Big science news this week...........maybe. Scientists in New York held a press conference on Tuesday to reveal what they claim is the "missing link", proving Darwin's theory that humans evolved from apes. It's the fossil remains of a 47 million year-old lemur-like monkey. They named it Ida, and a public relations firm has been hired to represent it.

I realize most of you aren't home during the day, so you can't sit around watching news like I do almost everyday. Well, I don't exactly SIT AROUND. I go about with what I have to do, but the news is always on in the background. This was quite a day news-wise. First, we had a speech from President OH-bama. He's been on this kick to close down Guantanamo Bay and transfer the terrorists - I'm sorry, the DETAINEES (it sounds so much nicer, doesn't it?) - to the United States. I never understood why he would want to do this, and apparently neither does the U.S. Senate. They voted overwhelmingly to block the plan. So, he held a press conference today to re-plead his case. Basically he feels Gitmo is against what America stands for. He also repeated that water boarding was not necessary is getting information from the terrorists - OOPS - DETAINEES. As he has said so many times before, he believes there are other methods which we could have used. The problem is he never tells us what those methods are. Where would you put these prisoners? There was talk that Virginia would get many of them, Alexandria in particular. At first, I thought it was a pretty stupid idea, but the more I think about it, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea after all. If you insist upon closing down Gitmo, put these guys in our federal prisons PROVIDED they are placed in the general population of the prison. I have a feeling if we did that, this whole thing might have a way of working itself out.

I'm sure you heard by now that the house passed legislation that would impose new restrictions on the credit card industry. Nobody likes the credit card industry and there's no doubt about it, it is a vial industry. So, OH-bama is definitely scoring some points with this one. As usual, he has the back-up of the mainstream media, who are reporting all the things in the bill we WANT to hear. But, they are conveniently leaving out some other points you might NOT like so much....that is IF you are a responsible person who pays your bills on time. If you are one of those people who pays your credit card payments on time, or worse, pays off your balance every month, you could be penalized in the form of higher annual fees. Basically YOU will be subsidizing the IRRESPONSIBLE people who either can't or won't pay their credit cards bills. It's very nice of you.

But this is my favorite: The bill includes a requirement that consumers receive at least 45 days' notice and an explanation before their interest rate is increased.

........AN EXPLANATION!!!???????????

"OK, we're raising your interest rate to 33%.....because WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!

posted by Denny  # 4:59 PM