Serious Times Call For Serious Golf

• President Obama went golfing yesterday, in order to register his disdain for our brave men and women in uniform. [ AP ]

• So how many people is this swine flu going to kill, actually? [ New York Times ]

• And what did DHS secretary Janet Napolitano actuallysayabout the pandemic yesterday? [ LAT Top of the Ticket ]

• Hey great news everyone, the economy will likely decline "for some time," so we'll all have a chance to enjoy it again and again and again. [ Bloomberg ]

• With concessions from the United Auto Workers, Chrysler is one step further from bankruptcy. [ CNN ]

• And in other auto news, GM's CEO will give the nation an "update," probably to let people know they are scrapping the venerable old Pontiac brand. [ Reuters ]

• Californian victims of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme would like to have back the taxes they paid on all their imaginary earnings. [ Los Angeles Times ]