And They Call the Wind Mariah Carey

THIS IS NEWS TO ME:

Wall Street poised for rebound as global shares jump• But then Wall Street was charged with a personal foul under the boards.

Is Palin preparing for a 2012 White House run? --Oh so that's why so many have predicted 2012 will be the end of the world!

Latest polls• Place your bets--- Obama leads by only one point or as much as 13 points---place your bets. Getta you tootsie frootsie!!

Iraq denounces U.S. air strike on Syrian border• So we've been bombing betwen Iraq and a Hadj place? In Damascus it was described as Assad day.

Sen. Stevens' career cloudy after conviction ---nah, it's a clear view to the penitentiary.

Senate race• Oh I love when those old jalopies and nitwit cops are careening all over the place.

Whirlpool to slash 5,000 jobs on reduced demand• Maytag Repairman very uneasy.

Rifle heiress turns home into 160-room labyrinth---a Shotgun House?

*** On Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw asked McCain if his campaign is using fear as a tactic. "I'm afraid so," answered the candidate.

*** Reports are that Condoleezza Rice is being considered as owner of a professional football team. Great, she'll get a secret report that the other team is planning to rely on passes up the middle, but she won't share it with the coach because she claims it's "historical data"!

*** Ralph Nader is claiming a Guinness World Record in making 256 political speeched in 24-hours. Unfortunately for Nader, it was to a total of 78 people.

** I wouldn't say Barack Obama is thin, but when his wife goes with him to a restaurant the Maitre de mistakes him for the hat tree.