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\u201cIf you\u2019ve got a business, you didn\u2019t build that,\u201d President Obama said in a campaign speech Friday.\u00a0 Successful people didn\u2019t become successful on their own, after all, they had help from the government!<\/p>\n

Well, apparently, Col. Oscar Poole<\/a> didn\u2019t get that memo.<\/p>\n

Anyone else up for a road trip down to Georgia?<\/p>\n

(Hat tip to Ryan Boland<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"