Oh, man, this is, like, so wack. Do they have to taint my music with their slimy spending orgies?
A new report slams $11.5 billion worth of what it calls wasteful government spending in 2010, including more than a half million dollars to digitize Grateful Dead itemes.
A marriage made in hell:
Is Arnold Schwarzenegger angling for a job in the Obama administration?
Two Republican senators are said to be especially in the Tea Party's sights. Orrin Hatch's reaction: Oh, look, I can, too, tack right. Richard Lugar's reaction: Nyah, nyah, nyah:
This is big news:
Lt. Governor Becky Skillman today issued the following statement on a gubernatorial run in 2012.
No nation can claim to be sufficiently civilized if all its citizens* don't have an equal right to die for their country, so let's congratulate American gays and lesbians for getting to join the club. But, good lord, could there maybe be a little more joy and a little less pouty whining?
You little people out there, don't worry your pretty little heads about this, it'll just confuse you. Leave everything to your betters in the legislature; if you can't trust them, whom can you trust?
Republicans for more government. First up, State Sen. Travis Holdman, who wants adults to have the same restrictions placed on teens in the last session of the General Assembly:
Drivers wouldn't be allowed to use hand-held cell phones or send text messages under a bill being proposed by an Indiana state lawmaker.
Taxpayer relief makes it out of Congress:
President Barack Obama plans to sign an $858 billion tax deal into law on Friday afternoon.
The House of Representatives gave final approval late Thursday night to the deal, negotiated by the White House and top Senate Republicans. The final vote of 277-148 had almost equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans in support.
And the spending bill fails:
Glad to have the company (pdf file):
I've made fun of Newsweek more than once here for being a bible of leftist orthodoxy. But I've also linked to articles from it -- once in a while, it publishes something both interesting and provocative.
