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To: Sully- who wrote (77384)	2/9/2010 4:44:30 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

The Welfare Issue Returns By: John Hood The Corner One of the issues in the California governor’s race is driving some commentators and policy analysts to distraction: welfare reform. Always quick to look for code words and conspiracies underneath ideas and arguments they don’t like, the Left seems unwilling to look at the basic facts of the matter: <<< GOP candidate Steve Poizner, the state's insurance commissioner, first raised the issue in October, declaring that welfare should be a "transitional assistance program, not a permanent way of life." And last month Poizner's opponent, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, made welfare reform the subject of her first ad focusing on a single policy issue. In the radio spot, Whitman picked up on a statistic also used by Poizner: California is home to 12 percent of the nation's people but more than 30 percent of its welfare recipients. >>> Apologists for the status quo argue that California, like other states, implemented welfare reform more than a decade ago and saw cash-assistance rolls drop by half. Yes -- but most states were able to reduce their welfare caseloads to a greater extent by developing and enforcing better rules. California has led the nation only in replacing dependency on cash welfare with dependency on other forms of welfare that never really got reformed in the first place, which is one factor driving its state budget off a cliff. corner.nationalreview.com

To: Sully- who wrote (77384)	2/9/2010 5:04:32 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

Re: Miss Me Yet? By: Daniel Foster The Corner A reader points to this mysterious billboard on I-29 just north of Kansas City: Could this be a companion piece? corner.nationalreview.com

To: Sully- who wrote (77384)	2/9/2010 11:31:33 AM
From: ManyMoose	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I'd like that better if it said "MISS HIM YET?" because it implies that Bush approves of the sign. Bush has proven over and over again that he has too much class to interfere with the business of his successor. Sometimes I wish he WOULD speak up more about the debacle that followed his administration.

To: Sully- who wrote (77384)	2/10/2010 12:09:55 PM
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Mystery Solved? Ad Firm Says 'Anonymous' Business Owners Behind Bush Billboard FOXNews.com Mystery solved? A Minneapolis-based advertising firm has cleared the air, sort of, surrounding a mysterious billboard that went up in Minnesota featuring a picture of former President George W. Bush with the words "Miss Me Yet?" Bev Master, office manager with Schubert & Hoey Outdoor Advertising, said the billboard -- which the firm owns -- was rented out by a "group of small business owners and individuals who just felt like Washington was against them." "They thought it was a funny way to get out their message," she added. However, Master told FoxNews.com the ad buyers wish to "remain anonymous." The billboard, which Master said has been up since December, stirred an online frenzy in recent days as it started to attract more attention. With nobody initially claiming ownership, local newspapers and blogs wondered aloud whether pictures of the billboard were real, who put it there and whether the message was meant as a slap at President Obama's performance to date or a dig at Bush's unpopularity. Minnesota Public Radio answered the first question on Monday. Reporter Bob Collins wrote that he saw the billboard on I-35 in Wyoming, Minn., last week, and posted a giant picture of it online. "It's real," he wrote. Wyoming is about 40 miles north of the Twin Cities. And all indications are the billboard was a slap at Obama. "My personal feeling is it's probably anti-Obama," Mark Drake, a spokesman for the Minnesota Republican Party, told FoxNews.com. Drake said he first caught word of the mystery-board a couple weeks ago and has "no idea" who designed and paid for it. Wyoming Mayor Sheldon Anderson said he's gotten lots of "positive" responses about the sign from people in the community, which he said generally leans "right" on political issues. "I've had people willing to make donations to keep the billboard up longer," Anderson told Fox News. "They're free to send any message they want, and I think it's very creative." In another sign that the billboard was not intended as an Obama compliment, a company that bills itself as "The Mother of all Anti-Obama Superstores" has started selling bumper stickers featuring the "Miss Me Yet?" caption and the same photo of Bush -- only one showing him facing in a different direction. A spokesman for the company, Megatudes, told FoxNews.com that the company had nothing to do with the billboard. foxnews.com