But Then I Repeat Myself

From the Washington Post:

Leaders of the House intelligence committee have criticized the U.S. intelligence community for using largely outdated, “circumstantial” and “fragmentary” information with “too many uncertainties” to conclude that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and ties to al Qaeda.

This is a Republican committee, made up of a majority of Republicans, and chaired, of course, by a Republican.

And yesterday we heard that while the rich are enjoying their tax cuts and getting richer, the number of Americans living below the poverty level increased and the median income level fell.

Median household cash income, the level at which half of Americans earn more money and half earn less, fell 1.1 percent, to $42,409 in 2002, from $42,900 the year before. Annual median household cash income, which excludes non-cash payments such as food stamps or housing subsidies, peaked in 1999 at $43,915, and has dropped since then by 3.4 percent.

Gee, what happened? Oh, I remember. The Supreme Court chose George Bush as president in 2000.