You Can Call Me Al. Just Don’t Call Me Liz. Like, Ever.

What’s that old saying? “Power corrupts and absolute power turns you into a ranting loony tune?”  If it’s not, I think it should be changed to that after reading the email exchange between raging leftist Democrat Congressman “Baghdad” Jim McDermott’s office manager Elizabeth “Don’t Call Me Liz” Becton and an unnamed and unfortunate assistant who tried to set up a meeting between her boss and McDermott through Becton.

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Idiot 4-Year-Old Flushes Puppy Down Toilet, Puppy Survives

I’m pretty sure that, by the time you reach the age of 4, you know what a toilet does and what a toilet is for.  At least that’s the way it is in America, where we’re accustomed to the wonders of indoor plumbing.  They can’t really be that far behind over there, can they?

That’s why I’m not buying the “hey, the puppy was dirty” excuse offered by Alison Blair, the mother of the 4-year-old who flushed a one-week old puppy down the toilet, in the video below.

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Fast Eddie Wants To Raise Pennsylvania Income Tax 16%

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has announced his plan to cover the deficit for the 2009-2010 budget and, true to form, his plan is to raise the Income Tax imposed by Commonwealth by 16% for three years.

An analysis by the Commonwealth Foundation estimates that, besides the pain of an additional tax burden on families already struggling to get by,  the tax hike could also cost the state an additional 24,000 jobs.

I think I’m probably like most people in Pennsylvania: My interactions with this state mainly involve them taking my money.  I’m looking at my life and not seeing a whole lot I get in return.

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