Monday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

A new week begins.

The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is in D.C. today to meet with Barack Obama. They'll be talking Mideast peace and Iran. (Iran has become a major powerhouse in that region because of George Bush and Dick Cheney's war in Iraq.)

Congress will be out next week for the Memorial Day recess. Obama keeps saying he wants to sign the credit card reform bill before Memorial Day. The bill passed the House. The Senate is working through it. But, the credit card industry is VERY powerful -- and has lots of influence over Senators (and many don't seem to care that we know.) Maybe a good bill will pass the Senate. Maybe gouging will continue. Let's see how bad the White House wants the legislation...

And, let's get this week rolling...