Catching Up

Well, let's see.
The economy is still in the toilet.
Unemployment is at 8.9%.
Chrysler and GM are on the verge of bankruptcy.
Dave Bing was elected Mayor of Detroit. He beat Ken Cockeral. Only 14% of the people voted. Bing will serve for the remainder of Kwame's term - seven months. There will be a primary in August and a general election in November.
Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games for using a banned substance. Supposedly it was some kind of drug women use. Go, Manny.
A week or so ago some guy on the White House staff authorized Air Force 1 and a chase plane to do a low-level fly-over of NYC. It scared the hell out of a lot of people. What the hell were they thinking?
There was a news item yesterday which reported annual loses of $60 billion because of Medicare fraud. As an example, Medicare was paying a company that didn't exist. It paid them over $400,000 since the beginning of the year. One guy who is now in custody said he left the illegal drug business because he could make more money defrauding the government. Why isn't someone watching this? Maybe the guys that are supposed to be watching are on the take, too.
And, the Taliban are closing in on Islamabad.
"They're rioting in Africa. They're fighting in Spain. There's hurricanes in Florida and Texas needs rain."