• Politics, Schmolitics

    The Rush Limbaugh Courthouse?? Could Be.

    OpenCongress – H.R.342 Among the many useful pieces of information at the new OpenCongress.org website: a bill to rename a federal building in Cape Girardeau MO the "Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. Courthouse." It's apparently named after a male relative who was a judge or something in Missouri, but still: ew. 

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    6 Hits in 24 Hours: Bush Administration’s Perfect Storm

    Rutland Herald: Rutland Vermont News & Information Six of the eight recently fired United States Attorneys told Congressional committees that they believed they lost their jobs because they wouldn't play partisan politics in their handling of high profile political corruption cases. Some also claimed they'd been threatened by the Justice Department not to go public with their complaints. Nine American servicemen were killed in action Iraq. More than 100 Iraqi Shiites making a religious pilgrimage were killed by suicide bombers. At least 200 were injured. Seriously wounded soldiers told Congress about the neglect, bad housing and bureaucratic nightmares they suffered…