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Lou Dobbs Is a Boob

While I can count the minutes of CNN I've watched this year on one hand, I happened to flick through it last night during the 7th or 8th hour of "The Situation Room" and was swiftly reminded why that channel's not part of my news diet.

The panel was busy agreeing with each other that this Congress is so feckless only because it's failed to do the one thing Americans want them to do - ram through surrender in Iraq.  Lou Dobbs took a little detour to riff on the general stupidity of Congressmembers and offered this gem:

The American people are tired of being screwed, to put it quite simply. The fact is that we're watching a Congress that can't agree on the resolution of the average minimum tax. They can't agree. A Democratically led Congress can't agree to tax at an equitable rate. The executives of hedge fund operators who are putting their money offshore. We are watching public education fail in this country -- fail an entire generations of Americans. We are watching idiots in both political parties absolutely destroy the American dream.

Here's a tip: if you're not familiar with an acronym, have someone look it up for you before wielding it to club people as stupid.  In this case, AMT is "alternative minimum tax".

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Lou Dobbs Is a Boob

While I can count the minutes of CNN I've watched this year on one hand, I happened to flick through it last night during the 7th or 8th hour of "The Situation Room" and was swiftly reminded why that channel's not part of my news diet.

The panel was busy agreeing with each other that this Congress is so feckless only because it's failed to do the one thing Americans want them to do - ram through surrender in Iraq.  Lou Dobbs took a little detour to riff on the general stupidity of Congressmembers and offered this gem:

The American people are tired of being screwed, to put it quite simply. The fact is that we're watching a Congress that can't agree on the resolution of the average minimum tax. They can't agree. A Democratically led Congress can't agree to tax at an equitable rate. The executives of hedge fund operators who are putting their money offshore. We are watching public education fail in this country -- fail an entire generations of Americans. We are watching idiots in both political parties absolutely destroy the American dream.

Here's a tip: if you're not familiar with an acronym, have someone look it up for you before wielding it to club people as stupid.  In this case, AMT is "alternative minimum tax".