Fools

 
A Bullseye Quote

Some people have the vocabulary to sum up things in a way that you can quickly understand them. This quote came from the Czech Republic. Someone over there has it figured out. It was translated into English from an article in the Prague newspaper Prager Zeitungon.

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their president."

Not such a hard left turn for France and au revoir to Greece

It looks as if French president-elect Francois Hollande will probably not govern as far to the left as some would believe. To that end, European stocks rose after German Chancellor Merkel said she will receive Hollande with open arms as they work together to tackle the debt crisis. The Chancellor held firm that government stimulus was not the way to spur economic growth in Europe.

Election results in Greece gave a clear picture that the people are not willing to make sacrifices which means a probable exit from the EU within the next 12 to 18 months.

Obama Pushes Buffett Rule, Angrily Rips Repubs

It would seem to me that the tax would fall most heavily on job creators like businesses that pay their taxes through the individual income tax, investors, and entrepreneurs which would likely slow economic growth, job creation, and wage increases.

http://yhoo.it/HqzOE8

Bounty for Bounty

Members of a private citizens group are offering a $10,000 reward for the "capture" of Mikhail Muhammad, the New Black Panther leader who has threatened George Zimmerman with violence of which he described as "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." Muhammad made a previous bounty announcement of his own and called for the mobilization of 10,000 black men to capture Zimmerman. The private citizens group plans to capture Muhammad first and hold him hostage in exchange for charges to be filed on Muhammad by the Justice Department... Developing...

Hey Buddy, Can You Spare a Buck?

So, my daughter and I were at The Reading Terminal Market when this guy walks up to me and asks if I would donate a dollar toward a homeless organization in exchange for a copy of the organization's newspaper. I know, guys like these are always where the crowds are and many of them are just scamming good folks one buck at a time. I took a quick look at the paper and sure enough it appeared to be just what he said it was. Without further scrutiny, I said, "Here you go," and handed him a buck. A few minutes later, another guy walks up. His story was that he needed just two dollars more so that he could buy a bus ticket. He had been in the city for cancer treatment and had a gnarly looking arm to prove it. In this case, I didn't have two bucks to give him. I had only the cash I would need to get our car out of the nearby pay lot. If I had the two bucks, I would have given it to him, but I gotta tell you, I didn't believe his story. His was an age old scam. "Just two more dollars, sir, please. I need to buy a bus ticket and don't have enough." But yes, just on the chance that he was for real, I would have given him two bucks.

Moral of the story: If you're gonna hit me up for a buck, you better get to me before someone else does.

http://www.readingterminalmarket.org/

How the Vietnam War Was Won and Lost

Most of what you believe about the Vietnam War isn't true. In this second installment of Prager University's "Wisdom of the Masters" series, foreign policy expert, Bruce Herschensohn, explains how the U.S. Congress turned victory in the Vietnam War into defeat.

http://bit.ly/s4Rlbq

Anyone Surprised?

What Was Acceptable Before the Revolution is No Longer

Any U.S. aid cut to Egypt, top Muslim Brotherhood lawmaker Essam el-Erian told the pan-Arabic al-Hayat newspaper, would violate the U.S.-brokered 1979 peace agreement with Israel.

The Jerusalem Post quoted Erian as saying that if the U.S. cuts aid to Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood would consider changing the terms of the peace treaty. He is warning that the U.S. should understand that “what was acceptable before the revolution is no longer.”

http://bit.ly/w5u85P