When you aint got nothing, you got nothing to lose

"The day of reckoning has arrived," preached President Obama last night in front of both houses of congress, the supreme court, and other guests. As any of you who read this know, I have been obstreperously opposed to Obama's stimulus plan; as well as generally critical to mostly everything he has done his first month in office. Needless to say, yesterday night, as I sat down with my Dad to watch his speech, I had low expectations. I was blown away. It is well known that Obama is a transcendent orator. What I liked about this speech was the meat and potatoes of his speech. Nobody was safe. The banks were called out for the predatory nature that led to their collapse. Children were called out and said they are unpatriotic if they do not at least graduate high school. This was a speech about patriotism, and country. Somewhere in heaven, Jack Kennedy has a big smile on his face. My only criticism is when Obama talks about his stimulus creating or saving 3.5 million jobs. When you can find a way to accurately record how many jobs were saved, you get back to me. Until then, it seems you are just making up numbers.

1. I think this week's dumb ass word belongs to Kentucky Republican senator Jim Bunning publicly saying that he thinks Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg "will die within a year." Bad form Mr. Bunning. Senator Bunning is more famous for being a former MLB pitcher, than for his medical background. I suggest he get back to worrying about our nation's crumbling health care system, and less about the mortality of of Justice Ginsburg.

2. The best story in yesterday's Obama speech was about Leonard Abess Jr. Abess is a Miami Bank President who a few weeks ago cashed out his stock with the company and gave the $60 million he received to the 400 employees of the bank. That comes out to over $100,000 each. That is a great boss.

3. Currently listening to "Troublemaker" by Weezer. Album: Weezer (Red album)