Bush Lies
President Bush faces yet another test of his political power in the matter of a spending increase for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Democrats are pushing for a $35 billion spending increase for SCHIP, but Bush has threatened to veto it. He has proposed a $5 billion increase. Some Democrats believe they can secure a [...]
Gratuitous Video Feed
Jack White, from the Cold Mountain soundtrack: “Wayfaring Stranger”
Quote of the Day (or Whenever)
“If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then God is an iron.” —Spider Robinson
Why We Fight, Part 257
Guess who make out like bandits when we go to war?
CEOs at top defense contractors have reaped annual pay gains of 200% to 688% in the years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
The chief executives at the seven defense contractors whose bosses made the most pocketed nearly a half-billion dollars from 2002 through last [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“False face must hide what the false heart
doth know.” —Macbeth, 1.7.83
