Aaargh NUMBERS ARE CONFUSING. This morning we have two (2) bits of information regarding what will happen to America’s fabulously wealthy Wall Street executives if and when the stimulus bill becomes a law. But it is sort of complicated, and who knows, these provisions seem to change by the hour, so do not be shocked if the stimulus bill comes out of committee with a brand-new stipulation that bank CEOs get a $15,000 tax credit for their first dozen concubines as long as those concubines are returned in original condition by December 31. Otherwise, everyone gets executed by Dick Cheney. MORE »

President Obama gets to enjoy all sorts of goodies as the leader of the free world, such as a fat salary, a driver and a chef, and free transportation to just about anywhere. This elitist must do away with all these outrageous perks while the rest of America suffers so greatly! Responsibility era etc.! Barack Obama should just take the Metro, like a normal person, or better yet just hitchhike to his various global appointments. He should also quit getting his clothes dry cleaned all the time and just wander around in a hair shirt. Oh and what’s up with the FREE HOUSE he gets to live in, hmmm? Not even John Thain was bold enough to accept such lavish freebies. [ABC News]

Ok let’s see what sort of DRACONIAN MEASURES Barack Obama has proposed for our nation’s permanent underclass of persecuted corporate CEOs, whose only sin was caring so much about their companies that they continued to happily accept record pay and bonuses while their businesses lost literally billions of dollars and had to be bailed out by the government. MORE »