Odds and Ends

Suffering from news overload? Me too! This post probably won't help matters, however...

With the Walter Reed hospital scandal forgotten, the official who promised to resign... hasn't. Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley announced his resignation in March. He's still there. Pentagon officials respond that he's in "a transition status." Umm, ok.

Democrats are scared of attacks ad; not sure whether to stand up for constitutional rights.

Hey, this sounds like a great time to buy a house: "U.S. home prices fell 3.2 percent in the second quarter, the steepest rate of decline since Standard & Poor's began its nationwide housing index in 1987."

NY Governor Spitzer (now swimming in the fun that is Albany scandals) is calling attention to the S-CHIP legislation battle by threatening 'to sue the federal government on charges that new regulations on children's health insurance violate an existing program that covers children from lower-income families.' He states that this is "a moral imperative."

Are there any children's product not being recalled due to lead paint?

As we near the sixth anniversary of the 2001 attacks, it's downright depressing to note that so much of America still remains in a state of irrational pants-shitting fear. Case in point... two hikers were arrested in New Haven for leaving a trail of flour. Run for your lives!

Finally, Sean Hannity is a total and complete douchebag. But that's not news, is it?