Apparently Stephen Colbert's got some money to burn, and is maneuvering for a presidential run, at least in South Carolina, and at least in so far as someone trying to get on both the Democrat and the Republican primary ballots can be said to be running. Yes, I imagine this is all tongue-in-cheek. Can anyone tell me why it costs so much more to register as a Republican candidate?
On a more serious note, the House of Representatives is set to fail to override the presidential veto on providing health insurance for millions of American children. I know that my opinion, being a flaming liberal and all, is slightly biased against the president in general, but how do these Republicans (and, I believe, even a handful of Democrats) in the House justify this? Of all the things for the White House and its last supporters to draw a line in the sand about, why children's health care? $35 billion over the next 5 years is pocket change compared to other government expenditures, and would largely be funded by an increase in cigarette taxes, if I understand correctly, so why is Bush so against this? Of all the idiotic and nasty things he's done over the last seven years, this by far seems the most mean-spirited.
And in honor of Paul, the coolest marine biologist in the world, I mention this article on the truly fascinating discovery of a prehistoric clambake.
On a more serious note, the House of Representatives is set to fail to override the presidential veto on providing health insurance for millions of American children. I know that my opinion, being a flaming liberal and all, is slightly biased against the president in general, but how do these Republicans (and, I believe, even a handful of Democrats) in the House justify this? Of all the things for the White House and its last supporters to draw a line in the sand about, why children's health care? $35 billion over the next 5 years is pocket change compared to other government expenditures, and would largely be funded by an increase in cigarette taxes, if I understand correctly, so why is Bush so against this? Of all the idiotic and nasty things he's done over the last seven years, this by far seems the most mean-spirited.
And in honor of Paul, the coolest marine biologist in the world, I mention this article on the truly fascinating discovery of a prehistoric clambake.
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