Wild Card/Sunday — 9/28/08

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson, right, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., second left, and Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., left, announce a tentative deal on legislation regarding the financial crisis on Sunday on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Seems our political leaders have cut a deal to bail out the fat cats on Wall Street and save the rest of us in the process. I wished I could cheer about that. But I wonder if the deal will work. I also wonder if any lessons were learned. I doubt it. Power, greed and partisanship have broken our political system. I wonder how long until our next crisis hits. You can discuss this happy thought or another day of lousy football by Palouse college teams ( Vandals fall 45-17 and Oregon throttles WSU 63-14 ). Or you can enjoy a nice autumn day outside like I’m going to do. But I’ll play this Wild Card first. Which is all I have for you today …