[Uncle Miltie]

"On Medicare, Bush replied he had no regrets about pushing for the prescription drug benefit despite its price tag"

I'm not sorry I had that last beer, officer.

[OPS4]

With no more than a handshake, Mayor Daley's administration spends nearly $40 million a year hiring hundreds of trucks -- primarily dump trucks -- that often do little or no work, a Sun-Times investigation has found.

The city has a list of about 165 favorite truck companies to send to city work sites. Some owners have political clout, some are mob figures or their relatives.

SUN-TIMES While the Sun-Times watched this hired truck in West Humboldt Park, it went to McDonald's and Jewel, and eventually hauled a small load.

Many do nothing but work for the city's Hired Truck Program, and often their operations are run out of the owners' homes. Six of every 10 aren't listed in the phone book. But many are listed on campaign reports showing they contribute money to the mayor and other politicians -- in all more than $800,000 since 1996.

Read the full story, and let me know if the dems can do better. Corruption is the rule for the dem machine in chicago, how much money has flown the coop between Gray Davis in California and Daley in chicago. Balanced budgets, the dems are the last place I would be Looking.
Ops4 God BLess America!