Lame headline Friday

Saddle up for another edition of Lame Headline Friday.

81% in Poll Say Nation Is on the Wrong Track
Do we really need a poll to reveal that a potential recession is “the Wrong Track?”

Truckers say port of entry costing too much in fuel
“One trucker told us it’s costing him money just to idle, especially at those ports of entry truckers have to stop at.” And it costs the rest of us money “just to idle” in rush hour traffic, in construction zones and at stop lights.

80,000 Jobs Cut in March; Unemployment Rate Rises
“A decrease in jobs leads to a decrease in people working” Gold star for the New York Times.

McCain Rejects Secret Service Protection
Why don’t you put a bulls eye on the guy already.

Hillary Clinton Advocates “Poverty Czar”

“I mean appointing a cabinet level position that will be solely and fully devoted to ending poverty as we know it in America, a position that will focus the attention of our nation on this issue.”

Unless she appoints someone like Milton Friedman (who actually passed away in 2006), a Poverty Czar with a socialized agenda will only make the problem worse.