Connecting.the.Dots: A real Bonfire of the Vanities.  It's clear America needs fiscal therapy.  Witness the economic death spiral at the Pentagon and the BofA burning tax dollars on a wanton, debauched Superbowl orgy.  Just don't listen to those who claim nobody could've anticipated the meltdown.

Media Channel: A Guide To Bailout Transparency Sites (h/t Swimgirl)

Infrastructurist: Michael Dukakis on How To Fix America

Left in the West: The two percent pork police, a dumbass, a theocrat, a douchebag, and a tapdancer 

Attytood: Why the pitchforks were out for Dashle

Wonk Room: Though he once voted to abolish the department he has been chosen to lead, at least Judd Gregg seems to be a Republican who respects science