On Thu, 8 May 2008 11:34:51 +0000 (UTC), enigma
wrote:

free money? are you serious? we're trillions in debt (mostly
to China) & the gub'mint can't keep up with a failing
infrastructure... but they are tossing a paltry sop to the
masses & hoping no one notices the looming disasters on the
horizon.

We can thank our omnipotent Congress for another blunder.

Can you imagine working for a company that has a few more than 500
employees and has the following statistics:

29 have been accused of spousal abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
19 have been accused of writing bad checks
117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
3 have done time for assault
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested for shoplifting
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year

Can you guess which organization this is? Give up yet?

It's the 535 members of the United States Congress.
The same group of idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each
year designed to keep the rest of us in line.