More musings

President Bush will address this eveing about the government bailout program and why it is necessary...North Korea has ordered nuclear inspectors out of the country. The North Koreans are restarting their nuclear program. Speaking of North Korea, its leader, Kim Jung Il, is supposedly recovering from a mild stroke and that the finance minister is in charge...Russian warship "Peter the Great" is making its way to Venezuela for a joint military exercise...John McCain is meeting with Mitt Romney and other CEOs to discuss the state of the economy and the bailout...Congress will not renew the ban on offshore drilling...Laura Bush remarked to CNN that Sarah Palin lacks foreign policy experience but was quick to point out that Palin is a quick study...Senator Biden has commented that John McCain is "often wrong" on matters of national security.