June 30, 2011 - 6:00pm
As President Bush prepared to invade Iraq in September 2002, the head of his economic policy council, Lawrence Lindsey, publicly estimated such a war could cost $100 billion to $200 billion.
"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons."
-- Emerson
A long drought and rampant fires across much of Florida threatened to snuff out Independence Day celebrations throughout the state. But steady rains in the past two weeks have eased fireworks bans in several counties.
Branded the Great Divider by Florida's mainstream media, Gov. Rick Scott is now the Great Uniter. Everyone is mad at him.