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    <title>Say Anything: Reader Blogs</title>
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      <title>YES, We Noticed</title>
      <link>http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/entry/yes_we_noticed/</link>
      <author>thecynicaleconomist</author>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>President Obama:</p>

<p>Today I read of your administrations&#8217; plan to <a href="http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1509" title="re-define September 11 as a National Service Day">re-define September 11 as a National Service Day</a>. Sir, it&#8217;s time we had a talk&#8230;......</p>

<p>During your campaign, Americans watched as you made mockery of our tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance was spoken. You, out of four people on the stage, were the only one not honoring our tradition and reverence.</p>

<p>YES, &#8220;We noticed.&#8221;</p>

<p>During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you intended to visit all 57 states. We all know that Islam, not America, has 57 states.</p>

<p>YES, &#8220;We noticed.&#8221;</p>

<p>When President Bush leaned over at Ground Zero and gently placed a flower on the memorial, you nonchalantly tossed your flower onto the pile without leaning over.</p>

<p>YES, &#8220;We noticed.&#8221;</p>

<p>Every time you apologized to other countries for America &#8216;s position on an issue, we have wondered why you don&#8217;t share our pride in this great country. When you have heard foreign leaders berate our country and our beliefs, you have not defended us.</p>

<p>YES, &#8220;We noticed.&#8221;</p>

<p>When your pastor of 20 years, &#8220;God-damned America &#8221; and said that 9/11 was &#8220;America&#8217;s chickens coming home to roost&#8221;&#8212;and you denied having heard recriminations of that nature, we wondered how that could be. You later disassociated yourself from that church and Pastor Wright because it was politically expedient to do so, but we know that you continue to have secret meetings with him.</p>

<p>YES, &#8220;We noticed.&#8221;</p>

<p>When you announced that you would transform America, we wondered why. With all her faults, America is the greatest country on earth. Sir, KEEP THIS IN MIND, &#8220;if not for America and the people who built her, you wouldn&#8217;t be sitting in the White House now.&#8221; Prior to your election to the highest office in this Country, you were a senator from Illinois, and from what we can glean from the records available, not a very remarkable one.</p>

<p>YES, &#8220;We noticed.&#8221;</p>

<p>All through your campaign and even now, you have surrounded yourself with individuals who are basically unqualified for the positions for which you appointed them. Worse than that, the majority of them are people who, like you, bear no special allegiance, respect, or affection for this country and her traditions.</p>

<p>YES, &#8220;We noticed.&#8221;</p>

<p>You are 9 months into your term and every morning millions of Americans wake up to a new horror heaped on us by you. You seek to saddle working Americans with a health care/insurance reform package that, along with cap and trade, will bankrupt this nation.</p>

<p>YES, &#8220;We noticed.&#8221;</p>

<p>We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that we are not in favor of these crippling expenditures and we are labeled &#8220;un-American&#8221;, &#8220;racist&#8221;, &#8220;mob&#8221;. We wonder how we are supposed to let you know how frustrated we are. You have attempted to make our protests seem isolated and insignificant. Until your appointment, Americans had the right to speak out.</p>

<p>YES, &#8220;We noticed.&#8221;</p>

<p>On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats, only Americans. And we all grieved together and helped each other in whatever way we could. The attack on 9/11 was carried out because we are Americans.</p>

<p>And YES, &#8220;We noticed.&#8221;</p>

<p>There were many of us who prayed that as a black president you could help unite this nation. In six months you have done more to destroy this nation than the attack on 9/11. You have failed us.</p>

<p>YES, &#8220;We noticed.&#8221;</p>

<p>September 11 is a day of remembrance for all Americans. You propose to make 9/11 a &#8220;National Service Day&#8221;. While we know that you don&#8217;t share our reverence for 9/11, we pray that history will report your proposal as what it is&#8230;a disgrace.</p>

<p>YES, &#8220;We noticed.&#8221;</p>

<p>You have made a mockery of our Constitution and the office that you hold. You have embarrassed and slighted us in foreign visits and policy.</p>

<p>YES, &#8220;We noticed.&#8221;</p>

<p>We have noticed all these things. We will deal with you. When Americans come together again, it will be to remove you from office.</p>

<p>Take notice.</p>

<p>If you agree with this please pass it on to all your internet correspondents.</p>

