President Bush denied concern over a lack of enthusiasm for his economic stimulus package. "The Senate, the Congress and Greenspan don't bother me a bit, I know the peoples is behind me. I feel light as air," he said before performing a moonwalk to the delight of the press.(05/06/03) Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa) spoke on Wednesday, defending controversial remarks he had made equating consensual sex between homosexuals on the same level as incest, bigamy and adultery. "My statements were taken completely out of context," he said, "what I meant to say is that queers are an abomination to God and therefore should be stoned to death by decent, good-hearted Christians such as myself."(04/24/03) Iraqi Shiite pilgrims slash open their heads with swords as they march and chant in front of a shrine in Karbala, Iraq on Tuesday. They performed the ritual to mark the killing of one of their most important saints, Imam Hussein. The saint is not related to Saddam Hussein, who banned the ritual during his reign. "Thanks to President Bush we are able to do this to ourselves," one said. "Our new freedom is truly a wonderous thing."(04/23/03) Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Monday vehemently denied reports of the United States deciding to maintain four military bases in Iraq. "The impression that's left around the world is that we plan to occupy the country, and it's flat false," he seethed. "Honestly, I don't know where you people come up with this stuff. Anyone who knows anything knows we only plan on keeping two military bases after our puppet regime is installed."(04/22/03) President Bush is shown here with Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Mel Martinez to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act on Tuesday. The Act prohibits discrimination in the financing, rental or sale of any dwelling based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Bush signed an Executive Order to do away with the Act, saying "it is unfair for landlords and banks to be forced into doing business with shadowy individuals, or peoples they just don't like for some reason." (04/16/03)