Been very busy with lots of activities today, so posting will be a little light.
But here's a few things to watch...
BE CAREFUL MR. OBAMA ABOUT FUELING EXPECTATIONS OF A QUICK ECONOMIC RECOVERY DEPT: Wall Street is worried today:
"Stocks slumped Monday as weaker oil prices and more geopolitical unrest raised worries that the recession may not be waning as soon as some had hoped."
A DEMOCRAT SAYS SOMETHING STUPID DEPT:
The other day, CIA Director Leon Pannetta was quoted in The New Yorker as suggesting that perhaps former Vice President Cheney WANTED a terrorist attack on the U.S., in order to gain political advantage. But now CIA spokesmen are backing away rather desperately from the Director's statement, so I guess they could see how badly it played.
You can always tell when Democrats these days have little in the way of argument to offer--they wind up accusing their opponents of hoping for bad things to happen.
IS THE GOP/CONSERVATISM DEAD? DEPT:
Gallup sure doesn't think so:
"Thus far in 2009, 40% of Americans interviewed in national Gallup Poll surveys describe their political views as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% as liberal. This represents a slight increase for conservatism in the U.S. since 2008, returning it to a level last seen in 2004. The 21% calling themselves liberal is in line with findings throughout this decade, but is up from the 1990s."
BASEBALL DIARY: the Tigers busily exposed their most serious flaws Saturday and yesterday, as they lost Saturday night to the Pirates 9-3, and yesterday 6-3. In Sunday's game, in a performance painful to watch, Dontrelle Willis walked 8. Saturday Armando Galarraga got pounded. So the Tigers aren't hitting, and their number 4 and 5 men in their starting rotation don't look good at all. Changes are coming...it's amazing this team remains in first place in its division.
Meanwhile the Cubs got a much-needed win by beating the Twins, 3-2. They got another good start from Ted Lilly. Amazingly, despite their struggles, the Cubs remain only 2 and 1/2 games out.
But the Cubs still aren't hitting--and neither are the Rangers, who lost to the Dodgers yesterday, 6-3. The good news--Ranger pitching still only allowed the Dodgers 9 total runs in the 3-game series.
