Home | About Charles | Show Archive | Podcasting | Station Finder ARCHIVES Feb 8, 2010  Are "The American People" and "The Voters" two different sets of people? President Obama doesn't have to face the voters until 2012 --- and he told the Democratic National Committee over the weekend that the party shouldn't be so concerned, as a lot of Democrats are with this year's elections and how the polls say the voters feel about the party's health reform bill. TRANSCRIPT Feb 8, 2010  The stock market has had a bad couple of weeks. The projected Federal budget shows record deficits. Congress has raised the debt limit to more than 14 trillion dollars. Should we be worried? TRANSCRIPT Feb 8, 2010  It is true that we Americans are generous? Yes, it is --- says CBS News Correspondent Marc Strassmann. TRANSCRIPT Feb 8, 2010  Once upon a time, the story goes, an American tourist visiting England got lost in a thick fog --- and found his way out with the help of a Boy Scout. The boy refused a tip the American offered, saying that it was his duty to do a good deed every day. TRANSCRIPT Feb 2, 2010  How much money we spend --- and whose money it is --- and where it should go --- are all major considerations when you're talking about a budget. At the very beginning of the Administration, when President Obama moved into the White House... TRANSCRIPT Pretty Good There once was a pretty good student. Who sat in a pretty good class And was taught by a pretty good teacher. Who always let pretty good pass. He wasn't terrific at reading; He wasn't a whiz-bang at math; But for him education was leading Straight down a pretty good path. He didn't find school too exciting, But he wanted to do pretty well. And he did have some trouble with writing, And nobody had taught him to spell. When doing arithmetic problems, Pretty good was regarded as fine; Five and five needn't always add up to be ten. A pretty good answer was nine. The pretty good student was happy With the standards that were in effect. And nobody thought it was sappy If his answers were not quite correct. The pretty good class that he sat in Was part of a pretty good school. And the student was not an exception; On the contrary, he was the rule. The pretty good school that he went to Was right there in a pretty good town. And nobody there ever noticed He could not tell a verb from a noun. The pretty good student, in fact, was A part of a pretty good mob, And the first time he knew what he lacked was When he looked for a pretty good job. It was then, when he sought a position, He discovered that life can be tough, And he soon had a sneaky suspicion Pretty good might not be good enough. The pretty good town in our story Was part of a pretty good state Which had pretty good aspirations and prayed for a pretty good fate. There was once a pretty good nation. Pretty proud of the greatness it had. But which learned much too late. If you want to be great, Pretty good is, in fact, pretty bad. Funny Letters from F Defending Baltimore MORE TITLES Copyright © 2001-2010 Westwood One, Inc. All rights reserved. Westwood One Home | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Acknowledgements This site is hosted and Managed by Nox Solutions LLC.