Akkam’s Razor

• 60 Things Incoming Freshman Have Always/Never Known - chicagotribune.com — Welcome to the Beloit's Mindset List. To these students, Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Henson, Ryan White, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddy Krueger have always been dead.More… (Arts & Culture)
• Fellow POW Won’t Vote For McCain - Political Machine - McCain has shown admirable humility in the past on this count, but in this campaign, his record as a POW has been used, alternately, as a line on the resume and a trump card to end arguments that cannot be won on the merits. Most recently, a McCain spokesman indicated that John McCain could not have listened to the questions in advance at Saddleback, because he's a former POW.

What would you say if I told you the White House had a half-billion to spend in wallking around money at the start of this (just completed) campaign season, and was free to spend it without disclosure or Congressional oversight?