Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

That BP photoshop story, which John broke, ricocheted around the internet and the traditional media yesterday. It was everywhere and resulted in our biggest traffic day ever, with nearly 600,000 visits. The post had around 2,300 retweets as of this morning. Nobody likes BP. Nobody trusts BP. Nobody should.

Today, the President will sign the Wall Street reform bill. He's holding the signing ceremony for the Dodd-Franks bill at the Ronald Reagan Building, which is between the White House and the Capitol. That's rich since only three GOPers voted for it.

The Senate will finally pass the unemployment insurance extension today. The Senate could have just voted to pass the bill after the filibuster was finally busted. But, no. Senate GOPers, just to prove how craven and vicious they are, prevented an immediate vote yesterday. Seriously, there has to be a special place in hell for people who created the economic crisis, then take delight in torturing the victims of that crisis.

I'm heading to Las Vegas shortly to attend Netroots Nation. John will be there, too, so we'll be reporting from the conference for the next couple days. The agenda is here. Should be interesting. Always is...