A Few Updates

A few updates to some prior postings:

Obama Must Defeat McCain (8/31/08):  As of today, the stock market is at exactly the same level that it was on GW Bush's first day in office over 7 1/2 years ago.  Under the "fiscally responsible" leadership of the party that is supposed to be good for the economy, business, etc., you would have been about the same had you invested your savings in cash and storing it at home than  by putting it in the stock market (Unless, of course, you invested in Ford, GM, Enron, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman, Bear Stearnes, AIG, or a bunch of others stocks, in which case you would have little, if anything, left at all).  And isn't Bush's lack of saying anything responsible during this financial crisis reminiscent of his lack of saying anything helpful after Katrina?  We can't be more than a day or two from hearing him tell the head of the SEC, Treasury, or Fed that they are "doing a heckuva job."

What Does a Mayor of Wasilla Do?  (9/7/08):  I came across this quote today that I should have included originally:  Running Wasilla "is not rocket science.  It's six million dollars and 53 employees." (SP, October 1996).

And, when asked about the city's receiving $1.8 million of federal earmarks, Mayor Palin told the Wasilla City Council:  "This does not include our nearly one million dollars from the Feds for our Airport Paving Project.  We did well!"  (SP, June 1999)