Sadly, the parody is probably pretty accurate. We WILL be seeing the same-old same-old in 2010.

http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/palin-charges-di... Amanda has the further distinction of being an Indiana girl having done her college studies at BSU. National ethics don't seem to exist given what we used to call bribery but now is the more genteel log rolling and pork.

The collapse of the US dollar is now starting to happen as 3 major banks (JP Morgan/Chase, Wachovia, & Citibank) have backed out of the TAGP FDIC program. You will start to see an exodus of large money deposits in these banks as the TAGP program offers unlimited insurance to non-interest bearing checking accounts or very low interest bearing checking accounts. Many companies utilize these accounts for payroll and operating expenses and will not put their money into an unsecured account because if by chance any one of these banks goes under, their account will only be insured by $250K and they will not be able to pay their bills. Currently, top bank analyst Meredith Whitney has mentioned that all of these banks stocks are over valued and they are not liquid enough even through the use of Mark to Market accounting principles (the repricing of assets due to depreciation or downturn in value) have been eliminated and also their minimum reserves requirements reduced which will clearly show they do not have enough reserves to pay their depositors. If you own equities (I'm not a licensed stock broker), take a good look at their P/E ratios as they are clearly overvalued. Also, ask your companies if they utilizes any bank for payroll that has money in a TAGP program because it could be your paycheck that's effected. Brace yourself, this is going to be a very bumpy ride.

Abdul: I don't know where else to put this, but maybe, maybe you haven't heard it already. T-shirt seen at a rest stop in Effingham or someplace crossing Illinois going into Missouri:

Illinois: Where our ex-Governors make our license plates

Abdul: I don't know where else to put this, but maybe, maybe you haven't heard it already. T-shirt seen at a rest stop in Effingham or someplace crossing Illinois going into Missouri:

Illinois: Where our ex-Governors make our license plates