Have you seen this outlaw

"Ahmed Omar Abu Ali is serving a 30-year sentence at the federal supermax prison in Florence, Colo., for joining Al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate then-President George W. Bush," reports Fox News. Abu Ali is obviously dangerous, so when he requested some light reading material for his individual quiet time -- two books titled "Dreams from My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope" -- the prison denied the request, saying that the books contain material "potentially detrimental to national security."

Maybe someone should alert the CIA that the author of these books is still on the loose. In fact, he has robbed several large banks, swindled two car companies, and runs various other Ponzi schemes through surrogates he calls "czars." He is approximately 6' 1" tall, is of dubious origin and has used several aliases (Barry Soetoro, Barack Hussein), and his last known residence is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC.

Fight looms on military, VA health care taxes‏

By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jul 16, 2009 13:27:36 EDT

A handful of lawmakers are gearing up for a fight to largely exempt military and
veterans benefits from the broader health care reform movement.

Two issues are involved. One has to do with whether military and veterans
benefits could be taxed in the same fashion as employer-provided health
benefits, a proposal included in the 1,018-page health care bill being taken up
by the House Education and Labor Committee.

A second question involves potential federally imposed limits on the types and
cost of care covered by health insurance, limits that could apply to both direct
care from military hospitals and clinics and from the Tricare health plan, as
well as to direct care from the veterans health care system.

Republican aides, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said they expect
amendments will be offered to protect the military and veterans health plans.
Exactly who will offer the amendments and what those amendments might say has
not been determined.

This will pose a problem for Democrats, who fear that allowing any exemptions
from the overall health reform effort opens the door for other changes that
could undermine the legislation

"We believe that any health reform legislation must be fully paid for. However,
it is untenable to put these costs on the backs of the men and women who are
serving their country in the Armed Forces," said Rep. Glenn Nye, D-Va., one of
the lawmakers trying to round up support to prevent the military and veterans
benefits from being taxed.

"Our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are key components of our economic
engine who lend their unique talents and experiences to drive this nation
forward," Nye wrote in a letter to the education and labor committee. "A
proposal to tax their health benefits could harm them and their families in
unintended, extremely serious ways, jeopardizing their families' welfare and
even negatively affecting their employment opportunities."