4-24-2009

VDH: There have been a few crazy years like 2009 in American history - 1860, 1929, 1941 and 1968. And given what followed all of them, it might be wise to prepare for even crazier times for us ahead.

TigerHawk: Are the government’s programs to revive the economy and engineer hope and change now condemning us and our progeny to a permanently lower standard of living? That is my great fear as my own children embark on the journey of life.

Don Surber: We have Time magazine reporting: “The move by Taliban-backed militants into the Buner district of northwestern Pakistan, closer than ever to Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad, have prompted concerns both within the country and abroad that the nuclear-armed nation of 165 million is on the verge of inexorable collapse.” Swell. The second-largest Muslim country next to the largest Hindu country and next to Afghanistan…This is a difficult situation, one that President Bush somehow managed.

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