Blaggy's Too Much Of A Crook To Be Fired

Dec 17, 2008

British forces will leave Iraq in the first half of 2009, allowing them to divert their attention to Afghanistan, which is also sucky these days. [ Bloomberg ]
After the Fed announced its interest rate cut the dollar fell, because even a dollar isn't worth a dollar anymore. [ Wall Street Journal ]
Rod Blagojevich may be spared the indignity of impeachment, but only because Federal prosecutors want a crack at him first. [ New York Times ]
Nobody believes that OPEC reducing production will help oil prices, so even though OPEC indicated they would probably commit to a huge cut of 2 million barrels per day, prices fell anyway. [ Financial Times ]
Barack Obama picked Chicago crony Arne Duncan to lead our nation's failing schools. [ Chicago Sun-Times ]
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the recession has hurted them. [ Washington Post ]