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The late Dr. Adrian Rogers (1931-2005) offered the following observation several years ago and it bears poignant significance today: You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the rich out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply the wealth by dividing it."

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32 More Positive News Items

Air Liquide Fiscal-year Net Profit Up 9%
Czech Economy Grows By 1% in Fourth Quarter of 2008
Cognizant Technology Fourth-quarter Profit Rises 17%
Nordic American Tanker Profit Climbs On 'sound' Market
Pernod-Ricard Half-year Net Profit Up 5%, Confirms Guidance
Foreclosures Fall from December to January
Strayer Revenue Up as Enrollment Rises
Smith & Nephew Profit Steady
Better-than-expected Results Lift CB Richard Ellis Shares
Genzyme's Profit Rises in Fourth Quarter
GE to Sell Saudia Arabia Nearly $1 Billion in Gas Turbines
Dean Foods Quarterly Profit More Than Doubles
3M Lifts Quarterly Dividend 2% to 51 Cents a Share
Macerich Profit Climbs 58%
Genesee & Wyoming Profit up 81%
DaVita 4th-quarter Net Up 15% on 7.8% Higher Revenue
Vestas Wind Systems 4th Quarter Revenue Gains 31%
Daily Mail Operating Profit Ahead of Group Expectation
Danone Quarterly Sales up 10%
Reckitt Benckiser Quarterly Net Income Up 36%
Computer Sciences Posts Profit
ProLogis Shares Rise on Earnings, Outlook
Intel Plans Two-year, $7 Billion Investment in U.S. Plants
Expeditors Posts Higher Fourth-quarter Profit
DirecTV Earnings per Share up 6.7% in Quarter
Genesee & Wyoming Carloads Up 12.2% in January
Patriot Coal Swings to Profit as Sales Jump
McDonald's January Global Comparable Sales Up 7.1%
Kirin Holdings Fiscal Year Net Income Up 28% to $878 Million
Elan Corp Swings to Quarterly Net Profit
Lorillard Earnings per Share Up 24%
U.K. Comparable Retail Sales Up 1.1% in January

15 Positive News Items
There is too much negativity going on right now. So to remedy that, here is some positivity to consider.

Embarq Fourth-quarter Profit Rises To $1.34 a Share
McAfee Profit Rises On 19% Revenue Gain
Mortgages Rates Fall After Last Week's Increase
T. Rowe Price Raises Quarterly Dividend To 25 Cents
Weekly Jobless Claims Drop 8,000 to 623,000
Freddie Mac: 30-year Fixed-rate Mortgage Average Falls
Coca-Cola Profit Tops View, Shares Rise
Netflix Passes 10 Million-subscriber Mark
Retail Sales Jump 1% in January
Progress Energy Net Income Rises 4%
Teradata Earnings Per Share 4.7% Higher In Quarter
NRG Energy Net Income Nearly Triples
Northwest Natural Gas' Fourth-quarter Profit Rose 12%
Stifel Financial Generates 5% Quarterly Revenue Growth
Diageo: 6-month Net Profit Up 16%