News of which we dare not speak…

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans approved a party rules change Wednesday that could allow Majority leader Tom DeLay to retain his leadership post if he is indicted by a Texas grand jury on state political corruption charges.

Apparently, Democracy means having a majority of elected officials looking out for you, as long as you're one of them.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday prepared to raise the nation's debt ceiling by $800 billion, taking the new limit to $8.184 trillion. The Senate approved the rise, the third in three years, on Wednesday. The House is expected to pass it as well so it can be sent to President Bush for signing into law.

Definition: national debt ceiling - a limit set by Congress beyond which the national debt cannot rise; periodically raised by Congress...until it reaches $Infinity...which, if you do the math, will probably happen during the next four years.

(NYTimes) - The top hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States decided yesterday to join the broadest alliance of Christian churches in the country so far, a new ecumenical group that would bring the church to the same table as conservative evangelicals and liberal Protestants.

Gathering forces for the final battle in the Crusades? No wonder nobody cares about the national debt ceiling.