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Been a lang time but maybe I'm first!
Posted by: Goog L | May 16, 2006 at 12:30 PM
100 MILLION??
Posted by: angene15 | May 16, 2006 at 12:33 PM
Gah! What a waste of money.
Posted by: Suzy Q | May 16, 2006 at 12:35 PM
Wacky? I guess you could call it that. I'd call it freakin' corrupt and egotistical. But that's me.
Posted by: Peg Leg Pete, CPA | May 16, 2006 at 12:45 PM
“It’s a stealth strategy,” Crangle said. “The whole scheme involves rivers of underground money flowing to the Hunley from many sources..."
sounds about perfect for a submarine.
Posted by: crossgirl | May 16, 2006 at 12:47 PM
Maybe he should try paying for it with Confederate money.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | May 16, 2006 at 12:48 PM
voters should give this guy 'das Boot'...
Posted by: insomniac | May 16, 2006 at 12:52 PM
Dave,
Has this crossed your desk yet?
Posted by: Christobol | May 16, 2006 at 12:52 PM
I could only read about half of that article. *ugh* It's lunchtime.
But I'm reminded of another Individual With Power ...
"It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual, and certainly without any choice ... I'm what you might call a water man, Jack - that's what I am. And I can swear to you, my boy, swear to you, that there's nothing wrong with my bodily fluids. Not a thing, Jackie."
Posted by: MOTW | May 16, 2006 at 12:53 PM
MOTW - yeah, Mr. McConnell's Purity of Essence is a little low, I'd say.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | May 16, 2006 at 12:56 PM
So THAT's where the so-called 'Russian' submarine really came from last night on '24'...
Posted by: jt | May 16, 2006 at 01:06 PM
The Hunley Sub wbagnfa ... sandwich deli?
Posted by: O. the U(manity) | May 16, 2006 at 01:08 PM
"The 58-year-old McConnell, a libertarian who often criticizes government spending..."
Silly stupid man.
Posted by: WoosterGirl | May 16, 2006 at 01:41 PM
Peg Leg - Yep!
“People respect McConnell because he plays fair and grants favors, Jennings said. “But they are afraid of getting in his way on anything he wants.
It was mutually understood we would respect each other’s passions and not try to derail them,” Jackson said.”
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | May 16, 2006 at 01:44 PM
Jackson: It was mutually understood we would respect each other’s passions and not try to derail them.
McConnell: I've got this passion for restoring the Hunley, and the old Southern ways ...
Jackson: Well, I've got this passion for (whisper, whisper, whisper) ...
McConnell: Get outta here, you Freakin' Prevert!
Posted by: O. the U(manity) | May 16, 2006 at 02:47 PM
He "plays fair" and "grants favors"? I thought those two were mutually incompatible. And what's a Libertarian doing in that position in government, anyway?
Posted by: ScottMGS | May 16, 2006 at 04:06 PM
This gives new meaning to "the south will rise again"...but obviously, it's neither pretty nor cheap.
And what's the deal with the uniform? Shouldn't current elected officials appearing in public thus constitute some form of treason?
Posted by: Maritza | May 16, 2006 at 04:50 PM