Wednesday, Jan. 18

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file this under "tell me something I didn't know".  so, Americans are raiding their savings and jeopardizing the economic recovery.  Hard to imagine when we are working more hours than ever before, earning substantially less than we were 10 years ago, seeing the price of everything skyrocket, seeing our property tax go up, our income tax go up, tolls go up, taxes on every service we buy go up, gas go up......

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46025535/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/

unless you are a receiving a government pension, your income has not gone up.  your share of the pensions that go to these hogs has gone up, however.

so, eat your peas.  and stop spending the money you saved.  you are jeopardizing the pensions.

I saw on the news this morning that the St Louis Cardinals were honored by a visit to the White House.  They presented Barack and Michelle with Cardinals jerseys and baseball bats, to which Barack said he is not sure he is comfortable with Michelle having a bat.....now wait - didn't we have the uproar last week about Michelle not wanting to be known as "the angry black woman"???  If Barack is worried about her having a bat, is it because he is afraid that she will beat him with the bat?  Or, are we supposed to think that stereotype if funny only if used by our president?  I'm baffled.

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