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• 'I'm not a rich man, but I've given you an honest name'

• Mervyns in Lodi shutting its doors

• Lodi police arrest 8 gang members during parole sweep

• 11th Congressional District race: Dean Andal vows to cut taxes, invest in energy

• 11th Congressional District race: Jerry McNerney seeks second term in Congress

• Regional Roundup

• Workers protest non-union labor at Lodi Memorial Hospital

November 2nd, 2009

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

November 7th, 2009

• Lodi High graduate was at Fort Hood

• Lining up for flu shots in Lodi

• Tour packs buses as birdwatchers admire Sandhill cranes

• City of Lodi staff looking into possibility of limiting number of taco trucks

• Daytime thieves targeting Lodi homes

• Lodi High School rally featured on 'Good Day Sacramento'

• Out of control

• Homicide suspect Anthony Hubbard arraigned

• Regional Roundup

• New Lodi Memorial rule to combat spread of H1N1: Visitors must be older than 16

November 6th, 2009

• Short sales make up nearly half of Lodi market

• Regional Roundup

• Lodi man accused of smuggling drugs, weapons for inmates at state prison

• 'I-5 Strangler' sentenced to 6 terms of life

• Jury convicts Acampo man of torture, assault of his girlfriend

• Young girl is 200,000th person to assemble AIDS, HIV care kit

• Woman in wheelchair struck by car

November 5th, 2009

• A lower Lodi Lake

• Streetside scarecrows

• San Joaquin County considers moratorium on new Williamson Act contracts

• Speakers address Lodi Unified School District budget shortfalls, plea to keep programs

• Armed robbers still targeting Lodi shops

• Regional Roundup

• California voters have final say over $11 billion water bond

• Weekend bus service to continue until Lodi City Council makes decision

• Paul Tebbel shines spotlight on sandhill cranes

• Your complete guide to Sandhill Crane Festival

• David Diskin is first to give an invocation under new city of Lodi policy

• Man wanted in Acampo homicide gives up to San Joaquin County Sheriff's detectives

November 4th, 2009

• Candle fire

• Rep. Jerry McNerney sets telephone town hall for Thursday

• Jason Behrmann is unanimously named Galt's city manager

• Regional Roundup

• Galt City Council argues over ordinance hiring residents

• San Joaquin County sues state over prison hospital planned for Stockton

• Big win for Allen Baroni in reclamation election

• California sends Democratic loyalist John Garamendi to Congress

• Bicycling father raising awareness of teen suicide

• Lodi City Council weighs raising fares to restore some bus service

November 3rd, 2009

• 500 attend service for Kyle Coumas

• Correction

• Galt considers ordinance that would require city contractors to hire locally

• Regional Roundup

• Have you seen a missing guide dog puppy in Lodi?

• Galt man dies after weekend Highway 12 crash

• Jason Behrmann is top candidate for Galt city manager

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

• Clarification

November 2nd, 2009

• Downtown Lodi trick or treat

• Public Meetings

• Correction

• Kyle Coumas funeral today

• 27-year-old man shot to death Saturday night in front of Acampo home

• Regional Roundup

• Group investigates reports of haunting

• Sandhill Cranes Festival comes to Lodi next weekend

• Lamborghini lovers gather for show, fine wine, luncheon in Woodbridge

• Lodi's 'Biggest Loser' Christy Richesin runs 5K Halloween race

The following stories have received the most reader comments during the last 7 days.

• Bible is entwined with American civic life (135)
• I predict: A conservative tide will rise in 2010 (73)
• David Diskin is first to give an invocation under new city of Lodi policy (70)
• The Treaty of Tripoli hoax (60)
• Universal health care solves big problems (54)
• Here's what my father knew about the assassination of JFK (35)
• Stuck in neutral? Hardly! (35)
• Words from our forefathers (27)
• City of Lodi staff looking into possibility of limiting number of taco trucks (24)
• Majority cannot deprive the minority (23)

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Socialism fails every time

Step aside, freedom, 'cause Barack Obama is about to eat your lunch!

Funny thing, though: None of that seems to matter to the average Obama supporter. I guess freedom isn't working too well for the average Obama supporter, is it?

Obama, however, is always trying to set our minds at ease, saying that he only wants to give us what the Europeans have: health care, education and job security. Very nice, but what Obama isn't saying is that his policy ideas amount to nothing more than European socialism. OK, but here's the dirty little secret that even Obama doesn't seem to understand: Socialism fails every time unless it can attach itself like a parasite to a willing host. In other words, the Europeans wouldn't have socialism today were it not for the generous support that comes from the United States. Which begs the question: Who are we going to attach ourselves to if and when the time comes? Barack Obama? The Chinese? I guess Obama hasn't thought that far ahead — or has he?

This much we do know: Some of Obama's best friends are "commies" and/or criminals. That's right — they all went to the same "school" that teaches "if it works, tax it; and if it doesn't, subsidize it." Now, if that doesn't tell you a little bit about Obama and his crooked cronies, then forget about it. And I guess we have, because at the end of the day, no one cares anymore about the "Bad Barack" — we just want George W. Bush and anyone remotely connected to him to be gone forever.

Hey, I get it. But remember this: Be careful what you "hope" for; it might just bring the "change" you never wanted. Oh yeah, then pull out your wallet and kiss your new mama. Just close your eyes, and you won't know it's Obama.

Stan Taves
Lodi