Bruce, you keep misquoting your own Gallup source!

GOP Congressional Approval * "9% from 13% last month." Gallup http://www.gallup.com/poll/123491/Approval-Congress-Falls-21-Driven-Democrats.aspx?CSTS=alert

Non NOBEL Prize winning GOP too bad for you Bozos that you only have 22% GOP Remaining, with just 5 tiny populated remaining Red States per GALLUP's 8/03/09 extensive post election http://www.gallup.com/poll/122003/Political-Party-Affiliation-States-Blue-Red-Far.aspx

"Republicans' already-low ratings of Congress have dropped marginally, to

* "9% from 13% last month." Gallup h ttp://www.gallup.com/poll/123491/Approval-Congress-Falls-21-Driven-Democrats.aspx?CSTS=alert

Boot the tiny remaining (r)22% GOP (10/07/09) from being able to further their desired 'US Failure' at our expense. http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/party-id.php Dems remain at 34%, Indy's 33%

Enjoy your tiny 5 remaining Red States Vs. 37 Blue Dem states! 8/03/09 h ttp://www.gallup.com/poll/122003/Political-Party-Affiliation-States-Blue-Red-Far.aspx

Not one net job was created as 3M legally entered the US job market, annually.

w's No net job tally? -25M jobs for the first time in US HISTORY! No growth but 3% annual inflation tanked w's GNP -24% over Clinton's $14 T left, centrist economy & 22.7 M jobs CREATED via 4 consecutive surpluses, despite 2 wars, 0 combat deaths & $10 per barrel oil.

w's unanimous failures resulted in 2 recessions, the steepest 2nd one begun 12/07 & levied record low everything since 1938 with the USD being 40% devalued from '02 to '06 Vs. the Euro.

Had w done anything for the people vs. just favoring the top 1% via S30T spent while tripling the deficit by adding $11 Trillion, while both exceeded all previous POTUS spending combined!

...but not one job created & leaving record low everything since 1938... -5% GNP, 10% Consumer Confidence, -2M jobs lost 12/08, 1.7M jobs lost 1/09.

Thankfully w repair has yielded 20 month high 42% consumer confidence, 5 months of rising; leading economic indicators and a GNP that is now growing instead of record declines.

W's only claim to fame? Worst:43 as most all historians acknowledge; he is the worst potus in history.

Hahaha the teabagging party of NO ideas Tanks to NEW Record 9% Lows! Thanks for praying for our US Destruction!

What is happening to America today reflects a moral disintegration from what American attitudes were in more moralistic and responsible times.
Today's Congress seems to consider welfare as a right. This is a major change even within liberalism. As an earlier blog by Mr. Cannon stated, in his 1935 State of the Union address, Franklin D. Roosevelt noted that the Great Depression had put many Americans on the relief rolls. He warned that, for their own good, this had to be a temporary condition.

"The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber," FDR said. "To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of sound policy."

FDR reflected Americans' attitude during the 1930s. In today's society, the traditional stigma of welfare has almost vanished. Many thousands (millions?) of families are now in their second or third generation of living on welfare. This change has been exploited by ACORN and similar organizations which promote benefits for the poor (including ex-cons, alcoholics, drug addicts, those able but unwilling to work and illegal aliens) without regard for welfare's impact on the human spirit or our economy.

It is past time to return to standards which once made America strong and prosperous, but we'll never achieve that goal without a complete change in the makeup of our congress.

When I first heard the talk about government student loans being the only option available, I made the comment that this would lead to government guiding you into a profession they believe is needed in the country. It will go something like: Choose a profession from our top 2, and you get 100% funding, next 3 you get 50% funding, etc. Also, you will be told which college to attend. Then, if you donate X number of years of service to the government, you will receive partial or full exemption from reimbursing the loan, based on the agreement. This is social engineering, kids. Is this what you hoped the Obama change would bring?

Oldmrjim, you may have done the math, but you forgot to move the decimal. 18% of our population more than 50,000,000 people. To insure them for less than $1 billion, you'd be paying less than $20 per person.