Good to know

CNN Headline: "Charles Manson spends most of his time alone."

What a funny coincidence. So do all his victims. Sadly, they didn't have a choice in the matter.

DC Hypocrisy

The AIG bonus mess exposes the serious lack of oversight and responsibility that went into creating the bailouts and the stimulus package. Chris Dodd (D-CT) now says the amendment he sponsored to the stimulus package that protects bonuses at companies receiving bailouts was forced on him by the Treasury department.

Dodd...said it was because administration officials were afraid the government would face numerous lawsuits without the new language.

Now tell me, why would a Congress and administration willing to create an ex post facto tax on contracted bonuses that they failed to discover when taking over the company be afraid of lawsuits when they already are showing a willingness to change the law to suit their desires?

All this as Obama confesses that "the buck stops" with him, but also admitted that, "nobody here was responsible for supervising AIG."

You know what, Mr. President - you own AIG now. We own AIG now. Put someone in charge of it. Otherwise don't be upset when things you don't like show up.

Gratuitous and unnecessary sentences

From an article about George Bush respectfully choosing not to say anything critical about Obama. It is a non-story fluff article. But then there's this paragraph:

Bush said he wants Obama to succeed and said it's important that he has that support. Talk-show host Rush Limbaugh has said he hoped Obama would fail.

Rush is not mentioned anywhere else in the article. Except here. You know, just in case you forgot that he...what, MSNBC, hates America? Hates Obama?

Useless.

Overcoming barriers

During tax season, I start thinking more and more about finances. While our finances are currently in pretty good shape, I keep looking for new ideas on how to make sure it stays that way. One of my new favorite blogs in this vein is Get Rich Slowly. Lots of good ideas in here (and I think my wife is tired of hearing me toss them around).

Today, a guest post from the author of the upcoming I Will Teach You To Be Rich discusses how to overcome the barriers that stop us from doing the things we know we should do, like working out more or spending less. It's not enough to cognatively know we should do these things. We have to clear away the barriers standing in the way of those goals, whether they be physical, mental, or other.

Go read it and then break down a barrier today! I'm going to buy stock. I've had a barrier against buying stock not because of the economy or because I didn't know what to invest in. My barrier was figuring out the right mechanism to purchase my investment. I'm going to get around that today! Wish me luck...