When did it become populist BS to point out, as Palin did, that indebting our children for our wants is immoral? I guess when we elected a Community Organizer, whose whole job was shaking down government for more handouts. That's when.

Oh, please. Show me a video of Palin denouncing the Bush tax cuts for rich people, financing two wars without making people pay for it, the perscription drug plan for the elderly, No Child Left Behind, and I'm with you. Read the article by Jeffery Sachs. Really, there are lessons for all of us to learn. Which parts of Obama's plan constitute "handouts," as opposed to the no-bid contracts to the people running the wars in Iraq? Show me a clip of Palin denouncing the eight of the nine years, and I'm with you. We have to deficit spend now. We didn't then.

On the Gadsden flag:
You know what, Randy? You are right. (This is the second time, the first being the Presidential IQ hoax.) I see the flag sold along with Confederate memorabilia and see it worn on belt buckles by Neoconfederates. I should have looked into its history before posting what I did about it. The leader (?) of the Tea Partiers should be given the credit of the doubt: The Gadsden flag is not an indictment of racism.

Now the witch doctor thing:
Did you notice any signs of Bill Clinton (who was really hated, too) dressed as a witch doctor? The Tea Partier who carries the sign is doing so to show how bad Obamacare is? I'm Irish on my Dad's side, Italian on my Mom's. If I were appointed head of something to fight alcohol abuse, would it be acceptable to photoshop my face onto a drunken Irishman or a Leprechaun? Or if I were Crime czar, to photoshop my face onto a Gangster's?
I can think of a whole bunch of nonracial stereotypes / medical buffoons that might have been used to illustrate bad medicine...
Frank Burns? Steve Martin as a barber/ surgeon on SNL years ago? Hannibal Lecter? Bones from Star Trek? How about Richard Pryor posing as a doctor from Critical Condition? Dr. Nick Riviera?

If I can find the "witch doctor' stereotype being used as an insult against another black person, sans any connection to healthcare, would that convince you it has more to do with race than you think?