tom ridge announced
plans to resign after the election.
apparently he's going to find a job in the lucrative homeland security contracting world. and get this:
Ridge, 58, has explained to colleagues that he needs to earn money to comfortably put his two children, Tommy Jr. and Lesley, through college, officials said. Both are now teenagers. Ridge earns $175,700 a year as a Cabinet secretary.
umm, when a freaking cabinet secretary can't afford to put his kids through college, we've got a real problem in this country, people.
and for those of you wondering if minister of fatherland security was not in fact an animatronic android, the article offers up this data point:
When asked if he was worn out, Ridge said: ``I am not authorized to be stressed.''