[Uncle Bill]

"As the Heritage Foundation has discovered, this farm bill will cost the average American taxpaying family $4,300 in higher taxes."

"The largest 10 percent of the farms get 75 percent of the subsidies"

"The Bush administration, House and Senate conferees have agreed on a nearly 80% increase ($83 billion) in farm subsidies"

AND THESE ARE REPUBLICANS - "Despite the fact that the Republicans control the White House, the House of Representatives, and 30 governorships, the nation is now in the midst of the biggest government spending spree since LBJ. Incredibly, the domestic social welfare budget has expanded more in just two years ($96 billion) under George W. Bush than in Bill Clinton's first six years in office ($51 billion)."

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Uncle Bill, there you go trying to confuse us with facts again. I look at the farm bill as a big payoff to Archer Daniels Midland. Keeps them quiet about ethanol.

I'm having a real problem seeing much difference between the Demorats and Repubbies when it comes to doemstic issues. Both believe that the Central Government can take care of every bump in the road.

[AAABEST]

RE your #12

It seems my online Uncle has brightened up my day once again.

WTF are we supposed to do about all this? I'm truly lost. The Republicans suck. The Dems suck 10 times worse. The large "L" Libertarians have a platform only an idiot could love and all of the third parties are useless and ineffective.

All I know is that things are worse than ever and I'm seriously pissed. We're all standing around in a daze watching our country get flushed down the toilet. I'm starting to think that Americans are going to have to learn things the hard way, as we've been given the chance to learn the easy way and pissed it away via ignorance and selfishness.

All of this out of control spending and contempt for the Constitution is an utter disaster. It really is.