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Getting rid of all those little trinkets will help, but this is a voluntary moratorium, and the pharmaceutical industry still has their big advertising technique: direct-to-consumer advertising. If only we would follow the world's suit and outlaw these practices, we could begin to mend our over-medicated society.

When the industry is spending twice as much on advertising as they do on R&D, you know there is a systemic failure that requires correction, one that cannot be fixed by losing a few pens.

Most of you know my opinions on the motion of our economy and if you don't then I probably don't want to tell you :P

I know that Hank Paulson is your and my favorite Secretary of the Treasury. This is a picture of him. Beyond the fact that I have an incredible level of disdain for him and the way he does business, look at him. Doesn't something look a little strange to you? Either this man has hit the gym and seriously bulked up, or he really needs a new tailor. He looks this way in every picture of him that I pull up.

What's going to happen? I don't know. Maybe Paulson will get a better suit and figure out what the Treasury should actually be doing.

I can't imagine we're going to see Sarah Palin on TV much, or at least not on ABC any more.

I am watching her interview with Charles Gibson on 20/20 right now. I agree that most politicians do a phenomenal job of not answering the question, and Sarah Palin is no exception. However, even Gibson calls her out on it many times, exposing her lack of awareness - and he does it with aplomb. It was pretty clear that the people who coached her for this interview simply did not put enough words into her head. I supremely hope Joe Biden schools her in the Vice Presidential debate.

I'm not getting into an argument on politics. I'm not offering any evidence of my judgements, these are merely my opinions.

Tags: palin, gop, abc, dumb