Things haven’t been this bad since the Truman era and the Cold War !  

Last year total debt increased $3.9 Trillion, 5 times more than GDP.
External debt owed foreign interests increased $1 Trillion;
Household, business and financial sector debt soared 9%.
72% ($35 trillion) of total debt was created since 1990,
a period primarily driven by debt instead of by productive activity.

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The price of gas will continue to rise in the summer months, although Bush seems surprised by the $4-a-gallon prediction of experts.

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While the war in Iraq is an issue that will yield debate for decades and maybe centuries to come, FISA “modernization” is a matter that has not sunk in with the general public. We don’t have to die by the FISA sword just yet.

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