance, and benefits of politicians, their motorcades (and in each state), their body guards (why should Taxpayers furnish them with protection, puzzling, right), and their big SUVS, they continue to think they're Royalty and are entitled to all these luxuries! I hate to burst your bubble but you're not Royalty! Where's the money coming from! Since the Politicians borrowed trillions of dollars, created Nafta and Cafta, causing Americans jobs to be sent overseas, all this without the vote of the Taxpayers, it's time to sell them a one-way boat trip for a million dollars, each, to the countries they've sold American to with no return to America! This shouldn't be a don't ask situation but tell them situation! Speaking of balancing the budget! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that leadership no longer exists and common sense has gone ‘bye-bye'! Bankruptcy is inevitable for “Freddie, Fannie, AIG, Banks, and the ‘BIG 3'!” Politicians and CEOS are going to have to ‘go back to basic add and subtract methods, learn that they have to work seventy-eighty hours week, for a change, get off their plush chairs, roll their sleeves up, sweep the floor if necessary, and work from the ground and this time, at a snails pace to keep up with wages being earned by Taxpayers!' Where was ‘common sense' when politicians, automakers, Freddie, Fannie, AIG, banks, and insurance companies when they're getting paid millions of dollars while the average American gets paid $25.00 hourly (when they had a job) and thinking Taxpayers could afford $100,000.00 to $200,000.00 home and a new car costing $20,000.00 to $50,000.00? I don't suppose being trillions of dollars in debt, due to their spending habits, loss of all furniture and textile manufacturing jobs they helped with incentives and tax cuts so they'd move overseas. Where is the common sense in literally killing off the Americans jobs with this move. It's time to run America like a private business; meaning, President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. All these cabinet members collecting huge salaries and benefits will have to come to an end. Taxpayers know it's time to cut salaries to $12,000.00 yearly for all politicians. After all, these Public Servant jobs are less than 30 days of service and, in today's world of mismanagement, deceit and greed, this is more than they deserve. It's time politicians and CEOS are held accountable. Taxpayers money handed out to this department, that department, non-profit groups, public schools, social and welfare programs that's definitely never worked! Never will! These non-productive people are only creating terrorism on American soil! Why aren't we prosecuting the people handing out Taxpayers monies and the people who's receiving it? 'FAIR TAX', to include property taxes, should be top priority! WAKE UP AMERICA!

Posted by: Juanito Verde
Comment: #2
Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:46 AM

Greg Craig may have to sue me, but I am certain that when I looked into the growler this morning, I saw O's image.

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