J Berthume: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2004/07/31/mn_deficit31.jpg J Berthume: so there’s the problem J Berthume: … and here’s the solution!: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3529818.stm imacowboymonkey: i don’t totally understand it, but i know it’s bad times J Berthume: yeah. some how or other, congress gave itself the power to forgive its own debt imacowboymonkey: that doesn’t work in the real world J …
Okay, I don’t have much time today, but I wanted to give you a few updates on some of the stories we’ve talked about. Libya, Chad, Darfur, and the Sweathogs: BBC NEWS | Africa | Libya to open Darfur aid corridor Your taxdollars at work in Foreign Countries: This is an interesting series of stories. …
The Republicans in the Senate could not get their act together this week to ban gay marriage. They needed a simple majority to proceed with it and 60 to send it to the states. Because of quarrels over language within their own ranks they got destroyed, more or less. Yeah, 48 – 50 doesn’t seem …
Oh, its been a busy day. President Bush declines invitation to speak at NAACP’s annual convention – Citing schedule conflicts, the White House turned down the NAACP’s invitation for the 4th year in a row. Bush accepted the invitation in 2000 when he was running for President; with this year’s refusal he becomes the first …