Ruston Eastman of Conservatives... is changing the name of his web site, and he points to some words I wrote about him well over a year ago. Yada yada yada...

Any way, I am intrigued by this Cost of the War javascript thingy he's got going on. Apparently anti-war liberals are all up in arms over the cost of liberating Iraq, securing our nation's well being, and preserving our way of life. It is the first time I remember lefties being worried about the cost of anything. According to these fiscal (cough) conservatives, the current cost of war is hovering right around $77 Billion.

I wonder why real conservatives haven't come up with a "cost of unconstitutional vote-buying schemes". Out of our $2.3 Trillion budget, I'm sure that at least half of it could be chalked up to social programs that seize money from "the rich" to give to "the working poor" in exchange for votes.

Cost of Unconstitutional Vote-Buying Schemes
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