On Tuesday, the top budget experts from the right-wing Heritage Foundation and the left-leaning Brookings Institution sat down with Comptroller General David M. Walker to raise a red alert about impending “deficits of the scale we’ve never seen in this country or any major in industrialized country [sic].”

Another great piece from Perrspectives.

I’m old enough to remember that sometimes just “going for a ride” with the family on a Sunday afternoon was a big treat. So, if one is going to wax nostalgic about good old fashion family values, a trip is a good way to go. So lets visit a couple of red states.

Making much out of the situation, President Bush, last week, announced the capture of Abu Faraj al-Libbi, supposedly a very senior al Qaeda leader in Pakistan who might lead us to Osama. Now it turns out, the capture may have been just another case of mistaken identity.

AP reports, “a provision in a House-passed energy bill would require federal compensation to private companies for costs associated with oil and gas leases that can’t be developed.” Specifically, the provision states that “if a permit denial or some other government action prevents a lease from being explored or developed,” taxpayers will be responsible for forking over billions to the oil companies to “compensate” them.

I found the following at A Scrivener’s Lament. The is the website for Delilah Boyd, who was kind enough to cite an article from this website in her weekly Blog Box column at Democraticunder.com which has over 60,000 subscribers. This was just too funny not to spread around. REPUBLICAN DICTIONARY

Last night, President Bush said the “whole goal” of his Social Security plan was to make sure ” nobody retired in poverty.” Bush’s sudden concern about “poverty” is touching, but millions of Americans could use the help before they retire. In President Bush’s first term, poverty rose for three straight years, especially for children.