Bodacious burger

The West Michigan Whitecaps, a minor league baseball team, will be offering up major league cholesterol, carbohydrates and calories in an enormous hamburger being added to the menu this year at the Fifth Third Ballpark.

- AP/Miami Herald (link here)

This is the burger for me.

Highway to Hell

The head of the European Union slammed President Barack Obama's plan to spend nearly $2 trillion to push the U.S. economy out of recession as "the road to hell" that EU governments must avoid.

- AP/reviewjournal (link here)

Maybe the guy has been listening to AC/DC songs.

I love read meat

Eating red meat increases the chances of dying prematurely, according to the first large study to examine whether regularly eating beef or pork increases mortality.

- Washington Post (link here)

I guess I will have to cut out the twice-a-day steak.

Bumper stickers

(Thanks to Mark for calling my attention to these bumper stickers.)

http://www.discountbookdistributors.com/conservativecomebackpack.aspx

Confiscatory taxes

Congress moved yesterday to levy punitive taxes on bonuses paid by financial firms receiving government aid, threatening to undermine federal efforts to rescue the financial system by driving away participants in the programs.

- Washington Post (link here)

Just Congress being Congress.

Maureen Dowd

Isn’t that like giving bonuses to the arsonists who started a fire because they alone know what kind of accelerants they used to start it?

- Maureen Dowd, NY Times (link here)

Does she make this stuff up herself, or does she have writers that supply her with material?

Follow the Japanese example?

Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley suggested that AIG executives should accept responsibility for the collapse of the insurance giant by resigning or killing themselves.

- AP/Dallas Morning News (link here)

Interesting advice.