Michael Steele Makes Another Ethical Win, Iraq Still Terrible
What happens when you're too crooked to even be alobbyist? Go seeMichael Steele, and he'll hire you to raise strip-club money for the Republican National Committee! Former baseball-industry lobbyistNeil S. Alpertwas fined $4,000 and forced to reimburse $38,000 he spent on unauthorized stuff in 2007, theWashington Postreports. That's Micheal Steele's kind of fund-raiser.[ Washington Post ]Democrats, shockingly, are bringing in a lot more fund-raising dollars these days. [ Washington Post ]
It's bombin' time again, worldwide! Triple suicide bombs inBaghdadkilled at least 41 people on Easter and injured another 200. The blasts hit a neighborhood full of foreign embassies and many of the dead Iraqis worked for the diplomats, mostly as security guards. This follows Saturday's massacre when a Sunni militia attacked a village south of Baghdad and shot about 25 people to death. Just wanted to remind everyone that Iraq is still a special place, and we still have tens of thousands of troops there, and we still dump more American Money intoIraqevery year -- about $100billionannually -- than the federal government will eventually spend per year on theHealth Care Reformpackage everybody was so freaked about. [ BBC News ]A 7.2 magnitudeearthquakedestroyed all traces of human civilization in Southern California. No wait, it damaged some houses in the Baja town ofMexicaliand is blamed for two deaths there. [ Los Angeles Times ]