Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   The Rotten Plank Date:   9/21/2010 9:40:17 AM

I read that, too. 

We are still bleeding from a gaping wound… and the pain is yet excruciating.  But, I suppose that we are beginning to heal because the train wreck has come to a halt.  If only they can get us to the hospital before we black out and bleed to death.  We need to trust that they will do that… “Trust me – I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”

The liberals are desperate for a message.  They need a catchy slogan… something they can run on in the elections.  They cannot run on warped or rotten planks.  They cannot run on past performance.  They cannot blame Bush anymore for their own failed fiscal policies and programs (recall that it was a Democrat Congress which, in 2007, put an end to declining deficits.)

The heartland is struggling.  Our fellow Americans are suffering and among them, hope is a casualty.  Patriotism is on the rise. 

And, by the way, the folks who came up with the belied assessment that the recession is over… are academics!  I read today that going to college is like driving a new Corvette to college, turning over the keys… and taking the bus home.  Academia never had a recession!