Palin releases tax records

The McCain-Palin camp released the hockey mom's tax returns, as well as her husband's, for 2006 and 2007. 

In the past two years, the Alaskan governor and Todd Palin have donated $8,205 to charitable causes.

Read the summary in full, here.

[Source: thepage.time.com]

Dean: Bush just trying to protect Wall Street

The DNC chair, Howard Dean, tells MSNBC that Congress will is likely to only support a bailout bill that also helps taxpayers and mortgage payers. And then basically goes on to say that President Bush really only wants to keep money in the pockets of them big CEOs.

Click here to view the video.

He also added that McCain tends to react to things in a "hot-headed way" and is sometimes "irascible" compared to Obama's "calm" demeanor. I don't know, I think that if the calm and debonair Obama took a cue from Howard Dean's handbook, he might be a little more entertaining. No?

[Source: thepage.time.com]

The 50 richest members of Congress

More reasons to hate 'em.

Here's the top 5:

1. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)

$250.98 million

That ain't even countin' his wife's ketchup fortune.

2. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.)

$225.96 million

3. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

$160.62 million

4. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.)

$80.40 million

5. Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.)

$78.96 million

Sen. John McCain comes in at number 13 on the list with $19.64 million, not countin' his wife's moolah, whose worth reportedly exceeds $100 million.

Oh yeah, elitist and celebrity Barack Obama doesn't appear on the list.

Check out the full list here.

[Source: jossip.com]