Precious Cargo  Refreshingly Bitter And Twisted Observations On
Life's Passing Parade.  My Photo Location: Valley Village,
California, United States  Thursday, March 26, 2009  Bobby
Jindal Repudiates the War in Iraq  Bobby Jindal spoke Tuesday
night at the $2,500-a-plate National Republican Congressional
Committee dinner, which said it raised more than $6 million at
the event.  During his speech, he said Obama's proposed budget
exceeds the cost of the war in Iraq. Since Jindal thinks Obama's
budget is a very, very bad thing, he just unintentionally
repudiated the value of what George W. Bush and most other
Republicans still believe to be a magnificent achievement.
Pondering the nauseating spectacle of a bunch of people spending
$2,500 to hear Jindal's claptrap, it occured to me how much
better spent the hundreds of millions of dollars that financed
the 2008 election would be if it were apportioned and given to
every impoverished adult. Both parties are always mouthing
platitudes about helping the underprivil