* We've become addicted to Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, and Ed Schultz on MSNBC. Knowing that watching these three programs just makes Bill O'Reilly furious, makes it all even sweeter!
* In these tough economic times, it is important that everyone do whatever they can to help each other. With so many people out of work, soup kitchens and food banks are seeing record numbers of requests for food and assistance. If you are able, check with your local groups on how you can help. Here in central Ohio, contact the Mid-Ohio Foodbank to see how you can assist their program.
* CNBC's Mad Money guy, Jim Cramer, made an appearance at the Ohio State University's Drake Union. According to the Dispatch, this was all part of Cramer's College Tour. In addition to taping his show, Cramer also provided his opinion on local stocks and banks (Dispatch):
...As for Huntington Bancshares, "they screwed up," Cramer said, referring to the bank's exposure to $1.5 billion in subprime mortgages through its acquisition of Sky Financial in 2007.
He's having a hard time getting behind Cardinal Health, a pharmaceutical distributor and the biggest locally based company.....
* I'm glad that the people at Time Warner have changed their minds regarding a billing method to charge by the hour/minute for their internet users. If Time Warner would set up such a meter billing method, we'd definitely change our internet provider.
* This whole torture thing just makes me sick! Why did the previous administration do this crap? They broke the law! It all just makes me hopeful that President Obama, the Justice Department and/or a Special Prosecutor will punish those who encouraged and allowed torture. Will someone tell Mr. Cheney to just go away???? How can he defend torture?
The Talking Points Memo has a link to the Washington Post that is reporting that----------
Condoleezza Rice, John D. Ashcroft and other top Bush administration officials approved as early as the summer of 2002 the CIA's use at secret prisons of harsh interrogation methods, including waterboarding, a technique that new Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has described as illegal torture, according to a chronology prepared by the Senate intelligence committee and declassified by Holder.....
We've got to investigate this horrible stuff to make sure that it is never, ever happens again.