Members of Congress are blasting the big three auto company CEO's for flying their private jets to Washington to ask for bailout. They could have driven to Capitol Hill, but none of them could find a car that would last more than 200 miles. The UAW chief also took a private jet to the hearings. But in all fairness, it was a union jet, so there were 1,600 flight attendants on board.

If the big 3 automakers don't get their $25 billion bailout, Congress is still prepared to help people living in the Detroit area... by issuing guns to the three people there who aren't already armed.

Sarah Palin won't become a U.S. Senator, at least in the next few months. Her shot at joining the Senate has disappeared now that Republican Ted Stevens has been declared the loser in Alaska's Senate race. Stevens, convicted recently on federal corruption charges, lost to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich.

Just days ago, Palin's GOP acolytes were hoping that Stevens would beat Begich -- but then be ousted from Congress by his GOP colleagues. Indeed, Senate Republicans had been poised Tuesday to do just that. They decided to wait for the final vote totals to roll in from Alaska.

If Stevens had been elected and then expelled from the Senate, Palin would have had the opportunity to be elected to move into Stevens' seat. But Begich took matters into his own hand by defeating Stevens. Begich's victory spared Alaskans -- and the nation -- the sight of Palin sitting in the U.S. Senate.

IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won’t go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed.    Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course — the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority and never-ending job losses. Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check. By MITT ROMNEY Here is a rundown of 20 rules and regulations that the Bush administration is pushing through the rulemaking process in its waning days. We will update the list regularly by adding new rules, inserting links to breaking news on each rule, and tracking each rule through the rulemaking process. If you know of other rules we should add to this list, please send us an email here. You can use our tip-sheet to get started on your rules research. MORE

One sunny day in 2009, an old man approached the White House from across  Pennsylvania Ave , where he'd been sitting on a park bench.

He spoke to the US Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."

The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here."

The old man said, "Okay" and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush." The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here."

The man thanked him and, again just walked away.

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same US Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."

The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush.  I've told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the president and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?"

The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it. " The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."