<p><b>The writer of this piece wished to remain anonymous</b></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-11-16T13:55:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Pelosi’s Machiavellian Conscience: Why the End does not Justify the Means</title>
      <link>http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/entry/pelosis_machiavellian_conscience_why_the_end_does_not_justify_the_means/</link>
      <author>thecynicaleconomist</author>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[From <a href="http://www.allenhuntshow.com/Allen-Hunt/2009/10/31/pelosis_machiavellian_conscience_why_the_end_does_not_justify_the_means" title="here">here</a><br />
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Given that a large portion of this bill will be funded by more incurred debt and by our children and grandchildren, it is morally right to achieve a good end by means as efficient as possible. <b>The numbers show that about 14 million non-elderly, legally resident adults in America desire health insurance coverage but cannot afford to pay for it. Medicare will already cover any elderly who need coverage, and other programs exist to do the same for children. If we assume that we will pay for the entire cost of coverage for those 14 million adults, insuring each of those persons should be achievable for a cost of about $3000 per person based on what our small non-profit business pays to insure our employees and their families. At that rate, we can provide insurance for all persons in America simply by spending $42 billion per year to insure those who desire to be insured.</b><br />
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At that cost, the price for ten years of coverage will be about $420 billion. The Speaker’s proud bill projects a cost of more than twice that($800 Billion) and CBO estimated it will be probably $1,05 Trillions]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-11-02T03:00:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Any guesses what political party those  guys are a members of?</title>
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      <author>thecynicaleconomist</author>
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<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/30/pf/taxes/who_pays_taxes/index.htm">47% will pay no federal income tax</a><br />
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10 to 1 they are 90 percent Democrats.<br />
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Also they are probably  a 90 % of the Obama’s voters base.<br />
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The remaining 10 percent are republicans that voted for Obama because of Bush's spending]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-10-29T00:57:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>The Broken Common Bond</title>
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      <author>thecynicaleconomist</author>
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      <dc:date>2009-10-23T09:52:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Few Jokes</title>
      <link>http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/entry/few_jokes/</link>
      <author>thecynicaleconomist</author>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thecynicaleconomist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/BO-speaks-21.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8983" title="BO speaks 2" src="http://thecynicaleconomist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/BO-speaks-21.jpg" alt="BO speaks 2" width="844" height="772" /></a></p>

<p><strong>What&#8217;s the real ratio between the Pound, the Euro and the Dollar?</strong><br />
<strong>A pound of  Dollars is worth one Euro</strong></p>

<p><strong>What will be the value of the dollar this year?</strong><br />
<strong>Average: worse, than last year, but better than next year.</strong></p>

<p><strong>What is Obama&#8217;s administration proposed economic stimulus like?<br />
An injection of steroids into an artificial limb</strong>.</p>

<p><strong>Why have the newer models of LCD TVs been equipped with screen wipers, similar to the windshield wipers on a car?<br />
Because lately people are frequently spitting at the screen, when they see the politicians on the news</strong></p>

<p><strong>Alexander the Great, Caesar and Napoleon observing  the world from above&#8230;<br />
&#8220;If I had under my leadership the US Marines, -&nbsp; Alexander said - &#8220;I would have been invincible!&#8221;<br />
&#8220;If I had under my leadership the US Air Force &#8221; -&nbsp; Caesar speaks - &#8220;&#8216;I could have conquered the whole world!&#8221;<br />
&#8220;And if I had had the Obama&#8217;s propaganda machine&#8221; -&nbsp; Napoleon said -&nbsp; &#8220;the world, even now, would not have found out about Waterloo!&#8221;</strong></p>

