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To: carranza2 who wrote (297583)	3/22/2009 7:18:56 AM
From: Tom Clarke	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793939

Now, Obama has the Special Olympians taunting him: "That's not very good. It wouldn't beat us. He needs to practice." The life of a President is not easy. All the criticism. Now, even the mentally disabled are taking their shots. So much good will squandered: [David] Axelrod's daughter, Lauren, is a longtime Special Olympian who has competed in swimming and track and field events. His wife, Susan, was part of a delegation led last month by Vice President Joe Biden to the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Boise, Idaho. One punchline tossed on Leno far overshadows all that real connection that his administration had here. And it's especially sad because (I don't think) Obama was just spouting a new joke that sprang into his head. I think it was a scripted punchline. AND: He gave Sarah Palin a big opening: "This was a degrading remark about our world's most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world," fumed former GOP veep pick and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whose youngest son, Trig, has Down syndrome. "These athletes overcome more challenges, discrimination and adversity than most of us ever will," she added. althouse.blogspot.com

To: carranza2 who wrote (297583)	3/22/2009 7:44:50 AM
From: LindyBill	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793939

We are on the way to becoming a banana republic, sad but true We get a lot of "doom and gloom" here, but nobody can show how it happens. The "Beggar thy neighbor" trade philosophy runs a cropper because everyone wants our fiat money. We print it, give it to them, and they love to take it because everybody else's fiat money is even worse. You can say, "this has to end!" But how? As long as the world runs on our money supply, the world level of inflation is the amount that our money exceeds world production in both amount and velocity. It shows no sign of high inflation happening, other than hyperventilation by the "doom and gloomers." They may want to use someone else's money, but they don't have any choice. If they could wreck our economy, they would do it in an instant. They don't love us. But they can't bring us down without putting themselves in the poorhouse. When we sneeze, the world gets pneumonia. What is going on right now proves that.