FARPOINT.FACTOID

i never knew that. in reading about the levees in new orleans and katrina's obliveration of one of 'em, it's interesting how they're slamming past practices on the levee now that katrina showed what mother nature is capable of doing.

Whereas most public-safety structures are designed to last 10,000 years, the levees were designed to last 50 or 100.

--source

and later in today's papers, they talk about harriet miers again. this time they point out the most obvious aspect to the whole thing, one that obviously missed the MAINSTREAM press:

"... Miers misunderstands "equal protection," say the experts, since, "There is no proportional representation requirement under the Equal Protection clause." The White House says she was referring to the "one person, one vote" rule, in which case, the scholars say, she misused the phrase "proportional representation." Either way, they are surprised the White House didn't fact-check Miers' work before forwarding it to the Senate."

THAT'S BECAUSE BUSHITE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE WORD W-O-R-K