I was about 75% of the way through a lighthearted post about wasting time at the office. Then I stopped to watch the President’s speech. Now my shallow little blog entry seems extremely inadequate. I’m busy watching the reaction and winding down towards bed (I have to be at the office at 6:45 tomorrow morning – ugh!). If you are up for some political reading, here is some early material from tonight. If it is insipid “my life as an accountant” stuff you are after, you will have to wait ‘til later in the week. Apologies.
The video isn’t up yet, but if you missed the speech this is the place to watch it.
The text of the speech.
The recovery.gov transparency and accountability web site.
Which banks received TARP funds, and how much (via WSJ).
A word-cloud representation of the speech.
Quote of the night: “No one messes with Joe.”
Best live-tweet reaction to the GOP response – from @anamariecox: “Missed last part of the speech but based on the opening think it is safe to say Bobby Jindal did a terrible job selling me a ShamWow.” I was going to go with a Ron Popeil quip, but that was much, much better.
More thoughts on topics political, economical and sexual (wait, what?) in the near future. Guten nacht.