I just got an email from Kate that the details for the DC “No Mas FARC” march has been finalized. It is scheduled for noon, February 4th at Freedom Plaza (about two blocks east of the White House) on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Brian Griffiths quotes the Baltimore Sun’s fauning article complimenting Maryland governor O’Malley’s “lean budget” But Tony LoBianco at the Washington Times disputes that characterization;
The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that Democrats and Republicans are rushing headlong into a poorly-considered economic “stimulus package” designed to appear as though they’ve considered that which is in America’s best interests;
This is difficult. I’m no big fan of John McCain, but I really can’t let this stand. I read about this from Return of the Conservatives by way of Invincible Armor;
Supporters of Republican John McCain on Tuesday assailed a mailer sent to state newspaper editors claiming he sold out fellow POWs to get better treatment while held prisoner in Vietnam. “Nothing could be further from the truth. I know because I was there,” Orson Swindle, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel and former prisoner of war, said in a statement about the mailing from Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain.
Photo from Washington Examiner
This time corrupt workers in the Washington, DC government have committed a crime which may affect the entire country (Washington Examiner link);
Law enforcement officers raided the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles branch in Georgetown on Wednesday, arresting one city employee and four other suspects on charges they set up a scheme to sell fake District driver’s licenses.
I got this in an email from Don Carl this morning. Apparently there’s something in the First Amendment of the Constitution that protects lying, butt pirates from facing up to their malfeasance (SFGate link);
An elected official charged with falsely claiming he earned the military’s highest honor has filed a motion to dismiss the federal case against him on free speech grounds.

While Hugo Chavez does his level best to get the world community of nations to remove FARC from their respective lists of terrorist organizations (Link to Venezuela News and Views), Columbian guerillas are kidnapping Venezuelans (Miami Herald link);
Witnesses and authorities interviewed by El Nuevo Herald say such groups recently have been widening their operational range beyond the Venezuelan-Colombian border zone and now penetrate deeper into Venezuelan territory.