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September 29, 2006
How's that for irony?
From the political irony department...
Six-term Republican Rep. Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record) of Florida resigned from the U.S. Congress on Friday following reports he sent sexually inappropriate e-mails to underage male congressional interns.
Foley, chairman of the House caucus on missing and exploited children, said he would resign after ABC News reported he sent messages to current and former congressional pages with references to sexual organs and acts.
I guess he knew his subject matter pretty well.
My apologies if it seems I'm handling this too glibly. I suspect he's got real criminal skeletons in his closet, and if so, I hope he gets a really big cellmate.
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September 14, 2006
Opening up the Love
From KXAN:
A U.S. House panel Wednesday stripped antitrust protections from a bill that would lift restrictions on long-haul flights from Dallas Love Field. The legislation then moved forward.
Finally! This stupid piece of legislation is the reason it can be so expensive to fly in and out of Dallas sometimes. Anything other than the five-state area gets a huge jack-up in price since Southwest hasn't been allowed to compete on those routes. There have even been cases on some airlines where it's been cheaper to fly through Dallas (as a hub) than to fly to Dallas.
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