This came in over my transom this morning......

.....and I reckon the art and the message makes it one of the finest such e-mails I have received in years!! Thought I would share it with y'all.....

So I said to him, "Barack, I know Abe Lincoln, and you ain't Abe Lincoln."

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.

.....Abraham Lincoln

(Thanks and a Tip o' the stetson to my ole' military buddy, Mac)