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There is a unit of measure for anything that can be measured. Like I said in the title, hotels are rated by the number of stars, with more stars meaning a better hotel. Temperature is measured in degrees, with more degrees indicating higher temperatires. Well I hearby announce the official measure to gage the lunacy of statements made by Democrat Senator Ted Kennedy, the "Fingers of Scotch Scale". Senator Kennedy's statements will now be rated according to how many "Fingers of Scotch" in a normal 14 oz rocks class it took before he was sloshed enough to make whatever inane...

Kennedy Says Case for Iraq War Was Fraud By STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press Writer BOSTON - The case for going to war against Iraq was a fraud "made up in Texas" to give Republicans a political boost, Sen. Edward Kennedy said Thursday. In an interview with The Associated Press, Kennedy also said the Bush administration has failed to account for nearly half of the $4 billion the war is costing each month. He said he believes much of the unaccounted-for money is being used to bribe foreign leaders to send in troops. He called the Bush administration's current Iraq policy...