Here's an interesting riddle. The big three had no plan for winning, which was why lawmakers sent them back to the drawing board before considering a financial bailout. Now according to the Washington Post, members of Congress have put the cart before the horse opining that the big three need to compete to create the car of the future, which of course is not yet profitable, which is why sooner than later we will be putting a horse in front of a cart. 

Here's Alternet on some dude who gets by on $5000 a year. 

MSNBC's Chris Matthew does a tale of the tape between George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

One of the fringe benefits of our crumbling global economy? You learn about companies and industries that 1.) you've never heard of and 2.) have the power to bring global markets to their knees. Today's industry? Mining. The players? Rio and BHP Billiton. The problem? Heh.... Anyway, it's a bad day for commodities.

Crooks and Liars reports on an elementary school in a Long Island suburb of New York City that changed it's name to Barack Obama Elementary. (Video after the jump.)

U.S. policy is not about one individual, and no matter how much faith people place in President-elect Barack Obama, the policies he enacts will be fruit of a tree with many roots. Among them: his personal politics and views, the disastrous realities his administration will inherit, and, of course, unpredictable future crises. But the best immediate indicator of what an Obama administration might look like can be found in the people he surrounds himself with and who he appoints to his Cabinet.

Come along with our own Dorsey Shaw as he takes us on a tour through the entire crazy election--the spills, the chills, and zingers that made 2008 unforgettable! Were you not entertained?

I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade or be that proverbial object tossed into the collective punch bowl, but why is anyone surprised that Obama won? I mean, come on!

You've seen all the predictions about the electoral vote, the popular vote and the number of Democratic pick-ups in the Senate and House. That's already old prognostication. I mean, even Nostradamus supposedly called it for Obama more than 500 years ago.

1. Election Day is Tuesday, November 4. Not Thursday. Not Wednesday. Not Monday…It is Tuesday!
2. Turned away for wearing campaign paraphernalia: In many states, it’s against the law to wear campaign paraphernalia, so don’t.
3. Long Lines: Voting lines are usually the shortest mid-morning or early afternoon.
4. Absentee voting problems: Some people may not receive their ballots in the mail.
5. Voter Intimidation:Even if your home is in foreclosure, late on parking tickets or child supports,  no matter what, registered voters cannot be denied the right to vote.
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9. Forgot ID? Make sure you bring ID. Click Here to learn about Voter ID Laws.
10. Don’t Know Your Voting Rights? Click Here for ACLU’s detailed state by state Voting Rights guide.

 

Memo

To: A young adult
From: An elder
Re: Voting
 
Dear young adult,
 
I, your elder, am writing to let you know that you don’t need to vote.  My friends and I will vote for your interests. We've got things under control.
 
We've been voting for your interests for the past eight years.  You see how well my buddies and I have done.
 
We've come up with a new plan about wars. It's called the Bush Doctrine and it says we now can attack preemptively. It's way better than that "don't fight unless we're provoked" nonsense.
 
We've also decided that the presidency doesn't have enough power; we think it's a lot better if the president can jail you without charges.
 
In response to the terrorists' attacks on our freedoms, we've decided to spy on ourselves, to listen to our phone calls, and to suspend habeas corpus. You're welcome.
 
We've decided that because the world is such a scary place, the Geneva Convention doesn't apply to us and that torture is okay. Here's more good news:  Because we live in a democracy, when your government tortures people, it is doing so on your behalf.  So you own this policy even if you don't vote. Especially if you don't vote!
 
Eight years ago, we came up with a great plan for our economy.  If we give more to the wealthy, it will help our economy.  Eight years later, we feel that because our economy has tanked, we should give even more money to the wealthy. We’re not concerned that we turned Clinton’s record surpluses into record deficits and neither should you: You can do what our generation has done: charge it to your kids!  Don’t worry if this doesn’t make sense to you.  We, the voters, have it covered.