Bono's Outta Here. Plus: Your Economy Update

Well, I guess Bono is officially out of contention. I read the comments (okay, comment) and listened to others, and the consensus is clear: you're outta here, Bono. Get some real sunglasses and pretend to be American, and then maybe we'll talk.

And now, you're picture update on the economy, brought to you by CNN:

I'm not sure what this means, but it's all CNN has been reporting on the last few days. What's the verdict? Is this good? Bad? Is the economy in its offseason and CNN is just doing what ESPN does with the NFL: giving us a daily Favre update? Has the real news been traded to MTV in exchange for their programs?

You know what? Screw it. I think this is an improvement. As Americans, when we're having a bad day at work and don't want to do anything, how do we react when something important needs to get done right away? We ignore it. It's the American way. Someone else will do it and then we can go on living our lives like nothing happened in the first place. Bold move, America. But this isn't anything new; this is the kind of stuff we're made of. And hey, it's always worked in the past. We're going back to the basics--the stuff that got us here in the first place. Let's all give ourselves a big pat on the back for fixing... whatever it is that was broken. I forget already.

You see that, Bono? Maybe if you quit trying to fix the world you would have stayed in contention. But you couldn't do things the American way, could you? That's an Irishman for you.