Where's You Money?
Remember all that open accountability that went along with the stimulus bill? When it comes to finding out where all the money went, your best bet - and anyone else's - is Google:

Local news has been by far the best source of information so far. If you want to know how a local government is going to spend the money, Google around, Lexis-Nexis a bit.

That's good to know.

The Bridge Bill
If you're still looking for specifics, you can google a project using $11 million of the stimulus. Just search for, 'microsoft campus bridge'. We'll be splitting the cost of the bridge with Bill Gates, for a walkway spanning the highway dividing the Microsoft campus.

Microsoft 'traffic' will account for less than 50% of the walkway use, so I guess they're paying their way - but even then, the stimulus is building a bridge? They say it will create jobs for 18 months. I didn't realize that we only needed the new jobs to last a year and a half. Well, I guess then we could just spend another trillion in 2011.

The Wizard of Ob
President Obama told his fans on the other side of the world, that his followers on this side of the world - or his 'friends' in the press - wanted to know why he hadn't solved all the world's problems in his first international tour. Nice thought. Turns out what they really wanted to know was why he hadn't made any real progress on any of the major situations we face.

I guess you just shouldn't look behind the curtain.

Success Comrade
North Korea launched a satellite into orbit. Unless you don't live in North Korea, then it's more like they built a really big Estes model rocket, which unfortunately landed in the water. Guess they won't be able to use it again. I hate it when that happens.

Some say this shows they're not a threat. Yeah, it's just that they could end up hitting anyone. It's like giving a flamethrower to a drunk monkey - you know someone is getting burned, you just don't know who.

Sticks and Stones
In light of the mixed results on North Korea's science fair day - President Obama has announced that in the future, words must mean something.

"Words must mean something."

But that's not all - check out what his other words mean:

...as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act. So today, I state clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. We have to insist, "Yes, we can." ...we will reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy, and urge others to do the same...

Of course there are some that don't see a future world filled with bunnies and singing chipmunks. Not only do we use nuclear weapons to deter other nuclear powers from using theirs - we use them to deter non-nuclear threats as well. Yes, we are the only nation to use a nuke, and we used it to end a war that would have had an even greater cost in American lives had we not used 'the bomb'.

Israel uses nuclear weapons to deter conventional warfare every day. And I don't think President Obama will be able to convince them to 'disarm'.

So with the Obama administration wanting to dismantle our nuclear warfare, as well as cut back on 'old' conventional warfare - what exactly will we be left with? Spitballs?

But he has words for those that oppose his idea as well:

Now, I know that there are some who will question whether we can act on such a broad agenda. That's how wars begin. That's where human progress ends.

Very true, as long as his ideas go unchallenged, there won't be war. It'll be surrender. Because, as we all know from the playground, words will never hurt you.

Arg
Remember Swiss Family Robinson? Them's some nasty looking pirates. And they're still around. For the first time in more than a hundred years - according to Attorney General Eric Holder - pirates took a ship flying the American flag. It seems like the pirates could have made a better choice, but with times changing, I assumed they were just hopeful.

Although the pirates got away with the captain, the crew did take the ship back. That's a mistake some experts say:

...offer no resistance; this could lead to unnecessary violence and harm to crew.

It seems it would do little to dissuade future attacks, but I guess it leads to becoming an expert on pirate captivity.

Not Too Bright
A few others learned a lesson about choosing a victim this week. When looking for a dog to kill, don't pick the dog Marcus Luttrell - the only survivor of a 200 man attack on his 4 man SEAL team - was given to help him cope with the loss of his men.

Which I'm sure they realized after he chased them across three counties, into a police roadblock.

Of course they should thank the police, because that's better than meeting Luttrell's two Berettas.