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Monday, February 28, 2011

Quick Quips and Quotes – 2/28/11

QUICK HITS from Heritage

  • According to a survey of the National Association for Business Economics, the massive U.S. budget deficit is the gravest threat facing the economy.
  • More than half the states are pressuring the Obama Administration for more flexibility on Medicaid than Obamacare currently allows.
  • Just one in four of the 2.7 million homeowners who sought to participate in the Obama Administration’s signature mortgage assistance program have succeeded in getting their monthly payments reduced.
  • The online activist group “anonymous,” which has used coordinated denial of service attacks to promote WikiLeaks, attacked Americans for Prosperity yesterday.
  • Chinese police unleashed a show of force in Beijing, Shanghai and other cities to clamp down on public gatherings after a second week of calls for protests across the country


"The idea that political speech had to be protected at any cost dates to
Colonial days, during which the press and the public were not allowed to
express themselves freely on matters of public concern. The King and his
government often used restrictive measures
, such as licensing of printing
presses and the doctrine of seditious libel, to silence unfavorable public
comment." -- Craig R. Smith


imageConservative party trick:

When served vegetarian food, politely ask if they wouldn't mind rustling you up a meat dish. Explain apologetically, "It's a dietary problem I have. I just can't eat anything that doesn’t have eyes."


Why people don’t walk cats!

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