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But alas, riding to the rescue is our beloved United States - we're sending a few thousand troops as well as commiting $100 Million in aid. That, added to the $10 Million in aid already sent by the United Nations which we know is primarily funded by the U.S. taxpayer. So that's $110 Million in aid you and I have doled out so far. That's OK - I don't have a problem with it.

$110 Million sounds like a lot though, right?

Sure - but not compared to $1 Billion.

$1 Billion Dollars.

The amount of aid the United States has given to Haiti over the past five years.

In this poorest of countries in the western hemisphere how does $1 Billion over 5 years not raise their standards of living and promote prosperity? What is being done with that money? SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON CAN YOU ANSWER THIS PLEASE?????? 

According to the IMF, the top 162 countries in the world have GDP's over $1 Billion. I know - I verified on Wikipedia. Coming in at #132 is Haiti herself. With a GDP of almost $7 Billion, that $1 Billion sure is a bonus.

OK, back to my question for Ms. Rodham, what is Haiti doing with this money? How does $1 Billion not improve the standards of living of Haitians? Despite the close monitoring the Feds have done in regards to the bank bailouts, they seem to have no control over how U.S. taxpayer funded aid is spent when it is wired overseas. Clearly no one on E Street even cares.

But I do.

Everywhere I turn I am being asked to give to Haiti - and I want to. But why do I feel like I already have?

And that's the word of the day - WOTDO

Obama Sporting Hawaiian Lei

In a shocking revelation to the American people, President Obama announced yesterday that he has begun a 12-step program. Admitting during a severely delayed 4:30 PM east coast press conference (Obama aides couldn't find the right lei for the occassion) that America is in a war on terror against Al Qaeda, the President's words reverberated throughout the citizenry.

Prompted by the media attention surrounding the thwarted Christmas Day Panty Bomber and the subsequent revelations showing that U.S. intelligence systems were seemingly frozen that day resulting in complete failure to perform, (God save the Flying Dutchman who has since been nominated to replace Janet Napolitano,) our Dear President was forced to acknowledge the obvious.

To this we congratulate our Dear Leader on acknowledging that he is powerless over symantics and that using terms such as "terrorists," "war" and "Al Qaeda" is as appropriate as it is necessary.

Congratulations Komindant! You have taken the first step to turning your Presidency around!

Now that Obama has successfully begun his 12-Step program, we must all hope for the change needed for him to achieve success with Step 2. Step 2 where Obama will come to believe that a power greater than himself can restore the American people. Let's just hope that power isn't revealed after more terrorist attacks.
 
And that's the word of the day. - WOTDO

Hawaii

How many English words can you spell using those letters?

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Prior to the Senate's historically unprecedented passage of its hysterical health bill on Christmas Eve (despite those Republican Scrooges) a debate emerged over funding of said bill. The original plan called for taxing Botox injections. Those who can afford Botox injections can certainly afford to pay for their poor neighbor's health care, right? Of course, this clause did not take into account that some people use Botox as a way to mitigate migraines. But that was no matter regarding the grey matter.

The real outcry came from the chick crowd. Most Botox users are middle aged women so this was essentially a tax on females. That's sexist! That won't do! After all, we women make so much less than our male counterpart of the species (Waaaahhhhh... why oh why did I decide to become a teacher, nurse, day care provider or librarian?) so it is inherently unfair to tax the one thing that makes us happy - Botox. And tampons. Did the tampon tax stick? Like a maxipad? I'll be sure to find out as I haven't quite arrived at "the change" yet.

Anyhow, cooler heads prevailed (efforts presumably led by Miss Botox America herself Nancy Pelosi wink wink) and the Botox tax was eliminated in favor of a 10% tax on tanning services. So, instead of unfairly taxing the fairer sex, we will now be taxing the fairer fairer sex. Right. White chicks!

You heard me - the middle aged woman's tax has now been transformed into  a young white woman's tax. Young women who can't even get jobs in this economy! Join with me American white women! This is a clear violation of our ever-eroding Constitutional rights. Stand up to this unfair tanning tax that only impacts 25% of the population subtracted from which are the actual users of tanning salons. I mean, my gosh. We're just trying to be treated equally but now it seems we are being singled out based on our skin color!

And that's the word of the day - WOTDO