Presidential Yachts, Tax Peepshows, and other necessary items

Brought to you by your Republican-dominated Congress...

I was going to post about each item individually, but Kevin Drum already has them all in a round-up (I would have beaten him to it if I could just get paid for doing this like he does... *sniff*)

Atrios thinks we Dems should make a really big stink about the yacht... damn skippy! This is right on the heels of raising the debt ceiling by several hundred billion! Where are all those small government fiscal conservatives I always hear about in the Republican Party? Oh right... they have no prinicples (see the DeLay Rule)... sorry, I forgot there for a second.

Speaking of the DeLay Rule, Josh Marshall has been all over it along with the Daily DeLay... go check them both out.

Josh has also been carrying water for the Istook Amendment (here, here, here, here, here, here, here). CNN has finally posted something on the story, but without much in the way of investigative work or background on who was responsible... but it is a start.

Will Josh get another notch in his belt (the first being Trent Lott)? Stay tuned...