Good Christian Charity

Christian missionaries refuse to feed hungry.

bq. The charity is "now asking us to follow the Christian religion. We are staunch followers of Hindu religion and refused their request. And after that these people with their aid materials are leaving the village without distributing that to us," said a villager.

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Larry Kudlow on the Shrinking U.S. Deficit

The Economics Editor at the National Review says the U.S. deficit is shrinking.

He's right. The deficit is shrinking. That does not mean the debt is shrinking. Deficit means, "how much more in the hole we're going to be at the end of 2005 compared to the end of 2004." So, good news! Last year the U.S. added an extra 413 billion (that's 9 zeros) to your debt. This year, the fine stewards of your tax dollars only plan to add 355 billion (still 9 zeros) to the unfathomable burden we're passing on to future generations. Great news. Fantastic.

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Iran: We can repel U.S. attack

Iran's Defense Minister says Iran can block any attack by the U.S.

bq. "We are able to say that we have strength such that no country can attack us because they do not have precise information about our military capabilities due to our ability to implement flexible strategies," the semi-official Mehr news agency quoted Shamkhani as saying.

Um, yeah. Right. Heard of satellite imagery?

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