Garrison Keillor nails it

[Horse with no Name]

"Confident men took leave of common sense and bet on the idea of perpetual profit in the real estate market and crashed. But it wasn't their money. It was your money they were messing with. And that's why you need government regulators. Gimlet-eyed men with steel-rim glasses and crepe-soled shoes who check the numbers and have the power to say, "This is a scam and a hustle and either you cease and desist or you spend a few years in a minimum-security federal facility playing backgammon."
The Republican Party used to specialize in gimlet-eyed, steel-rim, crepe-soled common sense and then it was taken over by crooked preachers who demand we trust them because they're packing a Bible and God sent them on a mission to enact lower taxes, less government. Except when things crash, and then government has to pick up the pieces."

http://www.star-telegram.com/615/story/931484.html

[melody]

1. I love Garrison Keillor more every day n/t

[MUAD_DIB]

4. Have you ever caught his "Writers Almanac?"

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5. I download the regular podcasts of it

Garrison kicks ass.

[Kerrytravelers]

2. Well said, and recommended.

[FiveGoodMen]

3. K&R

[Horse with no Name]

6. self kick.

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[snappyturtle]

7. K&R Thank you!

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8. Love it! n/t

[OakCliffDem]

9. Kick