Truth And Common Sense

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090709/ap_en_ce/us_pelosi_michael_jackson
Pelosi can read.  There will be no Michael Jackson resolution brought to the floor by the same representative who thinks we landed men on Mars.
Good.
Of course that is not because Pelosi doesn’t like Michael, she just doesn’t like the negative numbers attached to spending time honoring what can be best described as a major league [...]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lapd-crimemap9-2009jul09,0,909582.story
There is a history here.  Both national and local of leaders glossing over their statistics in order to look good and stay in power.  If I remember correctly, Lee County S.O. got caught years ago changing burglaries into trespassing and thefts (two less severe categories) in order to shade their totals in their favor. I [...]