My buddy's half-dog gets paid better than your neighbor's half-sister for sitting behind a glass at a circus and barking once for Yes and twice for No when stupid people ask him questions. See it here at DogsArePeopleToo.com

That's true Richard, but she IS 1/32 shorter than she otherwise would have been. She would be about 2" taller without that Cherokee heritage.

Why limit it to 28 days? Why not 28 weeks or 28 months? Heck, up until my adorable teenager got well into her 20's, I thought 28 years should be the limit. Just wondering.

So many choices, only 7 spaces.

Patrick, I probably agree with you on many issues, but posting your ads in the response columns of every townhall article is not one of them. Why not try doing the patriotic thing and buy some ad space on townhall to hawk your wares? It's the honest, upright way to conduct business. And I'm sure the original Patrick Henry would agree that this is the way concerned patriots should conduct themselves. Cheers and have a wonderful Sunday.

But politicians being what they are, I don't see it happening.

It needs to be difficult to get started, such as diagnosis from 2 doctors diagnosing a specific problem. Then the 'patient' needs to be given drugs to fix the problem, and they need to be drug-tested regularly to ensure they are on their meds. Go off the meds, lose the check. For those that require counseling instead of drugs, make attendance mandatory. Miss your appointments, lose the check. I know there are abuses that would naturally develop with these programs, too, and over time, our gutless politicians will scuttle anything with teeth, just to get their votes. And that is why I agree with other posters that recommended getting rid of these types of benefits, or at the least, localize them.

It's easy to make welfare and unemployment less attractive. It just needs to be managed with a decreasing benefit. For the first two or three months, full benefits are paid. Each subsequent month, the benefits are decreased by 10% until the recipient decides to go get a job, or until the benefits run out. Example: Recipient receives full benefits of $1000 per month for 3 months. In the 4th month, the benefits decrease to $900; month 5 - $810; month 6 - $729, etc. The 'crazy' check that Charles Payne wrote about today at http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/charlespayne/2012/04/29/the_new_welfare_queen_getting_crazy_checks can be fixed, too. Make it not worth their while to get the check.

Well maybe there's something here that we can agree on. We can reduce federal taxes and let the states adjust their taxes accordingly...or not, if they choose. Then the Federal govt doesn't have to choose winners and losers. By the way, I think when Obama's numbers come out, that red state/blue state proportion will have shifted a bit, considering all the support O has given the union states like Michigan, New York, and Cal.

That would be sokeriisä. Sugar = sokeri and isä = daddy, and the Suomalainen (Finns) run all their words together.