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1. #702253
   On May 18th, 2009 at 6:22 am, William said:

   If Mrs. Obama and Mr. Obama really mean that we should all stoop down and let someone else stand on our shoulders, and that we should “give back” and help others less fortunate than we are, will the Obamas come over to our house and “give back” a few million of their dollars so that we can “stand on their shoulders” and be more prosperous as they “give us a lift?”

   Na.

   I don’t want to touch their money, but it would be nice if they would leave ours alone.

   Barrack is putting us and our children into deep debt.

2. #702257
   On May 18th, 2009 at 6:45 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

   lgm said
   but neglects the followup

   In 2005, however, that total jumped to $77,315 (4.7 percent of annual earnings), and to $60,307 in 2006 (6.1 percent).

   And I give 10% off the top to my church plus others–closer to 16-17% of gross. But I do not demand other give anything nor do I hire others to take it from them as the government does. And as I plan on having little taxable income for the next few years no, it is not tax deductible. Nor did I use taxpayer money to wrangle a big job for my wife.

   President Obama’s 4.7 and 6.1% does not impress. Charity given with a loud voice is more ego than free giving.

3. #702273
   On May 18th, 2009 at 7:28 am, tarpon said:

   Did she talk about all she accomplished at her $300k a year ‘no show up” job, and how they can get one like it?

   She really is the accomplished hustler, so her tips would be valuable to the wanna bees.

4. #702301
   On May 18th, 2009 at 8:53 am, NJ-Aviator said:

   Michelle Obama telling new graduates to GIVE is laughable. Maybe she can tell all the grads about how she walked the walk.

   Or not…

   Did it occur to her that Americans give an incredible sum of money to charitable causes and donate vast amounts of time to same? And all this is done -volunarily-. We do so without the helping redistributive hand of the Obama’s.

   Does she have a clue of how much Catholic Parishioners give to charity? How much time they volunteer in their community helping people in need? How much food and clothing are donated to families and people in need?

   In this country that she is so ashamed of… we are doing just fine without her “instruction”.

   I’d like her to GIVE us all a break.

5. #702305
   On May 18th, 2009 at 9:06 am, dan708 said:

   Those newly minted grads will be “giving”, all right; they’ll be “giving” more of their money to the govt to pay off Obama’s new record-setting deficits; they’ll be “giving” more of their money than previous grads to pay off their enormous student-loan debt; and they’ll be “giving” YET MORE of their money to the govt once Obama gets his socialized healthcare system.

6. #702320
   On May 18th, 2009 at 9:26 am, ErinF said:

   Oh, YEAH!!! Like I need advice from the bitter half. No thank you.

7. #702392
   On May 18th, 2009 at 10:16 am, single stack said:

   How are your coach’s actions “giving back”? What debt was he repaying?
   What he did was charity. What did you do to “give back” to him?
   Your inability to discern the difference shows that you’re the one who’s stuck on stupid.

8. #702395
   On May 18th, 2009 at 10:17 am, single stack said:

   Post #94 is directed to flyoverman.

9. #702411
   On May 18th, 2009 at 10:27 am, spaceycakes said:

   If she wants to give back, she’d better give that mouth back to the moray eel she took it from…

10. #702461
    On May 18th, 2009 at 11:23 am, Ilovemycountry said:

    You people have lost your minds – complain, complain, complain……

11. #702733
    On May 18th, 2009 at 4:11 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    IHMC #97: Because Obama and his hyphenated American, unelected, unaccountable to anyone wife give us so much to complain about. Geez, putz, get a life.

12. #704140
    On May 20th, 2009 at 10:58 am, happy2behere said:

    You’re right, I shouldn’t complain. When someone tells me I should give, who gives little herself, I should just laugh. HA HA.