another one down
republican representative mark souder of indiana resigned today to avoid a house ethics committee investigation for an affair he had with a female staffer. when are these guys going to learn?
*photo from one of souder’s better days
[reuters]
$787,000,000,000
no doubt by now you’ve heard that the $787 billion dollar stimulus bill has finally passed. about one third of it will go towards tax cuts but the reminder is to be spent on various other projects and programs meant to stimulate the economy. in the weeks since it was introduced, we’ve gotten use to [...]
this is rich…
but not in a monetary sense.
to jon stewart: congratulations, my friend.
i think sarah might object to the tights, but…
mccain is going to need a suit to go with the promise to wipe out political corruption. while the republicans have been partying it up in minnesota, here’s what’s been going on–
inspector gadget got 4 years
“broken and disgraced, lobbyist jack abramoff will spend four years in prison for his role in a corruption scandal [...]
he’s just saying…
be vewwy quiet…
while the dems party with certified hotties like sacred bird (anderson cooper) and flying fish (bill hemmer) in the mile high…city george w. bush is trying to tiptoe around the law in washington. justice department lawyers said today that they will ask a federal appeals court not to force the w’s top advisers to [...]
check’s in the mail
to sallie mae, your ex, your kids, or some combination of them all. about $1B in stimulous rebate checks were confiscated by the u.s. treasury to pay down the debts of the deadbeats on-track to receive them. of that $1B:
55% went for child support
39% went for for federal debts such as student loans [...]
