FYI

The other blog I used to post at (at which I used to post?), Waffle Ass, is no more. The way I like to think of it is that it got sick and died.

Anyway, I'm keeping it online for as long as Blogger will let me, although there will be no more new posts there (well, maybe one).

I have begun a new solo blog called Yazoo Street Scandal. If you liked Waffle Ass--and it's okay to admit it now--then you might like YSS as well.

more $ for Veterans Affairs?

Chris Adams of the McClatchy Newspapers reports:

Congressional appropriators are pushing a huge increase in spending for the Department of Veterans Affairs, despite some resistance from the White House.

The congressional bills call for increases of approximately $43 billion for health care. The White House wants to see the increases limited to $39 billion, calling the larger figure "an excessive level of spending."

Well, since we've already spent more than $436 billion on the Iraq war, I personally don't think that spending approximately 1.15% of that total to care for disabled veterans constitutes "an excessive level of spending."

You can read the rest of Adams's article here.