Oddities
Paging Dr. Irony
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a deliciously ironic tale of waste by a government anti-waste agency:
Gov. Jim Doyle’s point man on eliminating government waste rang up $2,385 in cell phone charges over two months last year because of a bureaucratic foul-up, state records show.
Administration Secretary Marc Marotta made calls costing $972 in May and $1,413 [...]
Diplomacy, Libyan Style
The Globe and Mail:
Tripoli – As the hour neared midnight and the bonfire burned down to embers last night, the aides began to glance nervously past the sleeping camels into the big tent behind them.
Prime Minister Paul Martin had been inside Libyan dictator Colonel Moammar Gadhafi’s tent for more than an hour. The meeting, utterly [...]
Lynn Swann for Governor?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
State House Republican Leader Sam Smith got a call earlier this week from former Steelers wide receiver Lynn Swann, who said he was thinking about running for the GOP nomination for governor in 2006.
“He told me he was exploring the idea,” Smith, of Punxsutawney, told reporters at the Capitol today. “He wanted to make [...]
Tax Dollars at Work
A little do-it-yourself investigation by the Boston Globe:
It’s 2:58 on a gorgeous fall afternoon, and US Marshal Anthony Dichio is 35 miles from the federal courthouse in Boston where he works. As he steers his government-issued sport utility vehicle along the leafy roadways of Westford, Dichio lazily hangs his left arm out the window.
He’ll be [...]
Voting is Hard
From an email sent out by the North Carolina Republican Party:
Voting a Straight Republican Party Ticket is not as easy as you might think!
To vote a straight Republican ticket, you will need to vote 7 times. That’s right 7 times!
We are calling this the Lucky Seven as an easy catch phrase for you to [...]
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