Your share of National Debt: $27,613

Now, if you are a family of four on one income, that income needs to cover US$110,452. Sucks that we're at a savings rate of negative 0.05%

Oh, and that's the number for today (18 Feb 2006). It goes up $2.21 billion every day. So the family of 4 needs to cough up thirty bucks a day just to keep from sliding deeper. Time to look for that third job, 'cause Bush likes to start wars and cut taxes and that's pretty much a formula for disaster.

Numbers are from Ed Hall's National Debt Clock, which includes links to a lot more info. The US Treasury Department's number is slightly higher (ok, that's relative - but when the numbers get this huge, the difference is a tiny fraction).

If you're a USA citizen and you're reading this after Saturday 18 Feb 2006, just add $7.40 per day per person in your household to that $27,613. Have a nice day :)

Bush approval rating: 39%

There is hope. As America learns more about the lack of integrity (to put it extremely mildly) of the Bush Administration, as evidence mounts about the 911 cover-up, lies to start the Iraq War, gross mismanagement of the war and reconstruction, ineptitude dealing with tragedy of the hurricanes and flooding in New Orleans and along the Gulf, skyrocketing debt, deficit spending, illegal NSA wiretaps, secret CIA prisons, and on and on and on ...

The latest Gallup poll (14 Feb 2006) shows Bush's approval rating now at 39%.

Wiretaps: Who cares about the Constitution?

From Ohio (of course) Sen. Mark DeWine:

...there’s been some controversy about whether or not this program is legal or is not legal. I think we need to get beyond that... we don’t want to have any kind of debate about whether it’s constitutional or not constitutional.

That quote is from DeWine's appearance on Fox News, as reported on the Think Progress site yesterday. The White House supports DeWine's proposal to exclude the NSA wiretaps from FISA law. Just more demonstration that this administration is determined to do whatever the hell they want, and in their eyes, the Constitution is just a quaint piece of paper.

Don't believe the 9/11 conspiracy story...

The video link below was broken. It is now working. We have been LIED to ...many, many times. And the lies keep coming from Bush and co. WATCH THE VIDEO!

The Bush camp would have us believe that the horrible events of September 11, 2001 were the result of a conspiracy of Arabs who acquired incredible skill flying jet planes and made the impossible happen. Before you believe the official conspiracy theory,  watch the Loose Change 2 video ...all 1 hour and 21 minutes of it.

I'm not saying that this video answers all the questions. But it does ask some very good questions and provides some solid evidence for why we should be skeptical of the official story.

Snow ...in TAMPA?!?

Florida weather in the winter is always entertaining. The prediction is for the temperature to again be above 80F (27C) by the end of this week ...but for now it's chilly. And tonight and tomorrow we could even see some wet snow! The snow - if it does fall a little - won't stick (the temperature is not supposed to get cold enough for that), but still ...Snow in Florida sounds a little weird!