ONLY IN AMERICA ...

... can politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $45,000 a plate campaign fund raising event.

... can people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when we have a black President, a black Attorney General, and roughly 18% of the federal workforce is black, while only 12% of the population is black.

... can we have the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee, BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who were in favor of higher taxes.

... can we have terrorists kill women and children in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be upset by the backlash.

... can we make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege, while we discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just become American citizens.

... can the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as "extremists."

... can you need to present a driver's license to cash a check, get a library card or buy alcohol, but not to vote.

... can people demand governments who take $.45 tax on a gallon of gas investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company (Marathon Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes in China (Nike).

... can the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a trillion dollars more than it has per year for total spending of $7 million PER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough money.

... can the rich people who pay 86% of all income tax dollars be accused of not paying their "fair share" by the 51% of the population who don't pay any income taxes at all.

From my email.