"So much for so much more..."

The only piece of remotely decent economic news over the past two weeks, in the wake of an ever-plummeting stock market and the injection of fear-mongering into the economic shitulus package (I also like Jeff's term "scamulus" - say, how many different ways can we explain the utter suckage of the stimulus package in faux-words?), was the pending appointment of Senator Judd Gregg, a fiscal conservative (and it sure seems like we need at least one in this administration), as commerce secretary.

Well, damn.

I don't know much about Gregg beyond his reputation as an economic conservative and free trader. But that was enough for me for a commerce secretary. I also liked the message of actual bipartisanship contained in his appointment.

Oh well.

"Either you tell the truth and leave here
Or I ain't never coming back"
- No Address, Never Coming Back