Liberty Street: Pandering to the 'ignunt.'  Oklahomans will find it more difficult to make fun of Texas now that their own lawmakers have revived the kind of specious state sovreignty claims that led to the Civil War. I'm not sure which "state right' these fools are currently defending, but back then, it was the right to buy and sell other humans.

Mother Jones: Cheney Coverup?

Eye On Miami: Lehman Brothers and Jeb Bush...why don't we know the facts? (h/t swimgirl)

Scared Monkeys: One in five owe more on mortgage than their home is worth.  The Top 25 Subprime Lenders and their Wall St. Backers...and take a look at Portfolio's slideshow of the worst CEOs of all time

Words of Power: Hunger for Justice: A tale of Two Brave Women

George (Unemployed ) Bush on Twitter