NPR fires Juan Williams

Right when Minnesota Public Radio has pladge week National Public Radio makes a major mistake: letting go of a good reporter for sharing his honest opinion while he was on a cable commentary show.  
In a story in The New York Times:
"One Comment, Two Takes at NPR and Fox" you can read the details of the firing of Juan Williams.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/business/media/22williams.html

Pax, John.

U.S. National Debt

The U.S. National Debt as of 10/19/2010 is $13,676,109,536,322.09!
That's $44,546.64 each!   Uggh and to think neither major national party has a plan fo a balanced budget in the next 5 years.  

You can track it yourself using the app National Debt, available for free from LukeWalker Apps, only on webOS!

Pax, John.