Daily news mashup for Saturday, May 12, 2007
Today's news stories condensed into a single paragraph:
Billions in Iraqi oil have gone missing since 2003, Gonzo's Monica problem just got a lot worse, incidents like this prove racism is alive and well, and TWRA is cracking down on drunk boaters. Katrina reconstruction money still isn't being paid out, but there seems to be plenty of money for faith-based lobbyists. Kosovo might be on its way to independence from Serbia, but Farragut is still decidedly part of Knox County. Pimps in Tennessee will be required to have HIV tests, but the laws regarding Pentagon employees pimping for outside organizations aren't being enforced. Gitmo detainees will be able to have meetings with their attorneys, and the entire world reels in shock and disbelief when a podunk town in Texas enacts a racist law. I'm shocked, I say. The secret "free trade deal" hammered out by both parties continues to stink to high heaven, and so does the new oil revenue law in Iraq. And Prince sold 140,000 tickets to his upcoming shows in London ... in twenty minutes.