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Obama’s spending bill has over 9,000 earmarks and is going to increase spending by nearly 9% .. yeah, this is change we can believe in. This is Change that Will Destroy Us.

Here’s a real shocker .. the states received all of this money from this economic stimulus bill , but it still isn’t going to be enough for many of them. Please, sir. Can I have some more?

Barack Obama named Adolfo Carrion to be his Director of Urban Affairs … too bad the guy pocketed thousands of dollars in campaign cash from city developers whose projects he approved or funded with taxpayers’ money. By the way … if we’re going to have a Director of Urban Affairs, may I be the first to say: Secretary of Hip Hop?

Obama has officially chosen Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to be his health and human services secretary.

This is a simple breakdown of how Obama’s tax plans are going to affect each tax bracket. If you’re achievement oriented you may not like this.

The Financial Times says that the Republicans were right all along about Obama .. this budget reveals the fact that Obama is, in fact, a liberal. It took the FT this long to figure that out? They need to listen to more talk radio in the FT editorial offices.

Obama reminds America, “You know that tough times for America often mean tougher times for African Americans.” Tough times mean tough times for people who revel in their victim status. As Dr. Robert Schuller says, “Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.”

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is headed to Washington to convince Barack Obama that we need a “global grand bargain,” otherwise known as a global new deal.

In Germany, the wealth-envy crowd is torching luxury cars in order to get back at all those greedy capitalists.

How bad could the union card check bill be? Apparently even worse than we thought.

Here are some thoughts from Mitt Romney on how Obama is doing so far. Imagine how different things could be if this guy was running the show. Oh … but he’s a Mormon! A socialist is OK .. but a Mormon?

AIG is getting another $30 billion in taxpayer assistance.

Sheriff Joe out there in Maricopa County, Arizona has some boxers in a bunch. Protestors are upset with his stance on illegal aliens.

When the times get tough, states start to think of any way they can to impose new taxes. And I mean any way …

FEMA employees in New Orleans have been accused of purposefully slowing down post-Katrina recovery in order to keep their government jobs. Sounds about right for government employees.

Studies show that older Americans are working longer, which means that younger Americans are being squeezed out of the job market. Reason? Older Americans have a work ethic.

Water authority officials in San Diego are spending $68,000 to print and distribute door tags to houses that use too much water.

A woman in Dayton was given a ticket for breastfeeding and talking on her cell phone while driving.

How about an $81 billion bill for gas? That was the case for one driver in Washington.

And now for a list of The 15 Strangest College Courses In America.

All articles were obtained from boortz.com

I really hope you didn’t miss Kathy Griffin with Anderson Cooper on New Year’s Eve on CNN. If you did … you might want to click here and listen to this. Get the kids out of the room.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is out. He won’t serve as secretary of Commerce for Barack Obama because of a “pending investigation.” Can’t say I’m that broken up about it.

Obama’s “American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan” claims it will create 600,000 new government employees. Just what we need .. more government incompetence. With our government schools they should have no problem finding qualified applicants.

The next industry up to the government trough: the steel industry.

Al Franken will be declared the winner of the Minnesota Senate race today. It still isn’t over quite yet though.

The Democrat governors of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin want Obama to spend $1 trillion on aiding state budgets.

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine will probably be the next chairman of the Democratic Party.

Harry Reid believes that President Bush is the worst president we’ve ever had.

A federal commission has decided that we need a 50% increase in federal fuel taxes in order to make up for revenue shortfalls.

Here are Peggy Noonan’s thoughts on a new year, a new presidency, a new economic era and then some.

Is the bailout going to need a bailout? So says a blogger for the Heritage Foundation.

Georgia has a new sex offender law that forces all sex offenders to give their online passwords to the government.

Ah, don’t you just love the IRS? Stories like this wouldn’t be possible if we had the Fair Tax .. and that is a good thing.

Did you know that America is an empire in decline? So says the Times of London.

How about $1 million of your tax dollars for San Francisco to study “congestion pricing” options. In other words .. the government would charge you a fee to drive in certain parts of the city.

While we are talking about San Francisco, people flying out of San Francisco International Airport will soon be able to buy certified carbon offsets at airport kiosks to offset their air travel.

Here’s a concept, the governor of Washington state wants illegal aliens serving time in state prisons to be deported in order to save her state $9 million over the next 2 years.

When you go to a brothel, there are a few people you would rather not run into. Your wife may be one of them.

How many of you would like to have this problem? I’m guessing around 50% give or take.

Here’s a handy guide to converting to metric. Warning, some bad language.

All articles were obtained from boortz.com