Senate Budget Committee member Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky. asks a question of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, not shown, during his testimony before the committee, Tuesday, March 3, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
billionaires
• significant decline in numbers and net worth of
Bunning, Sen. Jim
• reporters are told by that the results of poll conducted by about re-election prospects of are "none of your Goddamn business"
Carville, James
• dissimilarity of comments by about Bush to comments by Rush Limbaugh about Obama
Cramer, Jim
• humbling of
Faithfull, Marianne
• Kate Moss is slagged off by
Fleischer, Ari
• defense of indefensible Bush record is obnoxiously offered by
iPod shuffle
• continued absurd shrinking of
Jackson, Michael
• availability at upcoming auction of tombstone-like object into which has been carved a bizarre poem ("Children of the world, we'll do it / With song and dance and innocent bliss / And the soft caress of a loving kiss / We'll do it") written by
Levy, Chandra
• discovery of murderer of gives media the excuse to find out what Gary Condit has been up to
Madoff, Bernard
• victims of applaud overdue jailing of
Malakoff, David
• guilty plea of to possession of hardcore kiddie porn
McCain, Meghan
• hilarious sentence—"My father Twitters every day about all the pork, and then just getting it on my Twitter account freaks me out"—is uttered by
• on-air punditry career of is stillborn
McHenry, Rep. Patrick
• less-than-inspiring goal of Republicans is articulated by
Mitchell, Andrea
• "out of control" gotcha journalism is copped to by
Norris, Chuck
• right of Texas to secede is espoused by
Obama, President Barack
• memorandum aimed at "restoring scientific integrity" is signed by
• rejection of charges of socialism are phoned in to the New York Times by
Palin, Bristol
• end of engagement to is announced by father of child of
Palin, Gov. Sarah
• formation of group advocating the drafting of for a 2012 presidential run
• winning by Katie Couric of Cronkite Award for 2008 campaign interviews with
Prager, David
• response by to stranger breaking into home of is not to call police but rather to post tweets
Reid, Chip
• question by at White House press briefing containing decidedly partisan tilt ("Democrats also raising their ugly heads today") evokes laughter at from incredulous colleagues of
Rove, Karl
• disturbingly close-up interview about Twitter with
Sanford, Gov. Mark
• Obama's economic policies are compared by to those of — of all places! — Zimbabwe
shooting spree
• is gone on in Alabama at several locations by 28-year-old gunman
• is gone on in Germany at former high school of by 17-year-old gunman
Spears, Britney
• insipid double-entendre song and soft-core video by
Specter, Sen. Arlen
• interesting speculation about political future of
Steele, Michael
• expression of apparent pro-choice views by ("Are you saying you think women have the right to choose abortion?" "Yeah ... Absolutely") is followed by expressions of dismay by certain members of party led by ("very troubling," "extremely disappointing," "He needs to get off the air and start raising some money. He doesn't need to be giving interviews anymore"), which are followed by a clarification from ("I am pro-life, always have been, always will be")
• Joe the Plumber is not a fan of efforts of to "make [conservatism] hip hop"
• "outside the box" metaphor is clumsily employed by
• party led by is referred to by as "an elephant that's become mired in its own muck"
Stewart, Martha
• perishing of chow of
Vitter, Sen. David
• airport tantrum is thrown by, leading to much reporting on the story that invariably includes unwelcomed-by reminder of the inclusion of the name of on phone records of the "D.C. Madam"