11 lawmakers spend $500,000/person to take a taxpayer-funded vacation?

Do you really need to spend $500,000 to take a 11-day vacation to New Zealand, Hawaii, etc. to study global warming?? We'd like to stay at the Royal Hawaiian too, but $600/nt is too expensive, so we're going somewhere cheaper! When will you realize that WHEN YOU HAVE NO MONEY YOU NEED TO LIVE FRUGALLY!

FTA: The spokesman for Mr. Baird said he would have been "every bit as happy camping as staying in a [$600/nt] hotel."
Well then WHY DIDN'T YOU???

And the top 5 spenders on this trip of 11 people were ... democrats, of course. QUIT SPENDING MY MONEY FOOLISHLY!

Conversational questions

* If you could open any type of store, what would it be?
* What types of forwards do you actually read?
* In a bookstore, what section do you go to?
* What are you looking forward to in the next year?

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Guess what came today!

Republican Regrouping

It's exciting to see young Republicans coming together, laying out an agenda, and going for it! Check 'em out: http://www.rebuildtheparty.com.

Media is "Quaylifying" Palin

Remember how the media destroyed Dan Quayle? They're trying to do the same with Sarah Palin, so I'm coining the term "Quaylifying".

Democrat Victory = Stock Market Drop

From USAToday:

In looking at historical stock performance from Election Day through year's end, stocks tend to perform worse when a Democrat wins. Going back to 1900, the Dow has lost an average 0.96% in that two-month period, vs. a gain of 4.14% when a Republican candidate is elected, says Bespoke Investment Group.