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To: Alighieri who wrote (736587)	9/2/2013 11:37:54 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1576392

Caption this! WH thought this disgraceful photo was cool A photo of President Obama with his foot up on the Oval Office desk sent Americans into a tizzy Sunday asking where his respect for the highest office in the land went, with one person saying, “Get your damn foot off the people’s desk.” The Drudge Report published the photo and Twitter exploded with reaction from people complaining about Obama’s foot on a piece of historical furniture to the gun shape he’s making with his right hand. Here are some of the tweets via Twitchy and Twitter, kicked off by Lou Dobbs: [iframe id="twitter-widget-1" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" title="Embedded Tweet" width="500" height="210" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: block; max-width: 99%; min-width: 220px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 3px;"][/iframe]

To: Alighieri who wrote (736587)	9/2/2013 12:46:05 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1576392

>> I can't think of a nobler goal. I don't think anyone argues that that wouldn't be great. The argument is about how best to make that happen. What isn't really arguable, at this point, is that every significant federal government action in pursuit of that goal has backfired and the result has been that the people who were to be helped were instead harmed. At some point we, as a nation, have to learn that government is highly ineffective at helping the poor.