"The FBI can search the planet until hell freezes over but it will find that Steve Hatfill was never involved in the anthrax attacks, " Clawson said.

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The financial disaster has handcuffed discretionary spending, ensured deficits till hell freezes over, shafted young Americans who hoped to retire some day and, on top of it all, there's Iraq.

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And they say it will be when hell freezes over that they will accept anything remotely like a stimulus bill or any kind of a proposal you have out there to stimulate job growth through spending.

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Besides, the state's would-be budget-balancers have tried almost everything else they can think of short of imposing a personal income tax, which may come when hell, or at any rate Houston, freezes over.

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