From the "Why not Washington?" file.

Via the ITT List...

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee has signed a Homeless Bill of Rights into law, the first of its kind in the nation.

The law is designed to fight discrimination and harassment directed against homeless individuals. That includes ensuring the right of individuals to move freely in public spaces, to have equal opportunity for jobs and to be treated fairly by employers, to vote and receive the necessary state documents to be able to vote and to expect respect of personal property. The bill places an individual’s housing status in the same category as religion, gender, sexuality and race as illegal grounds for discrimination.

Why not Washington?

This?

Stimulating.

Obama signs most 'sweeping' stimulus bill in US history

This too...

Obama unveils mortgage plan to help up to 9 million

This? Not so much...

Obama orders 17,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan

The "right way" in Afghanistan is out.

From the "Everything you know is wrong." file.

I'm going to write my next rent check a bit more cheerfully. Grace Wong, Wharton School of Business...

…Controlling for demographics and income, homeowners do not report higher levels of well-being by any measure in this data set. In fact, they report to be less healthy, derive less joy from love and relationships, spend less time with friends and on active leisure, and also experience less positive affect during time spent with friends. Their time use patterns reveal little evidence of them being "better citizens"…

Hat tip to Matt Yglesias.

Heh™.

Sir Charles...

Nothin' says man o' the people like a cover story in Architectural Digest.

Still crazy..

…after all these years. Via Dr. Streak...

Curry: You don’t agree with that? It has nothing do with the economy, the war, the spending on the war?

Bush: I don’t think so. I think actually the spending in the war might help with jobs.

Curry: Oh, yeah?

Bush: Yeah, because we’re buying equipment, and people are working. I think this economy is down because we built too many houses (Curry: hmmmmm) and the economy is adjusting...

Hmmmmm.

Numbers at home…

…from a soldier in the field. RockRichard at VetVoice...

195,827 Homeless veterans in the United States

15,000 Cost in dollars to house a homeless veteran for one year in Denver, Colorado

32,463,906 Veterans that could be housed in Denver, Colorado for one year for the cost of the Iraq war as of 6:00 PM EST

0 Homeless veterans in the United States housed by Bill O'Reilly

600 Homeless veterans that could be housed by Rupert Murdoch in Denver, Colorado if Bill O'Reilly was fired and his salary used to house veterans.

RR's a two digit midget. 90 days and a wake up.

I'm counting 'em with you, brother. God speed.