Most important news story of the week (ending July 18, 2008)

[ColbertWatcher]

Choice 1: The New Yorker cover

Choice 2: Dumbya holds a press conference at the same time Bernanke testifies before Congress and contradicts everything he says about the economy

Choice 3: John Ashcroft testifies, Rove doesn't, media misses the story

Choice 4: The Incredible Shrinking Gas Prices! coinciding with Senate debating futures trading

Choice 5: GOP operative, Stephen Payne, busted on tape selling access to administration members in exchange for funding Dumbya Lieberry

Choice 6: Porn producer and McCain advisor, Phil Gramm, calling everyone "a nation of whiners"

Choice 7: IndyMac Bancorp closes, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac bailout

Choice 8: Small Business Administration (SBA) performs audit on who got money for helping underdeveloped communities discovers widespread fraud

Choice 9: Second in command at the Office of Special Counsel, James Byrne, resigns

Choice 10: Miscellaneous last-minute Friday "surprise" or "Other" (please specify in reply)

[mikelgb]

1. so many choices

hmm

[ColbertWatcher]

2. And not one of them is about a missing white woman.

No offense to the missing white woman or her loved ones, but we always have important news, if we can just focus.

[Truth2Tell]

3. I vote for Fannie & Freddie, Buut,

the attempt to lift the stay in King Lincoln Bronzeville v. Blackwell in Ohio and the revelations of Stephen Spoonamore could actually be the biggest, depending on how much traction they can generate.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6189

[ColbertWatcher]

4. I just saw that thread come up!

Looks like we're gonna have an interesting week-end.

BTW, you can vote for it by picking #10.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Evening kick? n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

6. Saturday afternoon kick. n/t