The Bush administration's final budget rollout will be paper-free and expects to save nearly 20 tons of paper and about $1 million over five years. Paper copies are no longer free, even for the Appropriations committees.
After nearly 50 years in office, West Virginia Senate Appropriations Chairman Robert Byrd has obviously maintained a good sense of humor:
'Since when did the Bush White House get e-fiscal discipline? Let us hope that they send us a budget that is worth the paper it would have been printed on.'
It's ironic to see Senator KKK throwing a black power sign in that picture. Maybe you're right about his sense of humor -- if so, the joke's on you. Recall that this is a man who said he would never serve in an integrated army during WWII:
"Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."
Even a stopped clock is accurate twice a day.
It seems to me the theme of Sheril's post is saving paper and spending wisely.
Examining whether or not one person's views on another topic have changed at all over six decades might be an interesting learning exercise for Intersection readers. I suspect today's Internet search engines might turn up additional information about that person. Some of it might even be more recent than World War II.
I think it would be a shame if that exploration distracted readers from Sheril's point, however, since she probably wrote this item to draw attention to the concepts of saving paper and spending wisely.