Man, you get a lot of house for your money down toward Houston.
Lots of room, a nice pool, and the sweet smell of liberty pervading all. Just $325,000.
That kind of dough up here wouldn't buy you much more than a tarted-up three-bedroom ranch on a golf course.
Apr 20, 2011
Apr 19, 2011
Another one with Heaven on speed-dial; Iowa Caucuses 2012
We're up to 17 GOP contenders now with presence of another stalwart from the Bennie Hinn wing of modern American political philosophy.
He's former Judge Roy Moore of Alabama, two-time loser in governor races there and most notable for (a) refusing to remove a Ten Commandments plaque from his court house and (b) deciding that the most crucial national policy need of the century is worrying about what gays do.
(I hear he thinks both Mr. Standard and Mr. Poor were born in Kenya.)
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(Your handy Iowa candidate master list has been edited to add Judge Moore.)
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He's former Judge Roy Moore of Alabama, two-time loser in governor races there and most notable for (a) refusing to remove a Ten Commandments plaque from his court house and (b) deciding that the most crucial national policy need of the century is worrying about what gays do.
(I hear he thinks both Mr. Standard and Mr. Poor were born in Kenya.)
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(Your handy Iowa candidate master list has been edited to add Judge Moore.)
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The genius of the Heartland
In a hard-luck Iowa burg called Webster City last summer, a couple of sharpshooters decided to tell local officials they would come to town, set up a business, and fill most of the 850 jobs lost when Electrolux moved to Mexico.
'course, the city would have to do its share -- fork over some $790,000 in "loans."
"Sure!" said the Webster City fathers.
It was only in the coffee shops where crotchety old farts said, "Wait a minute? Those guys are going to buy car bodies in Romania, ship 'em here, glue electric motors on them, and make us rich? Sounds like horse (apples) to me."
Part of the court case ended today. A judge awarded the 46 Dacia Logan (huh?) bodies to one of the warring parties contending ownership. One of the others shrugged it off and said he might buy them at an inevitable bankruptcy sale.
The $790,000 in city loans? Ask the very practical old boys in the coffee shop what chance the taxpayers ever have of seeing their money again.
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Right. You don't give a damn about Webster City, even if it spawned McKinley Kantor. Neither do I.
However, the lesson is scalable up to the congressional and White House levels. Lesson:
"It's true you can't fix stupid, but you don't need to elect it to public office."
'course, the city would have to do its share -- fork over some $790,000 in "loans."
"Sure!" said the Webster City fathers.
It was only in the coffee shops where crotchety old farts said, "Wait a minute? Those guys are going to buy car bodies in Romania, ship 'em here, glue electric motors on them, and make us rich? Sounds like horse (apples) to me."
Part of the court case ended today. A judge awarded the 46 Dacia Logan (huh?) bodies to one of the warring parties contending ownership. One of the others shrugged it off and said he might buy them at an inevitable bankruptcy sale.
The $790,000 in city loans? Ask the very practical old boys in the coffee shop what chance the taxpayers ever have of seeing their money again.
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Right. You don't give a damn about Webster City, even if it spawned McKinley Kantor. Neither do I.
However, the lesson is scalable up to the congressional and White House levels. Lesson:
"It's true you can't fix stupid, but you don't need to elect it to public office."
See, I told you the economy sucks.
Somewhere in central Iowa a satisfied diner is picking his teeth and savoring the last taste of good, greasy swan.
Meanwhile, a family mourns.
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Meanwhile, a family mourns.
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