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Posted by Jack Lee

(ALERT) A few weeks ago I entered a local coffee shop and ordered a cup Guatemalan Dark and this young guy with a pony tail was working behind the counter and said, “You will be pleased to know this comes from “fair trade” coffee beans.” He seemed quite happy to make this announcement until I asked, and what do you mean by “fair trade”? Apparently his previous customers just gave approving nods. He stammered for a moment and said, “Well, I think this means that the people picking the beans get a fair wage.” Ok, so what do you consider a fair wage? I asked. He was at a loss to explain although he tried, but he really didn’t know. Then he fell back on, “All of our coffee beans are fair trade items!” And he smiled. Which answered nothing and brought me back to my first question, but I could see this was going nowhere, so I didn’t pursue it; I just nodded and with a smile said, “Oh that’s really good to know.”

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Posted by Tina

Way up north in Alaska the rush is on to totally sully the reputation of Sarah Palin…it appears some will go to any lengths. Heres a story that further dishes the dirt:

Obama Partisan Tampers with Palin Subpoena List, by Amanda Carpenter

A Friday hearing revealed that an Obama partisan has manipulated an independent investigators subpoena list for a controversial inquiry against GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. *** The investigation is intended to determine whether Palin abused her office by firing Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. Palin says she fired him over budget issues. Her foes believe the firing was due to Monegans unwillingness to fire Palins former brother-in-law State Trooper Mike Wooten, a man who has admitted to tasering his stepson, illegally shooting a moose and has been accused of threatening his former father-in-law with violence and drinking in his police car. *** Investigator Steven Branchflower admitted he had ceded control of his subpoena list to Sen. Hollis French (D.) during Alaskas Joint Judiciary Committee September 12 hearing that was scheduled to approve subpoena requests. *** Monegan told the Anchorage Daily News on August 30 that he was never pressured to dismiss Palins former brother-in-law. For the record, he said, no one has ever said fire Wooten. Not the governor. Not Todd. Not any of the other staff. *** Wooten, for his part, has reportedly turned down at least $30,000 from tabloids hungry for his side of the story.

As one person said in the story…there’s “something fishy” going on up there!

Just Do the Math!!!

Posted by Tina

The 95% Solution, by Bruce Bialosky – TownHall

He says it wherever he goes these days. He said it in his convention speech. He said it in his interview on the OReilly Factor. He is saying it regularly on the stump. Senator Obama says that he is going to cut taxes for 95% of Americans. Sometimes he says 95% of working Americans and sometimes he says 95% of working families. Anyway you state it, it cannot be done. *** Mr. Obama seems not to be aware that in the last analysis of income taxes paid to the U.S. Treasury (in 2006), taxpayers whose earnings were in the lowest 50% paid only 3% of our total tax burden. That means most of these taxpayers paid almost nothing. The next lowest
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