Rhinotaxy

From Politico:

The bill levies a 5 percent tax on elective cosmetic surgery. The provision raises $5 billion and was needed to make the numbers work, according to a Democratic Senate aide.

The Finance Committee considered the tax but dismissed it, in part because it was a public relations battle that senators were not willing to wage.

$5 billion in revenue going forward, but $500 billion if this do-nothing Congress would have acted with a sense of urgency after the release of Thiller in 1982. Jackson WAS the public option. Nip, tuck, make a buck, health bill sucks, makes me wanna chuck, bunch of muckety-mucks, don't really give a f**k, blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, suck it Pelosi, blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. The health care debate has reduced me to crude rhymes and indefatigable groans.

Ever forward with the tax, however. Pelosi's face is an unexplored goldmine.

I'm Michael Jackson, Senator McCain... you're Tito.

Sarah Palin, perhaps sensing that she has taken the reigns as the 'one to watch' on her ticket despite being the VP rather than the presidential nominee, acted the part of Michael on a Jackson 5 tour. That is, forcing Tito to introduce her at a campaign stop in Virginia:

Palin was introduced to the crowd by Tito Munoz, a small business owner from neighboring Prince William County, whom Palin referred to as "Tito the Builder." He wore a yellow hard hat and drew chants of "Tito, Tito."

"Not since the Jackson Five has the name 'Tito' been used so often," Palin said.

Tito the Builder. You betcha. Per "people only identified by first name and profession" so far, his real name is probably Frank, he has never built anything and likely owes upwards of $5,000 in back taxes. He's also mulling a run for Congress in 2010. Vote for Pedro - er, Tito!