Misc. Ramblings

This seems like something that theOnion would dream up but Reuters is reporting that the US House of Representatives has deleted $25,000 from the $19.4 billion foreign aid budget for next year. The $25,000 was earmarked for Saudi Arabia. I guess the Republican dominated House wants to show that they really, really mean business about not supporting regimes that harbor terrorists by reducing their budget by 0.00001 percent. Knowing that the House has done this makes me feel so much safer. Not.