Local: This morning's paper reports that a committee of Our Fair City has said that "The results of a new study on a bullet train between Chattanooga and Nashville are expected to show that a route tracking Interstate 24 would be the best..." This $870,000 study is scheduled to be complete in May. Isn't this amazing - considering that I-24 follows the route of the trains that used to run between Chattanooga and Nashville?!? And it's only costing us $870,000 to find this out.
National: (from CNN.com) "The Army and Marine Corps are allowing convicted felons to serve in increasing numbers, newly released Department of Defense statistics show. Recruits were allowed to enlist after having been convicted of crimes including assault, burglary, drug possession and making terrorist threats. The statistics were released by Rep. Henry Waxman, a California Democrat who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. And they're still forcing homosexuals to leave the service." Presumably gays are more of a threat in the military than convicted felons. Is there anything wrong with this picture? (Thanks to "Funny The World" for pointing out this contradiction.)
National: (from CNN.com) "The Army and Marine Corps are allowing convicted felons to serve in increasing numbers, newly released Department of Defense statistics show. Recruits were allowed to enlist after having been convicted of crimes including assault, burglary, drug possession and making terrorist threats. The statistics were released by Rep. Henry Waxman, a California Democrat who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. And they're still forcing homosexuals to leave the service." Presumably gays are more of a threat in the military than convicted felons. Is there anything wrong with this picture? (Thanks to "Funny The World" for pointing out this contradiction.)
Reading the newspaper is such fun! But sometimes, we just work the puzzles.
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