Good morning.
Kind of a hectic week. Still sorting out what actually has been agreed to in the Senate stimulus compromise. More on that later. But, the bottom line is that almost all the Republican, except the "wussy" ones, still oppose saving the economy.
For a respite from that ruckus, check out the poem of the week, "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop. The first line is "The art of losing isn't hard to master..." It's quite powerful.
One of our readers, KarenMrsLloydRichards, has been writing a series of "Haikus for the Obama administration." The haikus usually appear in the comments for the morning open thread -- and are very clever, funny and pointed. I love them. Two of my favorites this week:
Can Barack please driveAnd:
a huge stake in the rotting
corpse of Miss Ayn Rand?
Credit default swapsKaren says so much in those very few syllables.
The apple of Phil Gramm's eye
Brought us to our knees
Enjoy.
