Most important news story of the week (ending July 24, 2009)

[ColbertWatcher]

Most important news story of the week ending July 24, 2009

A: the continuing mess in Iran

B: the continuing mess in Honduras

C: Walter Cronkite passes

D: federal corruption raid depopulates New Jersey^{Boston Globe}

E: Japan's PM Aso dissolves parliament, forcing an election to be held August 30^{http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8160279.stm">BBC}

F: GOP-controlled media allows healthcare to be mentioned

G: Fundies still trying to undermine education in Texas^Guardian

H: for the second year in a row the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) looses money, this time $56.8-billion, or nearly 1/4th^{Los Angeles Times}, California rumored to be getting a budget soon^{I'll believe it when I see it}

I: One of the last-minute "incidents" that are a part of the Friday document dump (please see which in my reply)

J: Other (please see my pick for most important new story in reply)

[Sanity Claws]

1. You forgot Crop Circles

:D

[damntexdem]

2. Other: Michael Jackson is still dead.

Actually, the most important story is the continuing wrangle over health care (coverage) reform.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Obama blows insurance speech by "stupid" remark, has to call cop to aplogize

and Health Care reform obstructionists ( Blue Dogs and Replublicans and Harry Reid)
provide cover for the change from the President's vow to provide "affordable health CARE"
to President saying in speeches "Affordable health INSURANCE".

This just in...Palin still failing in her attempt to fake coherence,
dead Michale Jackson sells a million records,
and we are still losing soldiers in Iraq.