IMF Managing Director (L) and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner (R)Tim Geithner is talking about America learning to live within its means once the economy recovers- but, won’t the economy only truly recover once people start investing again? And doesn’t investment inherently mean creating money where it wasn’t before- as in, getting things to grow- as in, getting your money to work beyond its means?  

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The New Republican Heroes?I’ve seen Sarah Palin’s influence on television and it wore the face of Michele Bachmann. Have you heard this woman talk? Like Sarah Palin, she appears to be a normal sort of person until she opens her mouth. The first time I saw her, she was being interviewed about her election campaign for congress. That’s when she so rightly remarked that Congress should be investigated for having an Anti-American bias.

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Barack Obama Nobel Peace Prize

Now We Need to VoteAre we still talking about the Healthcare bill? Yes, we emphatically are. And now we are talking cost, because that is where the decisions are made in the end, whether things go forward or die in committees before they can make it to the floor for votes.

What was just months ago blasted as certain to cost over $1 Trillion is now being billed at an estimated $829 Billion and would cut the federal deficit by $81 Billion over 10 years. Well, let’s do it then! That’s some pretty fantastic news on the cost front- an over 15% reduction? I’m starting to think that Obama played the politics out right on this one- let everybody complain and protest during the break and come back with rebuttals and a cheaper plan- nice.

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T. Boone PickensHave you heard of T. Boone Pickens? The man who made billions in oil in Texas? Friend and supporter of George W. Bush? The man who funded the infamous Swift Boat TV commercials that played their role in bringing down John Kerry’s bid for the presidency in 2004? The man who is heavily invested in nuclear gas and… wind power? If you haven’t heard of him yet, you may just hear of him a lot in the future- and you may have heard of some of his friends.

“He’s a legendary entrepreneur,” President Obama said. “One of the things that I think we have to unify the country around is having an intelligent energy policy.”

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AhmadinejadThe nuclear issue has been overwhelming the news reports and international diplomacy this week, primarily the way that North Korea and Iran are dealing with their own desires to build and test nuclear weapons. A few thoughts: 1.    No one needs permission for that.2.    How did the U.S. do it?3.    What should be their next step?

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World Currency...The G7 told China this weekend to strengthen the yuan, a suggestion that China is not all that excited about.

The G7 holds a series of meetings between the finance ministers from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, the United States and Canada – (Canada?). So of course one issue is that China isn’t in the G7, so why should they listen to their recommendation, right? Maybe invite them to join the group and they may be more receptive to suggestions you make guys- hell, they may even help you make the suggestion.

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John DerbyshireOn his radio show, political personality Alan Colmes interviewed one of the regular columnists for the National Review, conservative author John Derbyshire. During the online interview Derbyshire stated that women's suffrage, which legally recognized the rights of women to vote in the United States, should be repealed and that the nation would be better off if women were not allowed to vote. 

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Alan GraysonI just turned on C-Span for the ever-exciting debate on the house floor. Alan Grayson, a Democratic Representative, just gave a summary of the Republican plan health care plan:

"The Republican Health Care Plan: Die Quickly"

Of course, the Republicans claimed that his statement was inappropriate on  the house floor, which is just one more example of the double-standard set by the Republican minority. Some examples? From the eyes of many a Republican,

 It is ok to publicly claim that the President of the United States is a liar as Joe Wilson did.


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Guantanamo BayObama made a lot of campaign promises, from getting troops out of Iraq to working for healthcare reform to bring affordable health care to all people. Another that he made was to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, commonly known as Gitmo. The U.S. naval base detention center was established by the Bush administration in 2002. Used as the holding-place for terrorism suspects, initially for suspects arrested after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, Gitmo has been controversial for years owing to allegations of torture and prisoner mistreatment by U.S. authorities.

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