Hurry Up Or I'll Be Late

The word is that Nancy Pelosi and several other Democrat congressmen are scheduled to leave tonight on an 8 day trip across Europe. The only thing standing in their way was the darn stimulus package. With the final version coming out of committee late yesterday, almost 500 pages more than the original 600 page version, no one had an opportunity to actually read all of the changes. But it's only $900B (raising the federal budget by 30%) and no big deal, so they voted on it anyways. The most important fact is that Pelosi's boondoggle isn't inconvenienced.

Throw The Book At Them

Two judges got $2.6M in kick backs from a private juvenile lock up facility for sending kids to their facility. Many of the kids had the slightest of charges. These two judges should be put away for a very long while.

Full Story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_re_us/courthouse_kickbacks_10