Is anybody as tired of seeing Dick Cheney on TV as I am? Truth be told I thought we saw the last of Dick Cheney in January yet there he is, every Sunday morning, bloviating, on how unsafe we have all become, now that no one's being tortured. Give it a break Dick, Obama said he wanted to move forward, (that's code for, your not going to jail) man up already. If you feel the need to talk about something meaningful on Sunday Morning. Why don't you explain to the American people how you let a 5'-1" North Korean Dictator, get his hands on a nuclear devise?

Why is there a debate about whether enhanced interrogation is torture? Do the people who engaged in these activities really think that if they call it something else it will indeed be something else? Or do they believe that we as a culture, have become so insipidly simple minded that merely altering the name is all that is necessary to legally engage in such activities? Words as it turns out are not only tools to communicate thoughts and ideas but also a way to provide cover for those of us who don’t wish to (for whatever reason) act or react with civility.

Auto pension trouble on horizon?

$77-billion shortfall could spell trouble for younger retirees’ benefits

BY SUSAN TOMPOR
FREE PRESS PERSONAL FINANCE COLUMNIST

Detroit got handed one more ugly number Wednesday to slap us into the reality that we must rethink our futures. Sheet metal no longer can craft a cushy retirement. Nor can rubber, tires or seat cushions, apparently.

Michelle McManus, Republican running for Secretary of State, had this to say today: "Inspirational words from Karl Rove at last night's Heritage Foundation dinner in Dearborn." I think we both find his words inspirational, but for different reasons.

Being that he was Bush's brain, he should be ashamed of where he led this country, and for anyone to draw inspiration from him, with that track record . . . (I don't know what to say).

This is what we face in 2010.