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From my e-mail box, a third-grade teacher with a story to tell...

"We worried about 'the cow' when it was all about 'Ice Cream'.

"The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest. I decided that we would have an election for a class president.

"We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote. To simplify the process, candidates would be nominated by other class members. We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have.

"We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot. The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids.

"I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support. I had never met Olivia's mother.

"The day for their speeches arrived. Jamie went first. He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better place. He ended by promising to do his very best. Everyone applauded and he sat down.

"Now it was Olivia's turn to speak. Her speech was precise. She said, "if you vote for me, I will give you ice cream." She sat down. The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream!"

"She surely could have said more. She did not have to.

"A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn't sure. Would her parents buy it, or would the class pay for it? She didn't know.

"The class didn't really care. All they were thinking about was ice cream.

"Jamie was forgotten. Olivia won by a landslide."

Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream and 52 percent of the people reacted like nine year olds. They wanted ice cream.

The other 48 percent know they're going to have to feed the cow and clean up the mess.

What we have today is the ice cream Obama promised us! Did you vote for the ice cream?

Remember, the government cannot give anything, to anyone, that they have not taken from someone else.

November 2 is Take Out The Trash Day!

What we have today (actually Friday night) are still more bailouts resultant from the mortgage bubble's collapse, this time a bailout for Credit Unions; more precisely, a couple of the wholesale credit unions: those entities that exist to service groups of smaller credit unions; handling their day-to-day tasks such as check processing &c. Too much invested in mortgage-backed securities, these large Credit Unions; their portfolios shattered, they needed some bailout monies happily provided by our Federal Government, in exchange for a bigger role in determining future rules of conduct. A loud, unwelcome voice in their operations.

As one commenter professes

All this trouble is due to the Carter's "Community Reinvestment Act", reinforced by that disbarred felon Clinton, and pushed through by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd by means of threats of fines and jail; then helped by ACORN thugs with their demostrations and threats of physical force. That wimp Bush was of no help with his "ownership society"; some 2 million homes were given to "underserved minorities" with no hope of ever being able to pay those mortgages. ACORN Housing Corporation alone "sold" 600,000 such mortgages, qualifying buyers on the basis of their welfare and unemployment checks.

well, shush your mouth. Such things aren't spoken in polite company, no matter how much truth is sausage-cased in it.

Got ice cream ?

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