Washington's Beard show

Summary: We recap two weeks of political hysteria surrounding presidential candidates and birth control "debate," we each make two predictions for the coming year, and explain how the best move for workers' rights is the extrication of workers' "benefits" from their--our--employers. Oh yeah, and half of the south thinks Obama is a Muslim. Sorry to all the rational folks that live there! Source links: Hot Air: Obama’s approval rating hits new low in CBS poll Washington Times: U.S. on pace for $1 trillion deficit Wall Street Journal: Coffee Is an Essential Benefit Too TED: Thorium, an alternative nuclear fuel Public Policy Polling: Very close race in both Alabama and Mississippi [half think Obama is Muslim]