House of Plague

Nancy Pelosi gets bored and decides to read the funnies until the windbag stops talking. Photo by Reuters.


Ugh. Our house got hit with the freakin' plague last week and I am still dealing with sinus issues. My kid, the resilient one, was lucky enough to get a scrip for Amoxicillian, every kid's favorite antibiotic, and is now back to nearly 100%. I hate being sick.

Anywho. SOTU was a big snore-fest, and AP described it as greatly "recycled" stuff. Well, at least he's doing SOMETHING for the environment?

A Democratic Congress is poised to heed President Bush's call to help save the economy, but may not give him much else after a State of the Union speech that recycled many of the administration's past initiatives.

A lame duck president called again for immigration reform, an end to lawmakers' pet projects, control of Social Security spending and making tax cuts permanent. Democrats have rejected those Bush initiatives before...