Hi Maribeth - I just joined this tonight so I don't know what the "old format" was but it has to have been better than this. I'm kind of computer-challenged - I don't even know what a thread is let alone a collapsed thread. Maybe in time someone can explain it all to me.

Hey, you watch Huckabee too! That's where CRAP first came from - well, really from the Dems first. I guess I got it wrong. I thought it was Congressional Relief Assistance Program. Oh well, whichever, it works - or rather doesn't work. The worst insult is that none of our "elected" officials even read the crappy thing. That should be against SOME law, or their Oath, or even the Constitution - after all, it's really neglect of duty.

Totally agree. But don't forget besides Twinkle Toes, Dodd was on that same committee. Maybe a good idea would be, if our reps don't read another bill they vote on - then maybe they should just be taken out and shot. I'm sure Cheney would just love it - we could let him do the job. (You know I'm just kidding, Cheney would enjoy the irony).

That was excellent!! It sounds like a good joke, but unfortunately, it is so true, so true. You hit it right on the head. Maybe OB needs this example to educate him and to get b___s to tell "Pres" Pelosi, and "VP" Reid to shutup. Maybe then he could call on his so-called "popularity" to get the right things done. Who's pulling who's tail? Is he their puppet or is he their boss?

Okay - OctoMom - news stated she collected $168,000 in worker comp benefits from injury on duty in a mental hospital. I would like to know the dates or time frame she collected this. She obviously paid for the IVF treatments from taxpayer money. First, we need to know if she had these treatments WHILE on disability and if so, how on earth, since she collected for a bad back - could she carry these babies to term? Didn't we see the picture of how large she was? I think this might make a good case for fraud if the facts back it up. The state should not only take those kids, but they, along with her previous employer, should investigate misuse of public funds. If you get this Greta, I hope you can check it out. Certainly, if you didn't have a bad back in the first place, after carrying 8 babies you sure would have one then.

Agreed. Isn't there something written in the oath our representatives take that might cover things like, oh integrity, honesty, doing their duty to properly represent their voters. If nothing like that is in the oath of office, then what about in our Constitution? Or maybe in the Ethic laws governing the electorate. At the very least, maybe it's listed under "Criminal Conduct". Then we could get them all into jail and start all over!