Buffett said something once that I've always thought was the perfect wedge against Republican anti-welfare whinging. When asked his opinion about the vast stores of wealth he could potentially leave his children, Buffett said the perfect amount would be "enough money so that they would feel they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing."

That's how I think about welfare and social programs: Enough so that every American in need feels they could do anything, but not so much -- and so often -- that they could simply do nothing. He's a very thoughtful man, that Buffett.

PS - The reason Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has so much fucking money? They spent $1.95 on their website.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122152654971140245.html

has anyone covered this one yet?

Ohhhhh, deliciousness. More Wasilla High Yearbook Cronyism:

[Palin] then sacked the creamery board and replaced it. The new board, headed by one of her childhood friends, ordered the creamery kept open. Six months later -- after the business racked up more than $800,000 in additional losses, according to state officials -- the new board ordered it closed again.

The new Chairman of the Board's qualifications? "I like ice cream."

I thought it was her childhood love of cows...

No, sorry. That was the Dep't of Agriculture not the creamery board. Whoops.

I'm sorry, the new Chairman of the Board wasn't a Wasilla High Yearbook Crony, she was a Grade School pal of Sarah's. And now she's a fucking real estate agent.

And hey look, kids! She's on The Blogger!

Well now, hang on. She does come trailing an impressive chain of alphabet soup accreditations, so maybe she's not so big a gump after all: MBA, CCIM, CRS, ABR, CLHMS. Not too shabby, Kristan!

Wait... If I say anything about the creamery flap (ahem) does that mean I hate farmers?

PS...

"Supporters of Gov. Palin say she was motivated primarily by a desire to save the creamery's 70 jobs and help the handful of local farmers reliant on it. They say she helped keep the small dairy industry from collapsing by giving the farmers time to find new places to sell their products. "It takes good leadership to say, 'Wait a minute. Let's take a look at this before we shut this down,' " says Kyle Beus, a former local dairy farmer."

Thanks Kyle. Also, welcome to the welfare state. And please, feel free to take government money, to protest it being taken away from a failing business, and then to bitch about the lousy democrats with their welfare queens in their pink Cadillacs because when Democrats try and give people money... It's communism. When Republicans do it, it's "good leadership".

Also, putting people in charge just because they're your friends despite their complete lack of qualifications and then sitting back to await their inevitable failure... "good leadership". Go. Team.