In An extremely cynical move spokesmen for the administration today said, "Fuck the poor. They don't vote anyway." When asked to comment, no poor could be found at home, they were apparantly all in sweatshops.

] "I don't know why they would cut that out of the bill,"
] said Senator Blanche Lincoln, the Arkansas Democrat who
] persuaded the full Senate to send the credit to many more
] low income families before the provision was dropped in
] conference. "These are the people who need it the most
] and who will spend it the most. These are the people who
] buy the blue jeans and the detergent and who will
] stimulate the economy with their spending."

Yahoo! News - Tax Law Omits Child Credit in Low-Income Brackets

] On the eve of a trip to Europe, US President George W.
] Bush said that he was "disappointed"
] by Paris' opposition to war in Iraq
] but that he would not seek sanctions against France.

Huh? We go after other countries for *NOT* going to war? Does this mean we may declare declare sanctions against Switzerland?

Yahoo! News - Bush says

] In the midst of negotiating a steep tax cuts package, the
] US government shelved a report that showed the United
] States faces future federal budget deficits of more than
] 44.2 trillion dollars.

My immediate reaction to this was three words. "Mother of God."

My secondary reaction was, if I needed another reason to tell me that these guys (the Shrubbery) have their necks as the only visible portion of the cranial anatomy visible and it's protruding from their posterior, well this is it.

Yahoo! News - Washington shelved report of 44-trillion-dollar deficit

] If confirmed by the Senate, Bolten, 48, would succeed
] Mitch Daniels,

This is basic boilerplate off the AP wire, But let me see if I understand this. W has lost, an SEC chair, OMB, Treasury, Spokesman, Political Director, head of EPA, and Tommy Franks who ran Iraq II is retiring. Some of these people left under a cloud of scandal (Harvey Pitt) ineptitude (O'Neil in Time with Bono sealed his fate) and most recently protest (Whitman).

I'm starting to wish W was screwing his interns. He'd have less time to do damage in.

Yahoo! News - Bush Picks Bolten As His OMB Director

There's a reason I love PBS. This is just part of it.

The American Experience/Presidents/Intro