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While speaking to the Congressional Black Caucus on Friday, Hillary Clinton floated the idea that every child born in the United States should get a $5,000 “baby bond” from the government to help pay for the future costs of college or buying a house, so long as they’re 18 years of age and a high school graduate.

“I like the idea of giving every baby born in America a $5,000 account that will grow over time, so that when that young person turns 18 if they have finished high school they will be able to access it to go to college or maybe they will be able to make that down payment on their first home,” she said.

It’s interesting that when it comes to growing your account using privatized social security she feels a little different - interesting - but not surprising given the audience. At the August, 2007 AFL-CIO Forum she said “We’ve got to make sure that nobody ever tries to privatize Social Security, something that I’ve fought tooth and nail.”

She told the CBC that one way of building a stronger economy is “more savings, starting with the so-called baby bonds idea where every person born in this country would be given that kind of account because we want to make an investment in America’s young people.”

In other words, it’s for the children, but screw the 20 somethings, the 30 somethings and 40 somethings - you can fend for yourself when it comes to your retirement. And just to be fair, I’m ok with that because it’s not the government’s role to coddle us and wipe our noses every step of the way. However, I’m not interested in trading one for the other.

There are no real “details” that she had to offer for this plan as she addressed the CBC, it’s just an idea that she floated in front of them because well, this is the kind of thing that makes them feel good, this is the kind of thing that they like to hear. It feeds the entitlement mentality, it bolsters the need for and the dependency on Government, and it’s page one in the Democrat playbook, with a slight twist - suck them in, and suck them in early.

Clinton presented no official numbers, didn’t suggest how this would be paid for and her campaign made sure to point out afterward that this is not an official policy proposal but simply an idea that is under consideration, it’s also one that mirrors a similar proposal by Time Magazine.

Approximately 4 million babies are born in the US each year.

$5,000 per x 4,000,000 babies = $20,000,000,000

Thanks Hill …

The Senate voted 72-25 last week to stand up for the integrity of America’s leading military field commander, Gen. David Petraeus. Everyone knew what the Cornyn amendment was really about even though it didn’t come right out and say it - MoveOn.org’s full-page ad in the New York Times that shamelessly attacked the General before he even gave his report to Congress.

The full-page ad that MoveOn.org paid for disgusted more than a few “average” Americans across the country. Even the Democrats in the Senate couldn’t halt a vote to condemn it. One fourth of the Senate did refuse to condemn the attacks, and surprise-surprise-surprise, that included all of Senate Democrats who are interested in becoming the next commander in chief.

Sens. Hillary Clinton and Chris Dodd voted against the symbolic measure while Sens. Joe Biden and Barack Obama simply didn’t vote.

The nonbinding resolution was simple, it expressed “full support” for the general and “strongly” condemned “personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces.”

 That was a little too much for some …

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President Tom) is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly this week at its 62nd Annual meeting in New York. Mitt Romney, who I am backing for President, has sent the following letter to the UN Secretary General requesting that President Tom’s invitation be revoked. Instead, Romney suggests an alternate welcome, an indictment for violation of a UN statute that prohibits incitement to commit genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. It’s a scenario that if looked into seriously, as it very well should be, fits President Tom pretty well because he has called for the destruction of Israel on more than one occassion with statements calling for Israel to be “wiped off the map”. Several religious and political leaders called for similar action last year in a 68 page document that can be found here.

Text of Mitt Romney’s letter:

To His Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,

With the disturbing news that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmandinejad is planning to address the United Nations General Assembly next week, I call on the United Nations to revoke any invitation to President Ahmadinejad to address the General Assembly. The only way he should be greeted in the United States is with an indictment under the Genocide Convention.

The Iranian regime under President Ahmadinejad has spoken openly about wiping Israel off the map, has fueled Hezbollah’s terror campaign in the region and around the world, and defied the world community in its pursuit of nuclear weapons – capabilities that make these threats even more ominous. As General Petraeus testified last week, Iran is also supporting Shia militia extremists and violence that is taking the lives of American soldiers and undermining the Iraqi government.

A failure by the United Nations to take a strong stand against Iran’s President Ahmadinejad would be especially disturbing given the United Nations’ record of failure to prevent genocide in other circumstances and the failure of the United Nations Human Rights Council to confront the Iranian regime and others among the world’s worst human rights abusers. Failure to act would mean that the United States must reconsider its level of support and funding for the United Nations as we look to rebuild and revitalize effective international partnerships to meet 21st century threats.

If President Ahmadinejad sets foot in the United States, he should be handed an indictment under the Genocide Convention. This approach has been called for by experts as diverse as Nobel Prize Winner Elie Wiesel, human rights advocate and former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton and law professor Alan Dershowitz.

The United States and the world must take a strong stand against the terrorist Iranian regime and the time for action is now.

Sincerely,

Mitt Romney

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Oh yeah, I have to attribute “President Tom” to Glenn Beck who says it’s much easier to pronounce, and I agree.