Yeah, just forget all that follows and listen to Sagan.....he's hiding in there. I wouldn't doubt this.

It looks like they got to Farheed Zakaria. He opened his show opining that spending was/is a problem. Considering that he has Krugman on GPS, I guess he has to run counter to the truth or he won't have a show.

This comes after a week of wild swings on Wall Street, thanks to the quick-traders who skim off the top with speedy computer trades

It would be nice if someone would protect peoples rights because the deceivers are still working their evil tricks. There are some good cartoons though.

Thom is the man. He's offering his intellectual property for free because he thinks that is the right thing to do. I agree. But while some of us understand that corporations are not people others like nit Mitt do not.
From the same site is a fantasy letter from the President to the people. It's worth the read.

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has introduced another good piece of legislation. This one would create jobs, a couple of million jobs. It could easily be funded by her other bill that would create new tax brackets for the super rich.

So much of our financial mess could have been avoided if we simply would have enforced laws that were already on the books, like Glass-Steagall. Then again, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act removed prudent protections. Does anyone remember Enron, Worldcom and all the others that stole pensions?

Note: might want to check out the archives of MAIN FM they were talking about interesting local things like the Canary Coalition getting a stay against their new radio license thanks to one of the colleges...talked about "white space"...deficits, etc