Are you aware how many people are on food stamps? The number is something like 45 million. Do you think that all of them are incapable of working?

I have more compassion than most anyone for those with GENUINE problems that cause them to need help. I am all for helping them. The problem is that very few of those on food stamps and other social programs are TRULY incapable of working.

I'll bet more info could be found after midnight on AM radio.

I can see where the ego of the Captain might have got the better of him. I totally agree with you that he really had something there and it would have been best to document the event and not tip his hand.

But then, hot-dogging is fun!

Has anyone tried to find a cordless drill that is not made in China...try it next time you are in home depo...even Millwaukee is made in China. As far as large portions of scrap metal from our country...they are sending ships over to pick it up and take it back to China. Tried to find hockey skates that are not made in China, only one company left and they get everything made in China and put them together here, so the salesman claimed...funny how the box says made in China.

For some reason Canada was talking about sending our chickens to China to be processed and then sent back here..for us to eat???last pictures I saw of China they are all wandering around in thick pollution smoke with masks on....and is'nt that where the bird flu and all these flu's are coming from. Why would I want to eat chicken from there? Will we get our Canadian chickens back or will we get the polluted athsmatic mutated chinese chickens, with 3 eyes?

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Splendid idea...Social Security recipients on the front line!!

What about the wars on terror and drugs? And that lil prik in NK hasn't let us off the hook yet either :D

Might just be incapable of obtaining work. (unemployed/underemployed) - (available work) > 0

Quite a few military families are on SNAP (food stamps) . . . And that number will rise as budget cuts reduce PX discounts and housing vouchers. Those darn "takers" . . .

Anybody remember when Dick Cheney was Sec. of Defense and he called for cutting the Pentagon budget? And that he reduced the size of the military by 19%?

Naw... I didn't think so.

And when Rumsfeld was Sec. of Defense he told the military to stop their whining and that "You go to war with the Army you have." Remember that?

And in both cases Republicans said these actions were just the greatest thing ever? Actually, I remember them supporting both of these guys, but I don't remember them being all excited about it.

I think the real questions is: Why do Conservatives tend to forget history so quickly?

The same reason everybody else does: It fits one's world view.

Can you truthfully say that your opinions don't change depending on who runs the system?

I've had similar thoughts many times. Of course, if push comes to shove, the foreign owned vehicle manf. plants in our nation would be appropriated soon enough. But still, we need to maintain the ability on all levels.

Yes. I can truthfully say that.

I can also say that I don't take advice from people who have been proven to be wrong over and over, and I do not continue to defend a failed set of policies.

This is because I learn from the past and pay attention.

Can you truthfully say Conservative do this?

You can't be a liberal then.

- Peter.

I can't speak for all conservatives. Hell, I can't speak for any conservatives.

And I admire your singular political virtue. It's lonely at the top.