http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/40499307.html

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First, I don't think the spirit of FDR is worth conjuring, other than to

learn how to prolong a recession.

Second, President Bam's guiding assertion is absurd. To fix the woes

"inherited" from President Bush, we must now engage in a wilder form of

federal deficit spending? It's a rationalization akin to an alcoholic

celebrating the first day of a sober life at the Glenfiddich distillery.

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What's now happening in Washington, if I may borrow a phrase from Monty

Python, is something completely different.

Spend a little time looking at Obama's Web site, which "explains" his new

$3.55 trillion annual budget proposal. You can find it at

www.whitehouse.gov/. Look for the code words. It should make the hair on the

back of your neck stand up.

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Asking Americans to give up capitalism temporarily for a form of socialism

is like ordering a Catholic to give up Christianity for Lent.

The word "insane" doesn't quite capture the self-destructive nature of the

request.

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- Bob