So, let's see some more of those new "green shoots". It seems the old ones just up and died.

I read somewhere, "the recession is OVER!" -- at the same time, last Friday, six more banks failed.

Commercial real estate is in trouble, and residential foreclosures are still rising.

Folks are telling us we can't afford health care --- but --- we can still afford two wars and we keep a military presence in well over 150 countries.

Still, health care is too expensive.

I have an idea ----- why don't we provide folks with free, "public option" funerals -- might be cheaper, and warm the hearts of all the folks who might well die from lack of health care in "The Richest Country In The World" (that should be a registered trade mark).