Marilee J. Layman (mjlayman) wrote,
Marilee J. Layman
mjlayman

This journal has been placed in memorial status. New entries cannot be posted to it.

Newsbits and such

A couple of Congresspeople are trying to live on $21 of food this week, just like food stamp recipients. The story is here and their blogs about it are here:

http://foodstampchallenge.typepad.com

http://timryan.house.gov

I want to see how they manage.

Yesterday we found out that Gonzales and Card visited Ashcroft while he was in the ICU to force him to sign the domestic spying program which had been ruled illegal. Ashcroft refused. So today, we learn that Justice is still saying there was no dissent about the program. Hmmm.

I had the Chili's chips & salsa last night and noted that the Heating Instructions on the chips say "Simply put this entire bag and its contents in a microwave until warm." Well, my microwave is in the sun....
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