Oh sorry is that title too upsetting? I think its stupid. I thought about changing it, but eh whatever. Anyways so the news today is John Boehner was elected as the new majority leader of the House of Representatives.

Reformer scores upset win in US Republican vote

"Republican lawmakers elected a reformer, John Boehner, to be their leader in the House of Representatives as the majority party seeks to shake off corruption scandals."

Good luck, I wish you well "reformer", I think your days as Majority Leader are numbered.

Oh and then there was THIS!

Bush to Request $120B More for War Funding

"The Bush administration said Thursday it will ask Congress for $120 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and $18 billion more for hurricane relief this year.

The White House acknowledges the upcoming requests would cause total spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001, to soar well past the $400 billion mark..."

Holy SH*T! This is insane! We have millions of people without health insurance in this country, failing schools, the highest deficit in U.S. history, but yeah let's spend $400 BILLION mostly on a war in Iraq. Is it worth it? Will we accomplish the goals that we want to? I don't know, but the cost to us when this is all over is going to be enormous. We will be paying for it for decades to come.

Finally good old shrub arrived here in Albuquerque today. He is going to be at Intel tomorrow morning which is pretty close to where I work, and I think he is going to royally f*** up traffic during tomorrow morning's rush hour.