Interesting Comparisons

Remember all the fuss when the McCain campaign spent $150K on a new wardrobe for Sarah Palin? Rivers of ink and mega-gigabytes of bandwidth spent on hashing out that story for a couple of weeks.

And now this interesting item about our First Lady. Apparently the woman requires a personal staff of 26 (that's TWENTY SIX), with a combined annual salary topping $1.5 million.

For comparison, the elitist, plutocratic Bush women (Barbara and Laura) only required one taxpayer-funded staff person each. Even Hilary Clinton somehow managed with a staff of three.

Can you imagine the media outcry if a Republican first lady had ramped up the First Lady Court to such a degree, and at such expense, in the middle of a recession?

(h/t to Dean2182 from INGO)

Nice Job, Officer Matt

"You're scared now. But soon --I hope it's soon-- you'll transition from that fear to fury. Anger is the correct emotion, and much more useful, in my opinion.

"This... punk... came to your house uninvited, and attempted to enter your residence by force. Who does he think he is?!?

Nice post by a police officer in Texas. (h/t to Tam).