Recently our government announced plans to build a new embassy in London at a cost $1 billion.


Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in congressional testimony shown on YouTube, was asked to explain to out-of-work citizens the justification for spending so much borrowed money on this new embassy.

Sec. Clinton, once labeled the smartest woman in the land and now poised fourth in line of succession to dunderhead, was ready for the question. She, striving to appear intelligent, answered with blithe ignorance, “We are selling eleven sites that we currently rent at very high cost in London to consolidate in one building, and therefore the money that we gain from the sale of these buildings will be used to fund the embassy, so we’re not asking for additional or new money … so I believe I can make the case that we’re not asking for new money on that.”

Now we know how to thrive in a hostile economy. Follow the example of your government: Rent a house, sell it and use the proceeds to build a new one of your own. Won’t need any “new money” either. There you have it — right from the horse’s ...

Willard Salemink

West Branch