Market Down, GM and Wal-Mart to Lay Off Workers:

Seems the business community is not overwhelmed with the bailout. (See The New York Times' stories: GM and Wal-Mart.)

In the meantime, the price of gasoline at the pump has crept back up to around $2.00 a gallon even though the price of crude per barrel remains around $40, which should make the price at the pump closer to a buck and a half or even less. Maybe the gouging wouldn't seem so rude if it weren't for the fact that Exxon Mobil and its henchmen weren't making record breaking profits every quarter. These are the same folks who pumped millions into the campaign to deny global warming, as I'm sure you recall.

So while you're outraged at A-Rod for fibbing about his personal stimulus package, save some anger for the folks who actually take cash out of your pocket.

Speaking of novel ideas:

Ruth Y. Goldway contributes this idea to the Times' Op-Ed page: Convert the largest civilian fleet of vehicles in the United States to electricity. That's right, turn the Postal Services vehicles green, and not just in color. Sounds like one of those "write your congressman" ideas to me.