I think it appropriate on this day, the 14th year anniversary of being attacked by Islamic Jihadists.  Have we learned from this event?  What have we learned?  Or is it safe to say, on this day where we honor that whose lives were taken by murderers who brook no dissent from Koranic teachings, perhaps not, given that our President and the Democrat Party have just agreed to an agreement that will allow hundreds of billions of dollars to now flow to Iran – a country that is ruled by Islamic radical mullahs who are the largest sponsors of worldwide terrorism.

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“It is one thing to have free immigration to jobs. It is another thing to have free immigration to welfare. And you cannot have both…We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes non-work.”  —Milton Friedman

Welfare. The word used to be a pejorative. Having grown up in an upper middle class family, some will deign it easy for me, perhaps even elitist, to write this blog. Some will call me a racist or a bigot or insensitive or greedy.  So be it. I do not care a fig. I make no apologies for it.  Milton Friedman never argued morality in society. It was Milton Friedman who once quipped, “Society doesn’t have values. People have values.” 

I recall Eddie Murphy  gyrating on stage, gleefully singing, ” I got some ice cream, you ain’t got none…cuz you on welfare.” 

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The Pajama-boy Steelers came to Foxboro last night and beat themselves. Don’t let anyone tell you any different.

In the middle of a drive where every play netted the Steelers a first down or more they insert a trick play that cost them yards, and momentum. (Headsets or not they got that one in there, didn’t they?) A few more bone-head moves later and they missed a field-goal.

Rinse, lather, repeat.

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According to people paid to promote man-made climate chaos theory September did’t used to be this hot. Actually, September used to be hotter, and more often. The period from 1920-1950 had more hot Septembers in the US and more September heat waves (with consecutive days over 100 degrees), with smaller urban heat-islands than we have today.  Nothing in the 21st century comes close.

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• 31. Belittle all forms of American culture…
• 32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture – education, social agencies, welfare programs…
• 40. Discredit the family as an institution
• 41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.

And why aren’t the DC Republicans all over this?  Calling Frank Guinta!  Calling Kelly Ayotte!  As self-described conservatives, is this a proper role for the Federal Government – to feed the nation’s kids 3 squares every day for every day of the year? Emphasis mine, reformatted.  Question for both Frank and Kelly at the end:

Federal Government Looking to Feed Public School Students 3 Meals Per Day Year Round

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Tuesday that his agency is looking for “creative ways” to give public school students access to more meals, including a way to provide them breakfast, lunch and dinner year round.

Hmm, do I smell a bit of an overreach starting to build?

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From Instapundit: how to stop Hijrah

F YOU DON’T WANT THEM TO COME, JUST LIMIT WELFARE BENEFITS TO CITIZENS: Denmark Places Anti-Refugee Ads in Lebanese Newspapers. But that’s not too far off:

The plain text flyer continued by informing readers that the Danish Parliament has just passed a regulation to reduce social benefits for newly arrived refugees by up to 50 percent. It then listed six other obstacles refugees would face, including a language requirement to obtain permanent residence and a waiting period of at least five years.

In addition, the ad informs readers that “foreign nationals granted temporary protection in Denmark will not have the right to bring family members to Denmark during the first year.”

There’s lots I wish to comment on the topic of what I consider to be a

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America’s national unemployment rate is 5.1 percent. The country added 173,000 jobs in August. The press is trumpeting our economic success. Happy days are here again, or are they?

A record 94,031,000 people have left the US work force. But 5.1 percent unemployment, you croon. Sure, it sounds great if you have a job or if your job is to croon about low unemployment, but to 94 million Americans that number is a lie.

The work force or labor participation rate and the unemployment rate are intimately connected and the former is far more telling than the latter. We see this in the unemployment numbers in New Hampshire from July of 2014 to July of 2015.

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Today, CNN’s lead story is entitled the “Loneliest Club”. The article introduces us to a new activist group called “Everytown for Gun Safety”, described by the authors as “Americans bound by grief. From bullets.” Each club member has lost a loved one to what they are calling gun violence; the most recent member is the father of the newswoman killed on-air last month by a mentally ill former co-worker.

Of the eight featured stories in this article, six of the murders were committed by mentally ill individuals. Three quarters of these horrible tragedies were perpetrated by sick people! The two other murders were committed by individuals who acted against laws that were already on the books. Criminals, in other words.

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The word on the New Hampshire ‘street’ is that a core faction of Rand Paul supporters will boycott the 603 Alliance GPS Caucus on October 17th.

Why?

A narrative  has been worked out. Things they tell each other until convinced it is the truth, no matter how impossible or improbable. 

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