Pearl Harbor Day Wild Card — 12/7/08

Today is the day that we honor the defining moment of my parents’ generation — Pearl Harbor Day. On the 67th anniversary of the “date that will live in infamy,” Newsday points out, fewer survivors are around to provide their first-hand experiences here. Meanwhile, President-elect Barack Obama is promising a $700B public works play to help the economy here. Louisiana voters bagged corrupt William Jefferson to elect the first Vietnamese-American to Congress here. A Montana judge has ruled assisted suicide is legal in the state here. And you can play this Wild Card to start your own threads …