And the Tide Kept Rolling In:

Ronny Rayguns and Nuke Getrich were all about the private sector's innate superiority and how a dammed up river would somehow trickle down to the garden at the bottom of the mountain if we just had faith in Scrooge.

Now that the globe has warmed under the sun of greed, the same folks who sponsored the current world-wide crisis are busily bailing with the public bucket. Ooopsie!

Today's news is a flutter with the latest program: We taxpayers are going to "invest" in banks to the tune of $250 billion, following the example—GASP!—of "several European countries" (see The New York Times story).

Is that a toilet I hear flushing?

The Dude is a graduate of an Ivy League school, with an advanced degree in business administration: "This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th." — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., October 2006. The fiscal year ended on September 30th. Ooopsie! Ooopsie! Ooopsie!

The problem with government is that all too often the person with the lowest possible qualifications is allowed to hold a position. Case in point: The Dude was a natural citizen, over the age of 35 and breathing.