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> quote: Originally posted by keithmichigan One fun fact was that she spent one fishing season gutting salmon and removing the roe. She said that one time or another most Alaskans have worked a slime line at one time or another. Those kinds of down to earth experiences can really help to build a person's character, and I believe that's a large part of Palin's appeal to the private sector Americans who make the country run....

> quote: Originally posted by tallcharlie quote: Barack saw his mother, who was very young and very single when she had him , and he saw her work hard to complete her education and try to raise he [sic] and his sister. This sentence came from Michelle Obama's July 10, 2008 address in Kansas City. You can read the transcript at this link: http://blog.showmeprogress.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1297 Does anyone not know what "single...

> quote: Originally posted by bpost1958 Your seeming lack of grasp of the most simple concepts is extremely frustrating. You want waste to be identified at the contract overrun stage. I want the waste to stop BEFORE THE MONEY IS EVEN ALLOCATED. The contracts are open ended BECAUSE GOVERNMENT WANTS THEM THAT WAY, can you not see this glaring fact. Your oversight proposals are just more pigs sucking at the government teat, more cost, more...

> quote: Originally posted by Barzillia However, to answer the question originally asked in the initial post, I would suggest that the area of public health would be one area of public endeavor that has been reasonably successful. Yes and no. Let's review a few of the public health successes. Malaria - (Also yellow fever, dengue, and others) This is the BIG one. Malaria in the US was pandemic in the South and as far north as Washington...

> Now the name calling starts ---- You know Hairy -- You can't insult me or even make me feel bad -- Because --- I have absolutely no respect for your opinion -- Go crawl back in your hole -- Lee

> ....and raise holy terror about the health bill, hear me out. It is crap and it stinketh; we are not getting near enough. To Wit; If we are going to ignore the rule of law and federal constitutional restraints, I WANT IT ALL. I want free cradle to grave coverage to every American and everyone that even visits the USA, including Chavez. I am calling Charlie Wilson, Voinovich and Brown, scumbags one and all, Monday, to show my...

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> Normal, I did volunteer work at a food bank. I got to know people that work for the state welfare dept. These people work on this problem every day. And yes, crack heads have babies. They need the money. Actually the population of China is not so high. They are just concentrated in the cities. It is a big country. The population of USA keeps growing due in large part to immigration.

> quote: Originally posted by bpost1958 quote: Originally posted by Normal quote: Originally posted by bpost1958 Why is the birth certificate of a private citizen, tallcharlie, relevant or related to the issue of POTUS Obama? Because if he's not a native born, naturalized or green carded, he should be deported. I have reason to believe he is not a citizen. All he needs do is show his Birth Cert. Why won't he show it? Simple...

> quote: Originally posted by Normal quote: Originally posted by bpost1958 quote: Originally posted by Normal quote: Originally posted by bpost1958 Why is the birth certificate of a private citizen, tallcharlie, relevant or related to the issue of POTUS Obama? Because if he's not a native born, naturalized or green carded, he should be deported. I have reason to believe he is not a citizen. All he needs do is show his Birth Cert. Why...