Nation Of Derelict Wastrels
America's newest enemy in Iraq: electrical fires, which broke out 283 times in a single six-month period due to bad wiring by military contractors. [ New York Times ]
Air Force bigwigs really really really want $16 million to spend on some weird luxury space-cabins they would put inside their planes to help fight the Global War on Terror, and Congress keeps saying no. [ Washington Post ]
Missouri Treasurer Sarah Steelman is running for governor and all her fellow Republicans hate her because of her Global War on Earmarks. [ Wall Street Journal ]
Nancy Pelosi wants another $50 billion for an economic stimulus package. [ The Hill ]
Barack Obama has 300 people on his foreign policy advising team. Is this the beginning of a gloriously bloated bureaucracy? [ New York Times ]
America has become a nation of whores willing to do pretty much anything -- literally anything -- for a free gas card. [ Reuters ]