House panel considers college football playoffs – Yahoo! News.
Always good to see our tax dollars at work…

Fidel Castro slams U.S. for battle over healthcare – Yahoo! News.
Aw, it’s so nice that Fidel cares so deeply about us.   I love when tiny, little countries deride us for not doing X.  As if delivering health care on a tiny little island made up of a few million people compares at all to delivering [...]

Great overall article by Whole Foods CEO John Mackey (I knew there was a reason I bought their stock).  Have to take issue with one point, though:
• What other goods or services do we buy without knowing how much they will cost us?
via John Mackey: The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare – WSJ.com.
I think there [...]

“Cash for clunkers” gets a $2 billion boost – Yahoo! News.
Yes!  More debt!  Awesome!  Can’t wait until the bill comes due for all of this stuff.   Say it together with me now kids:  tax hike!
Hey, at least we are all stimulated, right?  Never mind the landfills full up with perfectly good, operating cars nor the [...]

“Obama administration officials have determined they can avoid asking Congress for more bank bailout funds…”
via U.S. may convert bank bailout to equity share: report.
Don’t you just love reading about how the various branches of the government work to subvert the checks and balances put in place by the Constitution?  And don’t you just love how [...]

Obama may delay tax-cut rollback for wealthy – Yahoo! News
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat who is part of the majority leadership team in the Senate, told ABC’s “This Week” that an economic recovery package between $500 billion and $700 billion is needed and could be ready by the time Obama takes office [...]