I kid you not

President George W. Bush seems to be confused. In that speech he gave telling Congress he will not sign that Iraq bill for several reasons, not the least of which is because of all the pig parts stuffed in it, he highlighted one particular item. It happens to be a pet peeve of mine. You might have heard.

"Here's the bottom line: The House and Senate bills have too much pork," [Bush] said. He got a laugh at lawmakers' expense when he said $3.5 million was included "for visitors to tour the Capitol and see for themselves how Congress works."

Who could disagree with that? Certainly not me. It's interesting, though. He didn't seem to mind signing all the bills that have already appropriated more than $550 million for the center. It turns out it costs more than $3.5 million for visitors to see how Congress works.

But in that recent speech, according to the White House's official transcript, he actually did say, "There's $3.5 million for visitors to tour the Capitol and see for themselves how Congress works. (Laughter.) I'm not kidding you."

Oh, and, it seems that workers building this little, $3.5 million project (at least that's what Bush thinks) were exposed to life-threatening asbestos, despite the Architect of the Capitol's insistence that the tunnels they were working in were safe.

It's an outrage. I'm not kidding you.