eeeh... after WW2 our debt was significantly higher then it is right now.. ( that was after FDR )

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Человек, который почувствовал ветер перемен, должен построить не щит от ветра, а ветряную мельницу

i guess is did not read all the comments
anyway.. we need to do more of what governor Christy is trying to do in NJ...

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Человек, который почувствовал ветер перемен, должен построить не щит от ветра, а ветряную мельницу

"Julia, how come u could not qualify the child for CHIP??"
she did have SCHIP, but you need to recertify all the time - i.e - fill applications, send receipts... it falls through all the time. Of course, we got her a social worker to make sure all the papers are in place...they backpay 90 days...but what a headache - it should be much simpler and straightforward. Because everybody loses in those situations - taxpayers, kid, medical providers, all of us.
And Oleg, your idea of M-Caid for all children is a very healthy one. I wouldn't call it M-Caid though, I would call it some kind Universal Child Health or something....and make sure it covers different things from what M-Caid covers now ( cover more of some services and less of others).

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Happy New Year to all! Virtual hugs!

1.For the mess that America is now in economically.

I bought a bird feeder. I hung
It on my back porch and filled
It with seed. What a beauty of
A bird feeder it was, as I filled it

lovingly with seed. Within a
Week we had hundreds of birds
Taking advantage of the
Continuous flow of free and
Easily accessible food.

But then the birds started
Building nests in the boards
Of the patio, above the table,
And next to the barbecue.

Then came the poop. It was
Everywhere: on the patio tile,
The chairs, the table ..
Everywhere!

Then some of the birds
Turned mean. They would
Dive bomb me and try to
Peck me even though I had
Fed them out of my own
Pocket.

And others birds were
Boisterous and loud. They
Sat on the feeder and
Squawked and screamed at
All hours of the day and night
And demanded that I fill it
When it got low on food.

to be con-ed

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Не в наших планах жить вечно..., в наших планах жить ярко...

2.After a while, I couldn't even
Sit on my own back porch
Anymore. So I took down the
Bird feeder and in three days
The birds were gone. I cleaned
Up their mess and took down
The many nests they had built
All over the patio.

Soon, the back yard was like
It used to be .... Quiet, serene....
And no one demanding their
Rights to a free meal.

Now let's see.
Our government gives out
Free food, subsidized housing,
Free medical care and free
Education, and allows anyone
Born here to be an automatic
Citizen.

Then the illegal's came by the
Tens of thousands. Suddenly
Our taxes went up to pay for
Free services; small apartments
Are housing 5 families; you
Have to wait 6 hours to be seen
By an emergency room doctor;
Your child's second grade class is
Behind other schools because
Over half the class doesn't speak
English.

to be con-ed

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Не в наших планах жить вечно..., в наших планах жить ярко...

3.Corn Flakes now come in a
Bilingual box; I have to
'press one ' to hear my bank
Talk to me in English, and
People waving flags other
Than 'Old Glory' are
Squawking and screaming
In the streets, demanding
More rights and free liberties.

Just my opinion, but maybe
it's time for the government
To take down the bird feeder.

If you agree, pass it on; if not,
Just continue cleaning up the poop

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Не в наших планах жить вечно..., в наших планах жить ярко...

Oh, no! We just have to hire more poop scoopers as a part of the comprehensive (!) bird reforrm

Divide and Conquer
Sorry white men — given our victim politics spoils system, BHO can'trepresent everyone. In the midst of this phony demagoguery, ComradeObama promises to "reconnect … young people, African-Americans,Latinos, and women" in an alliance against everyone else to keep thecorrosion known as Hope & Change eating away at whatever's left of our country after 2010:

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Here is youtube clip of Obamka ( if you are strong enough to stomach this lecturing twerp)

Вчера была на демонстрации поддержки Израиля возле израильского консулата в НЙ... Обаму поливали ВСЕ!!! В лучшем стиле Раба Кохане выступило несколько рабаев. Я такого сплочения среди демократического еврейского населения даже не представляла. Приезжали даже какие-то католики из Техаса, Вирджинии и откуда-то еще, какой-то черный пастор из Гарлема... В общем, с идеей разделения Иерусалима Обама тоже обоср...ся, как, впрочем, и со всем остальным.

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В детстве мне казалось, что за 30 — это уже глубокая старость…Ха.. Оказалось — показалось!.. ? ?