(1)  Good post from Ezra Klein explaining five things wrong with it

(2)  Isn’t it amusing how conservative Republicans are suddenly indignant about overreaching executive branch power with no oversight?

(3)  Japan and Europe tell us they won’t go along with our bailouts corporate welfare, and refuse to make their taxpayers finance the corporate mistakes. And Angela Merkel asks an interesting question: if this is so important to do now, why did the Bush Administration refuse to discuss increased financial regulation last year at the G7?