Interesting articles to read for December 1, 2008

Iran wants to work with neighboring Arab countries to build nuclear power plants.

Now that Hillary will be Secretary of State, the Washington Post wants the governor of New York to appoint Bill Clinton to replace her in the Senate. Oh yeah … let’s hold our breaths.

How are things looking in the Minnesota Senate race? Franken is still trying to steal the thing … but that doesn’t seem to be working out too well for him.

Let’s put the bailout into historical perspective … yeah, that’s a lot of money.

On Barack Obama’s transition website, you can share your stories of how you have “given back” to your community. Don’t you just love that phrase?

Paul Krugman of the New York Times says that the reason the New Deal failed was because it didn’t spend ENOUGH money.

The United Auto Workers union made a public plea yesterday for your tax dollars to save their over-inflated salaries and pension plans.

Legislators in Connecticut (all Democrats) want to get into the business of using your tax dollars to subsidize local newspapers.

Chris Matthews may be the next mainstream media hack to get involved in politics. Well .. it’s either that or try to become a radio talk star.

The National Black Republican Association wants Barack Obama to apologize for the Democrat’s 150-year history of racism.

A DRT story where the homeowner managed to wrestle the gun away from the men who came to rob him, and he shot them both. Unfortunately only one was DRT.

Just as a little reminder, a recent Rasmussen poll found that 68% of American adults prefer stores to show signs saying “Merry Christmas” rather than “Happy Holidays.”

New York City public transportation will write a note for your boss or teacher to prove that you were late because of the Subway system. Wait, how much is this costing the tax payers?

Some interesting articles to read:

You can thank your tax dollars for a $6 million tutoring facility at the University of Illinois … that can only be used by athletes.

Government stupidity on many levels: A clerical error on a federal grant application cost the city of Denver the funding needed to run its program to protect kids from lead poisoning.

Researchers have found that places where individualism is valued over the collective good also tend to be places where a lot of beer is consumed. Damn that individualism!

All articles were obtained from boortz.com

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