federal spending is rising at its slowest pace since dwight eisenhower -- >> hapless hubert hoover. >publicans. he said don't buy into the bs in regard to fiscal restraint in regard to this administration. ted you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> hi, steph and the mooks, how are you doing today? >> good, go ahead. >> i was watching the o'reilly factor for giggles. and next time you watch look at his hands. because he has the hands of an elderly woman. >> they are enormous jan brewer hands. let's go to gail in new york. >> hi, how are you. regarding the gentlemen regarding education, he stated that the teachers were not in an union, unions go way way back. and in new york we didn't have a problem until parents started to basically interject with education. i was a product of education. we had everything going in new york. i raised three kids on that education. we didn't have a problem until late 1980s when parents were told come in and give your opinion. once that started, everything went to pot, and i do mean went to pot, and they weren't smoking it. >> all right. let's go to la