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Dumb and dumber

I can’t decide who’s dumber: the genius who came up with the idea of giving the car companies $40 billion when the Senate already voted not to give them $17 billion, or the governor of Illinois.
Watching Rod Blagojevich act like everything’s fine, go on about his business governing the state, and refuse [...]

Posted 17 December 2008 † Brigette Russell § Economy § Politics ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Live pigs, dead pigs, and disenfranchised voters

Why do I read the Santa Fe New Mexican’s letters to the editor? If my husband and I are both in a good mood and we read them together, we can have a good laugh about them, but reading them alone just depresses me about the state of our poor, pitiful democratic republic when [...]

Posted 12 December 2008 † Brigette Russell § Food § Politics § Santa Fe ‡ Comments (9) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,