Too bad my Social Security money wasn't riding the market today!

Stocks slammed by oil spike, weak dollar

NEW YORK - A nearly 6 percent spike in crude oil prices sent stocks plunging Tuesday, as investors already concerned about rising prices and inflation envisioned a repeat of last summer’s selloff on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 174 points, its biggest point drop since mid-2003.

In other news, the sky is still blue

Americans want an opposition party

"American want Democrats to stand up to Bush," the Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire reports. "Fully 60%, including one-fourth of Republicans, say Democrats in Congress should make sure Bush and his party 'don't go too far.' Just 34% want Democrats to 'work in a bipartisan way' to help pass the president's priorities."

Uh. Duh? Last time I checked, the whole point of a two party system was balance. As in, not rolling over and taking whatever the president wants because you are afraid of a little critcism. I don't remember the Republicans being docile and agreeing with everything Clinton wanted.

You can say what you want about Howard Dean, but he isn't afraid to be vocal in his dissent. The rest of the Dems better wake up, or we'll just have to elect new ones with some cajones.

Speaking of the Dean, I tried having a rational conversation about him with some Republicans the other day, and they would not even listen to me! I'm like, look, he is so not far-left. Because he isn't! But they refused to believe that he was at all centrist. It was weird!