A Couple of Quick Observations

April 16, 2009: Over the past couple of days, my wife and I received notice from the Social Security Administration that in late May of this year, each of us will receive a payment of $250.00, as a result of Obama's recent rcovery bill. Now we didn't ask for the money, can't return it, and according to the form letter, it has to be spent within nine months (though how the government will ever know is beyond my ken). Anyhow, this is a bit scary - the Social Security funeral benefit is $255 - is there a hidden message here?

I watched a few of the Fox News broadcasts yesterday - the ones with the Tea Party broadcasts - and was a bit annoyed by what I observed, or didn't see. Unless I am wrong, in scanning the crowd, which was done a number of times, although census figures from 2007 show that 30% of the population of Atlanta, where the Sean Hannity broadcast was from, is black, the entire crowd at that gathering appeared to be composed of only white people. Now either the cameras did not scan the entire gathering or I missed something [and if I did, let me know], but if that was truly the case, does that signify that a significant portion of the Atlanta community favors bigger government, higher taxes, and the redistribution of wealth, which were part of the attendees' complaints, or just plain indifference?

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