Viv's First Ski

Senate Budget Chair Kent Conrad's opening statement concerning debt

The link above is from a Congressional committee meeting of 1/15/09. Wow. A rosy future ahead. An even more awesome statement of the economic outlook is from the meeting on 1/08/09 C-Span broadcast (here).

The Case for a Truth Commission

It is the judgment of this writer that our country stands in need of a truth commission to uncover the full extent of the legal wrongdoing of the Bush Administration. This morning's New York Times column by Frank Rich argues as much. It will be tempting to not pursue such a commission, and we should expect many in Congress to claim that this would be a "waste of Congress's time", that it would prevent Congress from doing the work of the day, and so forth. These kinds of arguments should be seen for what they are: frivolous, conspiratorial, and irresponsible. Let the sun shine upon the festering pustule that is the executive branch so that we can all say, collectively, "never again!"