- Tony Snow says he is going to quit his job as White House press secretary when his “money runs out.” Snow’s salary is $168,000. One would assume that he also gets comprehensive health insurance coverage, though that may be assuming too much with this administration.
- Rudy Giuliani’s essay in Foreign Affairs. Unsurprisingly, the essay’s main focus is the “War on Terror.” Not much at all regarding trade, energy, China, or America’s relationship to the vast majority of countries. I suspect Giuliani doesn’t want voters to dwell much on those bread and butter issues.
- “Pentagon Paid $998,798 to Ship Two 19-Cent Washers” One of the owners pleaded guilty to fraud today. And we wonder how the Pentagon can spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year.
- Department of Homeland Security may require national parks visitors to present passports in states that don’t comply with “Real ID” program requirements.
- Ahh, Romney. Not quite ready for prime time with respect to foreign policy.
- A stealth Fed rate cut?
- From the Department of 1990s Irony:
It would almost be funny if so many people hadn’t been killed during the past four years.
The disturbing thing is that Cheney, by virtue of his current support of this military action (which he once opposed), is deemed by many to be a person who understands the serious nature of the times we live in. In reality, Cheney’s public statements show he doesn’t understand anything that’s going on in Iraq.