Economy

Firing the Heroes

Maybe extending the tax cuts for Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin will solve this:

Fire departments around the nation are cutting jobs, closing firehouses and increasingly resorting to “rolling brownouts” in which they shut different fire companies on different days as the economic downturn forces many cities and towns to make deep cuts that are slowing their responses to fires and other emergencies.

Philadelphia began rolling brownouts this month, joining cities from Baltimore to Sacramento that now shut some units every day. San Jose, Calif., laid off 49 firefighters last month. And Lawrence, Mass., north of Boston, has laid off firefighters and shut down half of its six firehouses, forcing the city to rely on help from neighboring departments each time a fire goes to a second alarm.

But Hussein Obama has to stop spending, spending, spending and stealing from our children's children. Instead, we should leave them vulnerable to horrible burning deaths. We must restore honor! Flag! Founders! Pie! Lawn chairs!

Via John Cole -- for the second time today.