Let's Pretend:

So, a senator tells the truth, and then apologizes for it. What a country we live in.

Senate majority leader Harry Reid's one time remarks on Barack Obama's electability due to his light skin and felicity with the English language has drawn fire from the extreme right. These are the same folks who draw their political might from their racist base. (See The New York Times' article.) There hasn't been an honest discussion on race in this country since the Civil War.

How convoluted can things get? Reid comments on the racism of whites and is forced to apologize to a black president for his choice of words. Is it any wonder that 1) we can't get a decent health bill and 2) the Wall Street banking pirates can get away with robbing us blind? (See Frank Rich's column in today's New York Times.)


Where the Money Is:

Louise Story and Eric Dash tell us about the fabulous wealth the Wall Street Pirates will be plunging into their pockets this year in bonuses paid out to bankers. While unemployment sits remains in the double-digits, the bankers continue to make fortunes.

In the meantime, America's college graduates are heading off to law school and grad school in record numbers. What else is there to do with a bachelor's degree? (Back in the 1970s, a bachelor's degree was equivalent to a high school diploma, now it's equal to a grade school diploma, maybe.)