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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Face of Stupid (believable satire)
Sarah Palin has asked Americans to reduce the trade deficit by eating less Chinese food.
In an interview on Fox News this morning, the former Alaska governor claimed that our growing trade deficit with China has become a national security risk and outlined her strategy for reversing the trend.
We need to quit eating so much darn Chinese food, she told Fox and Friends Steve Doocy. Dont Americans realize that the Chinese are taking too much of our money already?
Every time I go to Wal-Mart all I see are Made in China labels. Toys. Televisions. Those things you screw into the ceiling to make light come out. Everything is made over there nowadays. ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://dailycurrant.com/2014/07/23/sarah-palin-eat-less-chinese-food-to-reduce-trade-deficit-2/
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The Face of Stupid (believable satire) (Original Post)
marmar
Aug 2014
OP
For every complex problem there is a simple solution... and it is wrong. H.L. Mencken
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2014
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Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)1. For every complex problem there is a simple solution... and it is wrong. H.L. Mencken
Good stuff. I'm sure her suggestion for stopping the hurricanes from hitting Hawaii would be for everyone on the islands to blow towards the hurricane just as it came ashore.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)3. Sadly ...
looking at the picture of the who, then reading the excerpted segment ... I completely believed that those words actually cam out her mouth.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)4. Man, Poe's Law is getting one hell of a workout today.
I could see this being absolutely true if the disclaimer was not present.
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)6. That pic is precious and needs to go viral....n/t