Pelosi's flip flop

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Isn't hypocrisy a wonderful thing? Bash your enemies for horrible behavior but then don't hold the same measuring stick to yourself and your allies.

Senator Rangel got himself in some hot water, but Speaker Pelosi, despite her previous declaration that the democrats would "make this the most honest, ethical, and open congress in history", tried to undersell the affair.

Jon Stewart and the Daily Show caught the flip and flop on video (@ 3:20) as they usually do.

I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where people held themselves to the same standards to which they hold others. All I know is that I will never know.

Stephen colbert put me on notice

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I don't know if I should be upset or happy, but there it is, plain as day: Stephen Colbert put me on notice while he was doing his Olympic coverage.

I guess I've been warned.

Shock: obama wants more money

Once again, President Obama has a solution to some of the nation's ills: money.

President Barack Obama took aim Monday at the nation's school dropout epidemic, proposing $900 million to states and education districts that agree to drastically change or even shutter their worst performing schools.

Obama's move comes as many schools continue to struggle to get children to graduation, a profound problem in a rich, powerful nation. Only about 70 percent of entering high school freshmen go on to graduate. The problem affects blacks and Latinos at particularly high rates.

Obama described the crisis as one that hurts individual kids and the nation as a whole, shattering dreams and undermining an already hurting economy.

"There's got to be a sense of accountability," Obama said...

I agree, but the think the accountability would be on spending. There isn't a problem at which we can't throw money.

Let's get through this financial and employment crisis. Then we can start worrying about spending money on everything else. Otherwise our debt will continue to balloon.