This does not seem real. Shouldn’t we be seeing more of it in the news? I mean, wouldn’t magic dust with regenerative properties fit somewhere in between all the Wright coverage?

Saw this story about John McCain:

[Ret. Col. Bud] Day relayed to me one of the stories Americans should hear. It involves what happened to him after escaping from a North Vietnamese prison during the war. When he was recaptured, a Vietnamese captor broke his arm and said, “I told you I would make you a cripple.”
The break was designed to shatter Mr. Day’s will. He had survived in prison on the hope that one day he would return to the United States and be able to fly again. To kill that hope, the Vietnamese left part of a bone sticking out of his arm, and put him in a misshapen cast. This was done so that the arm would heal at “a goofy angle,” as Mr. Day explained. Had it done so, he never would have flown again.
But it didn’t heal that way because of John McCain. Risking severe punishment, Messrs. McCain and Day collected pieces of bamboo in the prison courtyard to use as a splint. Mr. McCain put Mr. Day on the floor of their cell and, using his foot, jerked the broken bone into place. Then, using strips from the bandage on his own wounded leg and the bamboo, he put Mr. Day’s splint in place.
Years later, Air Force surgeons examined Mr. Day and complemented the treatment he’d gotten from his captors. Mr. Day corrected them. It was Dr. McCain who deserved the credit. Mr. Day went on to fly again.

Similarly, Barack Obama once continued to give a speech even though he knew a bee was in the room.

It’s not technically a recession!
It’s kinda hard to tell how the economy is doing from where I’m sitting. I’m still unemployed, yet somehow I still make money and pay taxes (America is crazy!). Still, I have this feeling that things are going to pick up soon and we will (or at least I will) enter a new golden age — unless some Democratic screws things up.
So how is the economy with all you guys? Things sucking, or are you doing all right?
UPDATE:
BTW, while I have a few leads right now, if you know of any employment for my in Boise, still feel free to pass tips my way. Man, I’ve been so close to getting that job a number of times; I feel like Tantalus.
Me being employed should be very good for the economy.

Zo has a new video on Jeremiah Wright:
Black & White on the Grey Matters (Jermiah Wright)
I’m seeing him and Mary Katharine Ham as a new generation of pundits. Unfortunately, that’s an area where in the traditional media change moves very slowly.

I keep hearing liberals talk about how one of the problems with the economy is the war draining money from the economy.
And how is that? For one thing, a lot of that money goes to American companies. Still, you could argue it would be spent better in the private sector, but I don’t hear any liberals arguing to end the war and then put all the money we save back into the economy through tax cuts. Their plans are probably just to spend it on free condoms and stuff.