I think everyone should read and ponder Sam Heath's Weedpatch Gazette post for today.  I challenge you all.

   Did he really mean that?  He did say it.   Why.?.

This is from my friend Al who is in Baghdad.

Don.

You may like to check this out.  I am not certifying it true.  I just happen to believe it.

  Subject: Letter to the Editor from a Cuban...A MUST read for every
>  American
>
>  From Richmond Times-Dispatch, Monday, July 7, 2008 ~
>  Dear Editor, Times-Dispatch:
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>  Each year I get to celebrate Independence Day twice. On June 30 I
>  celebrate my independence day, and on July 4 I celebrate America's. This
>  year is special, because it marks the 40th anniversary of my
>  independence.
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>  On June 30, 1968, I escaped Communist Cuba , and a few months later, I
>  was in the United States to stay. That I happened to arrive in Richmond
>  on Thanksgiving Day is just part of the story, but, I digress.
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>  I've thought a lot about the anniversary this year. The election-year
>  rhetoric has made me think a lot about Cuba and what transpired there. In
>  the late 1950s, most Cubans thought Cuba needed a change, and they were
>  right. So when a young leader came along, every Cuban was at least
>  receptive.
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>  When the young leader spoke eloquently and passionately and denounced the
>  old system, the press fell in love with him. They never questioned who
>  his friends were or what he really believed in. When he said he would
>  help the farmers and the poor and bring free medical care and education
>  to all, everyone followed. When he said he would bring justice and
>  equality to all, everyone said, 'Praise the Lord.'
>
>
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>  And when the young leader said, 'I will be for change and I'll bring you
>  change,' everyone yelled, 'Viva Fidel!'
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>  But nobody asked about the change, so by the time the executioner's guns
>  went silent, the people's guns had been taken away. By the time everyone
>  was equal, they were equally poor, hungry, and oppressed. By the time
>  everyone received their free education, it was worth nothing. By the time
>  the press noticed, it was too late, because they were now working for
>  him. By the time the change was finally implemented, Cuba had been
>  knocked down a couple of notches to Third-World status. By the time the
>  change was over, more than a million peo ple had taken to boats, rafts,
>  and inner tubes. You can call those who made it ashore anywhere else in
>  the world the most fortunate Cubans. And now I'm back to the beginning of
>  my story.
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>  Luckily, we would never fall in America for a young leader who promised
>  change without asking, what change? How will you carry it out? What will
>  it cost America ? Would we?'
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>  Manuel Alvarez, Jr.
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larger view

I could hardly believe how badly we taxpayers are getting screwed by the banks and home buyers.  So they buy a house with nothing down, no interest for x period of time, and then after taking hundreds of thousands of dollars out in refinancing profit, dump it and expect us to bail them out.  Screw them all.  Let them go down the tubes.  Fannie May and Freddie Mac be damned.  Let them have a down payment and make payments as we did 25 years ago.

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