FARPOINT FACTOID

this was a series i did when i was over at ia.talk.misc. the group has since gone down the toilet, but nonetheless, there's plenty more over there. today's entry comes from a letter writer to the des moines register:

It is appalling that Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley and his Republican cohorts, who have given themselves seven pay raises since the last minimum-wage increase, voted down the modest increase proposed by Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy.

yes, it IZZ appalling.

oh, and the source: Mark L. Smith, president, Iowa AFL-CIO, Des Moines