This'n'That; October 31st[Halloween;Welfare "Rats"]

Do You Trick-Or-Treat? When I had young children, we trick-or-treated, both giving and receiving. Even after the kids grew up and left home, we provided treats for all the little goblins that came to the door. Fast forward to this evening. One of my shortcuts coming home from work passes through a fairly densely populated suburb of the city. I travel about 10 blocks before getting to the major cross-street that separates the 'burb from the city. Some of the oddities I observed: The ghouls and goblins have advanced in age. There were several "twenty-somethings" out trick-or-treating. Those fine folks who volunteer to help me spend my money [read: Welfare Rats!] had about a dozen kids loaded into their Escalade and were driving from neighborhood to neighborhood. At practically each corner they stopped, all the doors opened, the kids flocked out and went "up one side and down the other!!" This WAS NOT just one vehicle, but at least a half-dozen!! This goes on all over the city!! I'll bet the kids get fifty-pounds of candy, each!! Mister Tooth Decay and the area dentists will be busy.... and we get to pay for it!! The government says I HAVE TO pay for these slugs to live "high, wide and handsome".... but it don't say I gotta give 'em anything, voluntarily!!! Til nex'time.....

This'n'That; October 30th[Wlth Re-dist;Hillsdale;

Spread The Wealth Around O-bomb-a's mantra seems to be having the desired affect!! The DandC reported in this morning's paper that a coupla local dentists [Dr Sandra Elczko, Livonia and Dr Steve Thompson, Holley] are going to redistribute the "Halloween Wealth!!" I don't have a clue..... What's Halloween candy going for these days ?? $4/lb-$5/lb?? These dentists are intending to "buy back" the candy collections of local children for a buck-a-pound and send it to the troops in Iraq and Afganistan. There's a coupla things amiss here...... The kids are gettin' scammed and the troups are gettin' a visit from Mr Tooth Decay!!!! I hope there'll be lotsa tooth brushes in the "CARE" packages!! A Conservative College.....No, Really!!! From time to time, I make reference to Hillsdale College's monthly publication-Imprimis. Hillsdale was established in Hillsdale, Michigan, in 1844 as an indepenedent, co-educational, non-sectarian, liberal arts college. The college refuses federal and state aid in any form and as such, must finance it's entire $46 million through private donations. Imprimis is a free-subscription monthly speech digest that reaches over 1.6 million households. Imprimis contributors include the late Tony Snow, the late Senator Jesse Helms and many others equally as intelligent, conservative and famous. Check out both the college and the publication at: http://www.hillsdale.edu/ Til Nex'time..........