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To: Neeka who wrote (293987)	2/26/2009 2:09:13 AM
From: KLP	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793970

Gretta had a guest on tonight, and they had the Stock Market DOW chart up from this AM, and President Obama discussing the budget they passed ...From the second he started to talk, Mr. Market headed south.....it was just amazing... I would have thought O would have been much more deliberate about what he puts his signature on....He is letting his hard left progressive side show, and it will be very bad indeed for him, and for our Country.

To: Neeka who wrote (293987)	2/26/2009 2:15:04 AM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793970

BTW, I saw Neil Cavoto say this today... Should I Be Impressed With Only $10 Billion in Pork? Wednesday, February 25, 2009 By Neil Cavuto This is how far we've come in this spending binge: A congressman — on this show — bragging that the latest stimulus package they're working on has only $10 billion of pork. And Congressman Chaka Fattah — a lovely gentleman — said that I should be impressed. --Only $10 billion in earmarks? ---Not bad for a $410 billion spending package. ----That's on top of a nearly $800 billion stimulus package… -------which is on top of a, likely, trillion dollar financial rescue package. Lots of packages. And here I am arguing over such a tiny package. I guess the congressman's right: In the scheme of things, $10 billion does seem like chump change. But there was a time when $10 billion bought you a war, or built you an entire highway system, or got you a substantial down payment on getting to the moon. But that was then. This is now. And now, $10 billion is better suited paying for things far less grandiose. --Like $59 million for Pacific salmon management. --Or $250,000 for security cameras in Pennsylvania. -- Or $150,000 for theater renovations in Idaho. I suppose when you're spending hundreds of billions, who cares about --$400,000 earmarked to combat bullying — I guess unless you were getting bullied. --Or $200,000 for tattoo removal. Chump change, I guess. And even the president seems to be saying I’m a chump for making a big deal of it. But consider this: Those projects I just mentioned represent but $60 million of the <b? $10 billion Congressman Fattah admitted was earmark stuff. Pray tell, what other stuff have I missed? Have we all missed? And what has come of us when our leaders brag about keeping waste down to $10 billion in a package? If that's progress my friends, please tell me the definition of something else: failure. [KLP Note: His disgust was written all over his face at the above!!!!] Watch Neil Cavuto weekdays at 4 p.m. ET on "Your World with Cavuto" and send your comments to cavuto@foxnews.com foxnews.com