There's no excuse for such ignorance from the Vice President. The ignorance of former Presidents, etc, is irrelevant, we're stuck with Biden right now. I think if all women were required to take firearm training and packed some heat that the rape numbers would tumble. Criminals are afraid of armed citizens and big dogs. Prevention is better than filing reports and getting a rape kit at the hospital.

The position of Party Whip is to push members to vote with the rest of the party- like a cheerleader with a cattle prod. OF COURSE he's going to act like this and talk like this.
What a clown; things changed.
It's Open Season on Democrats and they know it.

Are the tapes even admissible in court?
Wouldn't a warrant have been required to make any evidence legal? As much as I would like to see such horrid people punished, our legal system is set up to protest criminals at almost all costs (think KSM), so I think using tapes from reporters would get hammered by the All-Knowing Soulless Lawyers.
Shoot, we can't even bust Rangel.

While it's true some people won't get credit anymore, they never should have gotten it in the first place. One result of shielding Card Issuers from losses (through bailouts and tax write-offs) is that they took unreasonable risks. Part of our current financial meltdown is based on defaults, it's bad for everyone. This legislation is not perfect, but it had to happen and I expect it will get changed in the next few years.
Revolving credit is a powerful tool for those who are careful, but it is dangerous for the segment of the population that cannot spend carefully.
I am a big critic of the current admin, but this Law seems to be a winner.

This is a commitment to all things Un American; the brand name of Yale is so strong that the institution feels it can get away with anything, and hating America and capitalism is its latest indulgence. It must be GREEN with envy over Columbia getting Ahmahdinejad to speak.
It isn't afraid of rioting students, it LOVES rioting students! The whole Democrat party was founded by anti-Vietnam protests, Woodstock and the attack on organized religion.
People need to look beyond brand name and find a truly good college, one that expels rioters.

Thanks for the article.
Some cost data from a recently built nuclear reactor would have been a good centerpiece for this article, like the one in Seabrook, NH. I heard rates went UP after it went on-line.
I don't know if people leave Fluorescent bulbs on longer, that's hard to quantify. What is easier to quantify is the amount of mercury it introduces into the environment. The use and management of more mercury could make the bulbs even more expensive if the life cycle of the product is calculated.
Again, thanks for your article, I like the spirit of challenging assumptions.