Comments on: An Army of Joes

By: Bart

Bart — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:36:25 +0000

I am spitting angry about the Obamaniacs efforts to destroy an ordinary working guy for the sin of having the temerity to ask a simple question of The One. I thought they could sink no lower and stupider than questioning the parentage of Trig Palin. I was wrong.

By: Fatty Bolger

Fatty Bolger — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:10:12 +0000

Also, more required reading on the subject from the esteemed Michael Barone. Remember, he wrote this article before the “Joe the Plumber” incident.

The Coming Obama Thugocracy

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjUwZWIwZTNhY2Y0YTFkYzFmZTIyZWUwZWNkYjk4ZGM=

By: Fatty Bolger

Fatty Bolger — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:57:02 +0000

I agree with Mark Hemingway’s readers. What’s so disgusting about this is that Joe America (heh) didn’t seek out Obama. He wasn’t a plant, he wasn’t waiting around for hours so he could ask a gotcha question of the candidate. He didn’t have a hidden agenda, he wasn’t trying to get support for a cause by pretending to be somebody he wasn’t. He was just a guy tossing a ball in his yard with his son, who asked an honest question (and got a surpisingly honest answer) when Obama approached him, media entourage in tow.

It’s pretty sad when an ordinary citizen can come under such attack simply for asking a question. I hope people remember this the next time they hear a lefty going on about how liberals speak truth to power.

By: mwl

mwl — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:26:42 +0000

All of the Joe stories demonstrate the deadly pitfall that is socialism.

Suppose I have an idea for a business of my own. Why should I quit my cozy 9-to-5 job and undergo the risk of starting my own business, and suffer through 80-hour weeks to produce something, if the government is going to take half of what I’ve earned to ’spread the wealth’?

Or even better, why should I stay at my current job? Perhaps I should just quit, hop on the dole, and wait for some of that sweet, sweet spread wealth to come my way.

Think of these facts while you’re in the soup line waiting for a handout because your job has been outsourced to another country where doing business is more cost-effective, or because your employer’s business failed due to excessive tax burdens.

If people are not allowed to enjoy the fruits of their labor, then they will not work. It’s as simple as that.

By: dumbplumber

dumbplumber — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:07:22 +0000

A plumber’s thoughts on Joe the Plumber

http://dumbplumber.blogspot.com/2008/10/joe-plumber-life-outside-dc-cesspool.html

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By: David M

David M — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:29:19 +0000

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