Money for war, but can't feed the poor


The Democrats should point out the fact that Mister Bush is requesting an additional $50 billion for a war that is long-ago lost, but that he refuses to allow health care for America's poorest children ... a plan that would cost less than $10 billion. Maybe the weak-kneed Democrats could remind the country that New Orleans, two years on, is still a complete mess. Perhaps, Congressional Democrats, during the war-funding vote, could play a video loop of New York City's steam pipe blowing a crater in the street. Here's a thought ... the Democrats could adorn the House and Senate chambers with pictures of the collapsed bridge in Minneapolis. ...