Pledge of Allegiance

I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG,

OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
,

AND TO THE
REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
STANDS,

ONE NATION
UNDER
GOD,

INDIVISIBLE,
WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR
ALL!

AIG vs. Earmarks

Our elected officials have spent more time over the past few days blasting AIG and trying to get back the millions in bonuses. I wish they would spend an equal amount of time retrieving the pork and earmark money of their budget. The AIG bonuses of $163 million are only 9/100ths of 1 percent of the $170 billion bailout… this is the same madness by which the Democrats justified their earmarks.

Who Am I?

I was born in one country, raised in another. My father was born in
another country. I was not his only child. He fathered several
children with numerous women. I became very close to my mother, as my father showed no interest in me. My mother died at an early age from cancer.

Later in life, questions arose over my real name.
My birth records were sketchy and no one was able to produce a
legitimate, reliable birth certificate.I grew up practicing one faith but converted to Christianity, as it was widely accepted in my country, but I practiced non-traditional beliefs & didn't follow Christianity, except in the public eye under scrutiny.

I worked and lived among lower-class people as a young adult, disguising
myself as someone who really cared about them.

That was before I decided it was time to get serious about my life and I
embarked on a new career.

I wrote a book about my struggles growing up. It was clear to those who
read my memoirs that I had difficulties accepting that my father
abandoned me as a child.

I became active in local politics in my 30's then with help behind the
scenes, I literally burst onto the scene as a candidate for national
office in my 40s. They said I had a golden tongue and could talk anyone
into anything. That reinforced my conceit.

I had a virtually non-existent resume, little work history, and no
experience in leading a single organization. Yet I was a powerful
speaker and citizens were drawn to me as though I were a magnet and they
were small roofing tacks.

I drew incredibly large crowds during my public appearances. This
bolstered my ego.

At first, my political campaign focused on my country's foreign policy.
I was very critical of my country in the last war and seized every
opportunity to bash my country.

But what launched my rise to national prominence were my views on the
country's economy. I pretended to have a really good plan on how we
could do better and every poor person would be fed & housed for free.
I knew which group was responsible for getting us into this mess. It
was the free market, banks & corporations. I decided to start making
citizens hate them and if they were envious of others who did well, the
plan was clinched tight.

I called mine "A People's Campaign" and that sounded good to all people.
I was the surprise candidate because I emerged from outside the
traditional path of politics & was able to gain widespread popular
support.

I knew that, if I merely offered the people 'hope' , together we could
change our country and the world.

So, I started to make my speeches sound like they were on behalf of the
downtrodden, poor, ignorant to include "persecuted minorities" like the
Jews. My true views were not widely known & I needed to keep them
unknown, until after I became my nation's leader.

I had to carefully guard reality, as anybody could have easily found out
what I really believed, if they had simply read my writings and examined
those people I associated with.

I'm glad they didn't. Then I became the most powerful man in the world.
And the world learned the truth.
Who am I?

ADOLF HITLER.
WHO WERE YOU THINKING OF?