SNIPPET OF THE DAY – AT 5:19 A.M. ET: 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government investigator says nearly 50,000 prison inmates claimed more than $130 million in tax refunds this year without providing any wage information to the IRS.

So what's the big deal?  Aren't they victims of an oppressive society?  Don't they deserve the refunds as a form of reparations?  And don't some people really think this way?

December 2, 2010