<p><strong>What&#8217;s the difference between socialism and capitalism?<br />
Under capitalism one person exploits another person, and under socialism - the opposite.</strong></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-10-22T15:48:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>U.S. Could Be On Path to a ‘Banana Republic’ Situation</title>
      <link>http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/entry/u.s._could_be_on_path_to_a_banana_republic_situation/</link>
      <author>thecynicaleconomist</author>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<strong><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/18/gregg-u-s-could-be-on-path-to-a-banana-republic-situation/" target="_blank">Gregg: U.S. Could Be On Path to a ‘Banana Republic’ Situation</a> - Truth speaker</strong><br />
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<strong>“You talk about systemic risk. The systemic risk today is the Congress of the United States, that we’re creating these massive debts which we’re passing on to our children. We’re going to undermine fundamentally the quality of life for our children by doing this.” Boy, is he right</strong><br />
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      <dc:date>2009-10-19T11:13:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>School Kids Sing for ObamaCare on CNN Set</title>
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      <author>thecynicaleconomist</author>
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      <title>Detroit: Thousands Line up for Federal Handout!</title>
      <link>http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/entry/detroit_thousands_line_up_for_federal_handout/</link>
      <author>thecynicaleconomist</author>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<b>Spreading the wealth around…<br />
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How is that HANDOUT qualified by the news anchors as a federal stimulus program? Stimulating what?…<br />
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Why we aren’t STIMULATING THE CREATIVITY OF THE AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS,THAT CREATE JOBS? NOT THAT WOMAN, THAT WHEN ASKED, IF SHE IS FRUSTRATED OF THE LONG WAIT ON THE LINE, SAID: “I AM NOT FRUSTRATED, BECAUSE MY REWARD IS GETTING THAT MONEY” (watch it at 1:58)<br />
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Yeah right on America, some people are getting paid just for staying few hours on a line and filling some paperwork…while you are being taxed on the long work hours, that you are putting every week.<br />
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I was against handing out TARP money to the Banksters and I am against handing out “stimulus” money to the people. They both are creating moral hazards. How would they get it right, if the government is rewarding anyone when they make a mistake?<br />
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I understand times are tough, but can the government bail us all out? The answer is …yes! <br />
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In the socialist utopias everyone is equal and there are no poor nor rich…just spread the wealth around, Mr President and bail us all out</b><br />
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      <dc:date>2009-10-07T23:29:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Schools Then and Now</title>
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      <author>thecynicaleconomist</author>
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      <title>1982, 2009: Networks Find Identical Unemployment Numbers &#8216;Good &#8217; News for Obama, But &#8216;All&#8217; Bad for R</title>
      <link>http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/entry/1982_2009_networks_find_identical_unemployment_numbers_good_news_for_obama_/</link>
      <author>thecynicaleconomist</author>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>What Obama administration had promised vs actual unemployment (from </strong><a href="http://michaelscomments.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/september-unemployment-the-job-loss-accelerates/" target="_blank"><strong>Innocent Bystanders</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p>

<p><a href="http://thecynicaleconomist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/stimulus-vs-unemployment-september-dots.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8233" title="stimulus-vs-unemployment-september-dots" src="http://thecynicaleconomist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/stimulus-vs-unemployment-september-dots.gif" alt="stimulus-vs-unemployment-september-dots" width="829" height="506" /></a></p>

<p>From <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/julia-seymour/2009/10/01/1982-2009-networks-find-identical-unemployment-numbers-good-news-obam" target="_blank">NewsBusters</a><br />
By Julia A. Seymour
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<p>Unemployment is currently at a 26-year-high of 9.7 percent and expected to continue rising. The last president to govern with such high unemployment was President Ronald Reagan.</p>

<p>But in 1982, when unemployment was rising similarly to the way it has in 2009 the network news media were merciless quoting attacks from Democrats, union leaders and the unemployed to attack Reagan&#8217;s &#8220;sadistic&#8221; fiscal policies.</p>

<p>2009 was a different story, for a different president. Even though unemployment has shot up from 8.1 percent since February, network reporters looked for &#8220;hopeful signs&#8221; of an economic turnaround in their jobs report.</p>

<p>The Business &amp; Media Institute just released a Special Report: Networks Flip Flop on Jobs that exposes that double-standard of unemployment coverage from 1982 and 2009 (<strong>See video above</strong>). The full report is available <a style="color: #ff4010; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.businessandmedia.org/specialreports/2009/FlipFlop/flipflop-fullreport.asp" target="_blank">here</a>, but here are some of our major <a style="color: #ff4010; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.businessandmedia.org/specialreports/2009/FlipFlop/flipflop.asp" target="_blank">findings</a>:</p>

<p><strong>Network Reports 13 Times More Negative Under Reagan than Under Obama: </strong>An overwhelming majority of stories mentioning the Reagan administration were negative 91 percent (20 out of 22) while only 7 percent (1 out of 15) of Obama administration mentions were negative. Additionally, Obama mentions were favorable 87 percent of the time, but there were zero positive mentions of Reagan.<strong>Networks Connect Reagan White House to Negative Jobs Numbers Almost Twice as Often as Obama: </strong>Unemployment stories in 1982 mentioned the Reagan administration 71 percent of the time (22 out of 31), but 2009 stories mentioned the Obama administration only 40 percent of the time (14 out of 35).</p>

<p><strong>Charles Gibson: 9.4% Unemployment ‘Good News&#8217; (Obama) and also ‘All&#8217; Bad (Reagan):</strong> The unemployment rate reached 9.4 percent under Reagan and Obama. But ABC&#8217;s Charles Gibson covered the identical rate very differently in 1982 than in 2009. Gibson told viewers May 7, 1982, &#8220;[T]here really isn&#8217;t any good news in the statistics. All the numbers are bad.&#8221; But by 2009, Gibson had turned into an optimist citing &#8220;good news&#8221; June 5 and &#8220;hope the economy may be finally turning the corner&#8221; Aug. 7</p></blockquote>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-10-04T05:41:48+00:00</dc:date>
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