It’s 2:30 am and I can’t sleep, so what am I doing? Reading the Sunday newspaper. From the Metro section:
“…the House… approved an amendment by Rep. John Yarmuth, D-3rd District, that would require Iraq to defray the costs of American forces there.”
Article author James R. Carroll goes on to say: “South Korea pays for U.S. tropps there, and Japan pays 75 percent of the cost of the American presence there.”
The White House is, of course against it, claiming that the House is trying to negotiate in place of the president (doesn’t someone have to?)
According the the article the price of oil is expected to generate a $180 billion surplus for Iraq in the next three years. And yet we’re still sending them $339 million a day?
So yeah, I heart John Yarmuth. And really, when’s the last time you grinned and stood a little straighter and said “Hey, I voted for him.” (and you were talking about politics, not American Idol)?
