How to spend money

1. You spend your money on yourself. You're motivated to get the thing you want most at the best price. This is the way middle-aged men haggle with Porsche dealers.
2. You spend your money on other people. You still want a bargain, but you're less interested in pleasing the recipient of your largesse. This is why children get underwear at Christmas.
3. You spend other people's money on yourself. You get what you want but price no longer matters. The second wives who ride around with the middle-aged men in the Porsches do this kind of spending at Neiman Marcus.
4. You spend other people's money on other people. And in this case, who gives a shit?

P.J. O'Rourke

hmmm ... who's hiring right now?

Haven't heard a word about new doctors, new nurses, new clinics, new hospitals or more importantly, new Med Schools. Did hear, however, that the IRS is hiring. I wonder why? Click on the following if you want to see a Dem Representative NOT give an answer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O6Jk7icfMw&feature=player_embedded

Benishek for Congress

Following is the text from a fax that I just sent to Congressman Stupak along with a copy of the $25.00 donation I made to Benishek for Congress:

Dear Congressman Stupak:

I attempted to send you an email last week thanking you for your principled stand for life and against President Obama's destructive healthcare bill.

Unfortunately, since I do not reside in your district, the email didn't go through.

Much has changed since last week. I am enclosing a copy of the donation I made to Benishek for Congress. Due the economy times are tough, but I wanted to let you know that this donation to Mr. Benishek is the first of many. I will continue to make a weekly donation to his campaign and do whatever I can to help him defeat you.

If I was still a Democrat my disappointment in you would know no bounds. As I changed my party 10 years ago, you leave me disgusted in my former party and satisfied with my decision to re-register as a Republican.

Sincerely,

Anne (Flanagan) Yenny

Monrovia CA

Tattered Liberty

BRILLIANT article by Mark Steyn. Read about the true cost to America of Obamacare:

http://article.nationalreview.com/428996/tattered-liberty/mark-steyn

Event at the Ronald Reagan Library

I had the pleasure of attending a book signing over the weekend at the Ronald Reagan library. Gary Sinese was there and graciously agreed to a picture but only if I promised to quit calling him "Mr. Sinese" and call him Gary instead. What a gentleman.

Who will deliver the love letters?

Charles Krauthammer talking about closing the Post Office. As he notes earlier, talk "privatization" and "business model" all you like, but the Post Office has a mandate that no private company every will: to deliver mail to everywhere in the U.S., no matter how remote. And I thought this was lovely:

[As for] the hard-hearted younger generation — well, if you ever got a sweet-smelling love letter at 17, you'd feel otherwise. Of course, I never did, but somebody did.

Well, well, well ...

"And yet it has to be said and it should be understood — now, almost seven hellish years later — that something that looks mighty like democracy is emerging in Iraq. And while it may not be a beacon of inspiration to the region, it most certainly is a watershed event that could come to represent a whole new era in the history of the massively undemocratic Middle East."

Above from this week's Newsweek. Wonder if there will be any quotes from leaders who in the past declared the war lost? Ahh ... you know what they say: being on the left means never having to say you're sorry.