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Wall Street bankers hiring a dwarf for an over-the-top bachelor party in Miami. Nieman Marcus selling out its 100 limited-edition $75,000 Camaros in three minutes. Socialites dropping $40,000 on a custom cellphone at a jewelry store in Chicago. An investment analyst at Goldman Sachs who hired hip-hop queen Lil' Kim to perform for 1,000 guests at his annual Halloween party last month.

What is this -- 2006?

Though the unemployment rate remains near 10 percent with millions of Americans about to run out of their jobless benefits, one in five Americans are using food stamps to buy groceries and small businesses are being forced to slash their work forces to stay alive, Wall Street's top bankers and wealthy investors are spending to excess, indulging their every whim.

Thank all your friends that voted for the Tea Party candidates and the GOP. This is the kind of country we have become. A Country for the Rich and by the Rich.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday will issue a legislative blueprint called “A Pledge to America” that they hope will catapult them to a majority in the November elections. Its goals include a permanent extension of all the Bush-era tax cuts, repeal of the newly enacted health care law, a cap on discretionary federal spending and an end to government control of the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

I AM AMAZED.... how is it possible that any americans believe that:

1. affordable healthcare for all
2. asking millionaires to help the less fortunate
3. regulation of predatory banking companies

IS NOT A GREAT THING.

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
DON'T YOU WANT AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE?
DON'T YOU WANT ENOUGH MONEY TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILIES?
DON'T YOU WANT BANKS TO BE PREVENTED FROM CHARGING OUTRAGEOUS FEES AND FOR BEING TOO BIG TO FAIL?

I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE WOULD WANT THESE OUTCOMES

FRIENDS, PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU UNDERSTAND THIS? HOW CAN ANYONE VOTE AGAINST THESE GOALS?

Paul claimed Obama "cares nothing about Kentucky and cares even less about Kentucky coal."

"We have a president who is forcing the EPA down our throats," Paul said. "Even without changing the rules, the EPA is stifling the permit process, and people (are) out of work here because of the president and his policies.

"With all due respect, Mr. President, you're wrong, and you need to stay out of Kentucky affairs. And you need to keep the EPA out of our affairs because we need jobs, and we're not going to get jobs with a busybody EPA that's in our way."

How can he say that Obama cares nothing about Kentucky or jobs in Kentucky. Clearly Obama wants to protect the lives of the coal workers in Kentucky and wants to help spur the growth of alternative energy providers that will take the economy of Kentucky into the 21st century. Rand Paul is really just supporting the interests of big business and disguising this with false rhetoric. His False Rhetoric is aimed at misleading the the people of Kentucky by scaring them into thinking that voting for him will lead to job security. That is not the case. It is false and voting for Rand Paul is a vote for big business not the good of the people.