As a former resident of Massachusetts, I never expected them to elect a republican to fill Ted Kennedy’s senate seat. What a shocker. And the ultimate irony is: the democrat controlled MA legislature passed the law requiring a special election a few years back during Romney’s tenure to prevent GovRomney from appointing republicans to fill vacant seats. So the dems in Mass did it to themselves. LOL

“When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.”
- Benjamin Franklin

Economy Rebounds in 2Q, Spurred by Exports
(excerpted from an article)

By Howard Schneider
Washington Post Staff Writer

Article below from IBD.
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American Income – Better Now than 8 Years Ago
(The Pie Got Bigger)
By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:20 PM PT

Excerpted from an article by Amir Tehri on Aug 25th, 2008 (New York Post)

" . . .Biden, an early supporter of Carter in his quest for the presidency in 1976, shares the former president's view of the world and the United States' place in it.

“When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.”
Benjamin Franklin

Obama’s 12 years as a law professor. . . see excerpts below from an article by Jodi Kantor. it gives great insight into his days of teaching. He rarely, if ever took a stand on an issue. Obama believed that taking sides could cost him in the future (politically). How right he was. However, a lifelong habit of failing to take sides may prove to be an even greater liability during his run for the Presidency.

He ventured forth to bring light to the world
(The anointed one's pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers)

Behind Maliki's Games
by Max Boot
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Washington Post

There is some irony in the fact that Democrats, after years of deriding Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as a hopeless bungler and conniving Shiite sectarian, are now treating as sacrosanct his suggestion that Iraq will be ready to assume responsibility for its own security by 2010. Naturally this is because his position seems to support that of Barack Obama.