1. Nadya Suleman is thrust into the spotlight after some interesting details about her life are revealed; I become obsessed with her!  The mother of the recently born octuplets finally came out of post-baby-weight-loss hiding to do a television interview with Anne Curry this week for the Today Show.  What ensued was the best thing to happen to American media since Britney Spears shaved her head, and the worst for pro-life, fiscal conservatives since Roe… or Wade… whichever it was.  In the past two weeks we have learned that this single mother of 14 relies on government handouts, including disability and food stamps, to raise her brood, yet loves plastic surgery, IVF, and manicures.  The three bedroom condo she shares with her mother is currently facing foreclosure, though she’s been seen out shopping for $1.2 million houses, and apparently, she has a little Angelina thing going one.  She is truly the gift that keeps giving.

2. Obama gets back out there, traveling to Indiana, Florida, Colorado, and Arizona, to extend the conversation about the stimulus package and have it directly with the American people, who are actually in need of it.  Along with the signatures of 11 governors, including four GOP gubes from Connecticut, Florida, Vermont, and, you guessed it, California, BO set out to gain popularity for his Economic Recovery Package.  While bi-partisanship may not be the best word to describe his result, he did get his bill passed, both in the House and the Senate, with the help of three Northern Republican senators.  After a number of late-night sessions of intensive discussion from within the comfort of the capitol, an agreement was reached (well, more like a mandate), and the bill went into law on Tuesday February 17.  Meanwhile, 4 million Americans lost their jobs, more people than ever before relied on government assistance, institutions such as Education and Health Care became officially known as Pork, and an entire town put itself up for sale.

3. Judd Gregg withdrawals nomination for Commerce Secretary, despite having openly vied for the position.  Despite all the concessions made for the Northern Republican, including promises from the governor not to fill his vacated seat with a democrat, Gregg sited “irresolvable conflicts” in his explanation for his decision.  And by irresolvable conflicts, Gregg meant “I WANNA DO THE CENSUS!!”  While this was regarded as somewhat of a blow to the Obama team, who has already lost a number of nominees to scandals, it was much more of an embarrassment for Gregg and the rest of the Republican Party, who proved with vigor over the past two weeks, they have zero interest in working together.  I’m ok with this, I didn’t want a drain cleaner running commerce anyway.

4. Fifty people die in the first American aviation fatality in over 2 years; I will never fly again.  I have never liked flying much, but have been doing a whole lot of it lately, and while a little benzodiazepine always helps, I’ve been getting a lot better.  Then a month ago, the exact flight I was planning on taking to Charlotte crashed into the Hudson a day before I was supposed to leave.  As everyone survived that, I decided to travel anyway.  I happened to be in the air this past week when the second plane crashed from Newark through to Buffalo.  What a horrific way to die.  What a terrible last few moments.  I’ve made two decisions based on these events: 1. Anytime I plan on flying in the future I will first inform the FAA. 2. No matter what anyone says, driving is safer.  WE NEED BETTER FUEL OPTIONS!!

5. Michael Steele officially makes of fool of himself (his party needs no help in that area). If this is the direction the RNC is planning on taking, they are in worse shape then I though!  I’m gonna just direct quote here, because, like Nadya Suleman, its too good to be true:

“We need messengers to really capture that region — young, Hispanic, black, a cross section…” he said in an interview published Thursday. “We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-suburban hip-hop settings.”

He added, jokingly, that “we need to uptick our image with everyone, including one-armed midgets.”

Steele described the new multi-platform PR offensive as “avant-garde, technically. It will come to [the] table with things that will surprise everyone — off the hook.” Asked whether that meant cutting-edge tactics, Steele demurred. “I don’t do ‘cutting-edge,’” he said. “That’s what Democrats are doing. We’re going beyond cutting-edge

This, my friends, is truly as good as it gets!