Pre-Filed Legislative Business

Ten bills from the House were pre-filed this week and assigned to House Committees: HB 75 introduced by Helene Keeley -- From the website: "House Bill 75, sponsored by Rep.…

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

Very nice, very clear, very creative visual explanation of the origins of the credit crunch: The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo. This is about 11 minutes…

Don’t Even Think About Bailing Out These People

…not only couldn’t they even begin to pay back what they owe their fellow citizens for the BushCo disaster; but are you really going to employ somebody with that kind of failure on their resume? See here:

“This is not a great time for anyone to be job hunting, including numerous former political appointees,” said Carlos M. Gutierrez, Mr. Bush’s commerce secretary. Previously chief executive of cereal maker Kellogg Co., he hopes to run a company again because “I have a lot of energy.”

Only 25% to 30% of ex-Bush officials seeking full-time jobs have succeeded, estimated Eric Vautour, a Washington recruiter at Russell Reynolds Associates Inc. That “is much, much worse” than when Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton left the White House, he said. At least half those presidents’ senior staffers landed employment within a month after the administration ended, Mr. Vautour recalled.

Bush Lawyers to Be Held Accountable?

This article from Michael Isikoff in Newsweek provides a glimmer of hope:

“An internal Justice Department report on the conduct of senior lawyers who approved waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics is causing anxiety among former Bush administration officials. H. Marshall Jarrett, chief of the department’s ethics watchdog unit, the Office of Professional Responsibility(OPR), confirmed last year he was investigating whether the legal advice in crucial interrogation memos “was consistent with the professional standards that apply to Department of Justice attorneys.” According to two knowledgeable sources who asked not to be identified discussing sensitive matters, a draft of the report was submitted in the final weeks of the Bush administration. It sharply criticized the legal work of two former top officials — Jay Bybee and John Yoo — as well as that of Steven Bradbury, who was chief of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) at the time the report was submitted, the sources said. (Bybee, Yoo and Bradbury did not respond to multiple requests for comment.)”

This report — started under AG Mukasey (and he has objections to this report, but keep in mind when this report got underway for the inevitable charges of partisanship) — will be submitted to AG Holder:

Talking Back

So what if it is snowing out and you are passing through an area where you know there is a camera monitoring your activity?

Well, you talk back and tell its minders what you think about it:
(Warning: Picture after the jump may be NSFW!)

If You’re Wrong, Get Out of the Way

This advise to the GOP seems perfect today:

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

This is an incredible piece by Rachel Maddow, but here is the money bit: