I'm Sure It Seemed Like A Good Idea To Them

The pitchforks are getting closer to the white knuckles that will soon be clutching them. I doubt the revolution in America will not happen this weekend, but stories like this one about congress' excessive travel spending are coming at us so often that the dam of frustrations is sure to burst soon. Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as the Galápagos Islands. The spending on overseas travel... [read full story]                    

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