A friend of mine was recently discussing what you can do with Citigroup stock since it is priced a tad over a dollar. Well… not much it seems.

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My rage from the AIG pompousness has boiled away enough to type. Congress, however, still has me all a temper.

Bobby Jindal, the GOP governor of Louisiana delivered the Republican response for Obama’s Joint Session of Congress speech. You know it didn’t go well when Fox talking heads calls it lackluster.

Civil Rights activists called Freedom Riders rode in interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the United States Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia, (1960). The first Freedom Ride left Washington D.C. on May 4, 1961, and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17.

The Greensboro sit-ins were an instrumental action in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, leading to increased national sentiment at a crucial period in American history.

For some reason, during Barack’s President Obama’s speech, I kept thinking what the kids go through in the Obama household. When Obama spoke about hard work, I thought, “I bet those kids NEVER get out of homework!” Which is a good thing. But still it asks the question, what kind of oratory is given when Barack wants someone to pass the slaw? It must be amazing.

So Nigel Clough has come into league management- at Derby County where his father made his name. After a decade at Burton, can he make his way in league management? Will he be a chip off the old block or will this move be seen in the future as a great failure? No-one can know now- but we are happy to speculate!

The life of Tony Wilson was a fascinating one- a musical impresario who dominated Manchester in the years of Joy Division, New Order and the Happy Mondays he was an intriguing character. But was his life really filmable- 24 hour party people starring Steve Coogan attempted to be the film of his life- did it succeed? Read on...

I am kinda outraged at Chris Matthews today. Last night on Hardball, he lamented how Americans didn’t like it when their leaders were treated badly abroad and how he didn’t like Bush’s treatment in Baghdad yesterday. I am not lamenting, not one bit. I rejoiced. I would have liked it better if the Iraqi threw monkey poo at Bush.

I have this theory I think will hold up after Obama takes his oath next month. I think after Obama is in office and all the idiots are swept out of government (at least most of the Bush appointed idiots), there will be a tidal wave of “leaked memos” that will come from every part of government.

As we all have, I have been watching the IDF assault on Gaza over the last few days. And from what I can tell, it is exactly like shooting fish in a barrel.

You just gotta read “NASA Jubilant At Urine Solution.”

Damn right it is gonna hurt. It will hurt so bad, your grandkids will bleed out of their eyes!

I find it odd that the “Big Three” can’t believe they are in trouble. They decry they can’t make money or grow with the way our trade policies are and because of competition.

I am not one of those people who want to shrink government to a size where it could be drowned in a bathtub. That said, I have had more than enough “assistance” from the government on FISA, the Patriot Act, the Schiavo debacle and on and on. I do not need any assistance from the government to bail-out billionaires.

Today McCain has suspended his campaign to “deal with the economic crisis.” I guess we need to say good bye to the Straight Talk Express. But no one is buying the horseshit.

And so in what looks like the end of one of the longest running sagas in British football, West Ham United were today found guilty of playing a player who was incorrectly registered. We give our view.

Chelsea and Manchester United met at Stamford Bridge this afternoon- this is our report.

With the biggest market collapse since 9-11-01 and the worst economy since the Great Depression, what DOES a bad economy look like to John McCain? That is the answer I want from the Straight Talk Express.

Here is my new theory. I believe the GOP NeoCons, like Rove, are working to make the best out of a bad situation. McCain is really not their boy. He is malleable to a point, but he is not the puppet that Bush is.

When I was studying economics at Wake Forest University, the Cold War was still on and Reagan was in his second term. As part of the course, we had to read the English version of Pravda. It was an eye opening experience and a icy dip into some high class propaganda.

To quote the Kwisatz Haderach, “Fear Is The Mind-Killer.”

Yes, I went there.

After seeing McCain’s comments on 9-11-08, he used the murder of 3000 Americans as a political crutch. If he was such a strong candidate, why did he need to use all those dead bodies to prop up his rhetoric?

After careful consideration to try to explain the outcome of Charlie Gibson’s interview with Sarah Palin, this is the best I could come up with. In fact, I came up with nothing, today’s strip is the fault of David Stein. I’ll forward today’s hate mail to him!

On Monday, they lost their manager, yesterday they lost against Hull and today they have lost their billionaire chairman- what is wrong up at Newcastle?

Fulham and Bolton met each other at Craven Cottage this afternoon- they played an enthralling game in the early autumn sunlight and their game reveals a lot about who will struggle and who will do well in next year's Premiership.

The first thing that shot though my mind when I saw Hillary take the stage was the color of her pant suit. I have never seen her in something so colorful and bold. The second thought was… “hmmm, that is Daily Kos orange.”

Yes, all those Greek Columns the Red Staters have been masturbating over, it seems to be Thomas Jefferson’s fault. Cause you know, there are NO Greco-Roman inspirations in Monticello.From Wikipedia: