- "The next president must be willing to break completely with the energy policies not just of the Bush administration, but the administrations that preceded his, and lead a great national campaign to put us on a course to energy independence," John McCain. Agreed.
- Crude-oil futures steepened their losses Wednesday to touch their lowest level in a month... Feel the savings! How are you going to spend your cash windfall?
- Ninety-year-old Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., was hospitalized tonight after staffers noticed he was lethargic at work... Well, this joke just about writes itself. I'm surprised my staffers haven't called 911.
- Productivity in the U.S. economy remained at a healthy level in the first quarter and labor costs were contained, government data showed Wednesday. At first glance this is good news for the economy, but if you put "labor costs were contained" in the babelfish translator, it comes out as "get back to work, monkey boy."
- U.S. warships will soon leave waters near Myanmar... At least we're withdrawing troops from somewhere! I suppose Bush won't get any credit for THAT!
- After a U.S. prime-time television season notable for its lack of breakout hits, the supernatural fantasy "Pushing Daisies" emerged as the favorite new show of viewers in an AOL poll released on Tuesday. Doesn't every episode feel the same? That ain't making it past round 2. I can't believe they cancelled Journeyman.
- Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama reaffirmed his strong support for Israel and promised to do "everything in my power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. That starts with aggressive, principled diplomacy without self-defeating preconditions." Uh, I think you might find that preventing "Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon" a self-defeating precondition in itself.
