Just another crazy day with Republicans in control

The U.S. Senate rejected Republican Senator Ted Stevens' proposal that would have allowed oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Stevens of Alaska had inserted the ANWR oil drilling into the defense bill. However, because Democrats stood firm, the defense bill was passed only after the Stevens' ANWR drilling scheme was removed. Stevens was very upset and nearly threw a tantrum on the Senate floor.

Did you know that White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's brother, Mark, works as the Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator? This is just another example of cronyism in this administration.

Most elected officials will make their way home during the congressional break. Where will Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, his wife, and six children spend their holidays----in the 2 bedroom house in Penn Hills, PA he calls his PERMANENT RESIDENCE, or the $600,000, mansion in Virginia? Guess. It looks like Santorum has flip-flopped on intelligent design. The Philadelphia Inquirer says:

Early this year, Sen. Rick Santorum commended the Dover Area School District for "attempting to teach the controversy of evolution."

But one day after a federal judge ruled that the district's policy on intelligent design was unconstitutional, Santorum said he was troubled by court testimony that showed some board members were motivated by religion in adopting the policy.

And, he said in an interview, he disagreed with the board for mandating the teaching of intelligent design, rather than just the controversy surrounding evolution...

...In a 2002 Washington Times op-ed, Santorum wrote: "Therefore, intelligent design is a legitimate scientific theory that should be taught in science classes..."

Flippety, floppity, flippety, floppity.