Weekend Update - December 27th

• As we slip expectantly out of this year and into the next, we prepare our lists. Here's the first one: The 10 Greediest People of 2008.


• Uncle Bob once told me that he thought John Stossel was a blooming idiot. Now p.m. carpenter writes "The precise moment at which ABC News' John Stossel lost his mind will, I'm sure, forever remain a medical mystery. But that this "news correspondent" of libertarian hysterics has indeed lost his mind is a sadly and increasingly pronounced fact of (his) life."


• At the risk of making this Weekend Update all about "blooming idiots," let's take a look at another one. Bill Kristol. Is the year the NYT fires his sorry ass?


• A candidate for the Republican National Committee chairmanship said Friday the CD he sent committee members for Christmas -- which included a song titled "Barack the Magic Negro" -- was clearly intended as a joke. Well, I guess we can take a joke, right? Right?


• Bob Herbert has a New Year's Resolution, and fantastic advice for this entire country of ours: Stop Being Stupid.


• Ohmygawd this is fantastic for us history buffs: Henry Kissinger's National Security Archive of telephone conversations. For example "we can bomb the bejesus out of them all over North Vietnam." Henry the K is indeed a war criminal, just like...oh you know.


• Remember what we said about preparing those lists? Here's another one: The Top 10 Myths About Iraq.


• The annual USA/Gallup poll asking just over 1000 people whom they admire the most offers results both predictable and amazing. President-Elect Barack Obama was the runaway favorite, with 32% of respondents saying they admire him more than anyone else. What's astounding is that George Bush finished second. The best thing about this report is the picture of a little girl giving Bush the finger.