Here's what's going on in non-Blago news today:
Looks like the Senate GOP might just block the auto industry bailout. I've looked to Krugman for help on this one, but he's in Sweden accepting some award. Dammit! What am I supposed to think? I seem to remember, though, that while he was a little skeptical of bailing out Detroit, he did think that failures by such large businesses right now could be really bad.
Barack picked his energy/environment team. I can't say I've heard of any of them, but his Energy pick, Steven Chu, is a Nobelist. Nice to have a respect for science in the White House again.
On that topic, the politcal hack W. put in charge of NASA, Mike "The Jury's Out on Global Warming" Griffin, is petulantly refusing to work with the Transition Team.
W. also made a mockery of Human Rights Day, yesterday, by giving the Presidential Citizens Medal to Chuck Colson. Colson, as Nixon's Special Counsel, hired thugs to beat up peace protestors and Daniel Ellsberg, and plotted to raid or firebomb the Brookings Institution.
But, let's end on a good note: the nation's very pleased with Barack's work so far. A number of polls show him having a tremendous approval rating.
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i like the energy pic, he's a scientist and so will bring credibility to their policies/decisions. don't know much about jackson, guess i'll do some research. i honestly thought he'd pick more of a heavy hitter for that slot.
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