Has anyone noticed that recent pictures of BHO on the internet make him look whiter? Is it possible that the geek-a-zoid Adobe Photoshop operators are unconsciously tweaking the images? Or is it a conscience effort by editors to not to further tarnish the good character of black men everywhere? BHO is a marxist. The only color that matters is that of our house that he will soon have to vacate.!

On this one issue DeHaven is an idiot/libtard and CATO would be wise to focus on reducing food stamp outlays and the other federal departments where the excesses, out of control budgets, and problems truly lie. The USDA has done an excellent job of promoting the general welfare by promoting agricultural products world wide. There is no promotion or concern for the general welfare in the other federal departments .

6. Is the oldest federal department, formed in 1862, by Abraham Lincoln, and with a service continuity of 150 years the US knows farming. Anecdotally, during the depression of the 30's we saw images of the soup lines. It follows that during the depression, there was soup!!! The only good thing that would come out of elimination of the the USDA would be a dramatic reduction in obesity through starvation in the US. The USDA is not broken so do not fix it. Fix the EPA who would regulate farm dust if they had the budget but now is regulating energy production, forcing food costs higher for consumers and making agricultural products less competitive on the world market.

1. Is the only Federal department which has a solid track record of maintaining constant average spending over the last 30 years. All other federal departments budgets have increased each and every year for the last 30 years. 2. Is funded by a farm bill, the only truly bi-partisan activity that the congress manages to get done. 3. Exhibits no problems with food supply, production, distribution, or quality and variety to warrant downsizing. 4. Year after year the US has had a 2 to 1 trade surplus in agricultural products. 5. Promoted the exporting of corn derived ethanol, an entire industry which did not exist until a few years ago.

* WE note that USDA spending has averaged $80B for the last 30 years the variations being highly correlated with recessions during the period. * We note that food programs (AKA food stamp and school lunch programs) which make up 64% of the spending in 2012 is the budget buster and is the reason for the correlation. * We note that in the narrative there was no mention of downsizing food programs but downsizing all the the other programs which make the food programs possible are fair game. OK, What is wacky about eliminating the USDA? CATO proposes to monkey with a department which:

Let us focus on the elimination of the USDA. After all that is the title to Dehaven's column yet DeHaven never answered the question but rather expended many paragraphs of pure circumlocution. Referring to the USDA spending graphs and narrative at http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/agriculture

Invaluable repetition! Jim4136 Wrote: Mr. York: if "natural born citizen" and "citizen" are the same thing, then why did the framers use the former in the Constitution? The fact that they did implies there is a difference, and if there's a difference we need to look at definition of "natural born citizen" used at the time the Constitution was written. olerocker/bluesman Wrote: A very flawed article.....see http://www.art2superpac.com/issues.html.......this will bring ya up to date on what the qualifications are for President.....Barry, even if born in the USA, does not qualify.......

The abundant natural gas could best be used in the US fleet of automobiles, eliminating the use and importation of gasoline. The reduction in pollution and CO2 by using NG in our auto's more than makes up for the pollution and CO2 that the current coal powered electrical generating plants produce. The least expensive fuel, coal, is used to produce electricity. The next least expensive fuel, NG is used to move our cars. Centralized government control, stupid is as stupid does!

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Throughout the Famine years, nearly a million Irish arrived in the United States. All enjoyed freedom and success upon leaving the domain of organized labor of Boston and New York.