{"id":4853,"date":"2012-01-25T20:23:32","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T01:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=4853"},"modified":"2012-01-25T20:23:32","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T01:23:32","slug":"will-they-fall-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=4853","title":{"rendered":"Will They Fall For It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Taranto quotes from last night’s State of the Union address and ponders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In the next few weeks, I will sign an executive order clearing away the red tape that slows down too many [federally funded] construction projects. But you need to fund these projects. Take the money we’re no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use the rest to do some nation-building right here at home.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

"The money we’re no longer spending at war" is a fiction. It is money that has never been collected or borrowed and won’t have to be because there is (touch wood) no war to fight. It’s like a wife demanding that her husband buy her an expensive gift with the money she saved by not buying herself something even more expensive. Does Obama really think Americans foolish enough to fall for this?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The answer, unfortunately, is a resounding "Yes" for those who voted for the man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Taranto quotes from last night’s State of the Union address and ponders. In the next few weeks, I will sign an executive order clearing away the red tape that slows down too many [federally funded] construction projects. But you need to fund these projects. Take the money we’re no longer spending at war, use […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doug","category-economics-taxes","category-government"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t