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Here’s a good place to keep track of where they’re at with time and promises kept.

I’ve gotta say, so far so good! I suppose this is a great example of why it’s a good thing to keep low expectations, you will get nothing but nice surprises.

What have these five-day-workaholics been busy doing?

Well, there’s the minimum wage increase, expanding stem-cell research, and requiring Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, for starters.

Really all the new legislation is great except for HR1, implementing the recommendations of the “independent, bipartisan” 9/11 Commission. Can you be bipartisan and independent? Seems contradictory to me. Endorsed by both parties but not controlled by them, so like doing Coke and Pepsi commercials but not getting beat up for drinking a can of Jones? Nevermind the fact the Commission itself was a bunch of bulls–t so of course the conclusions they came to were equally bogus. That’s a topic in itself though, so I’ll refrain from going into this now.

What I really want to bring attention to is what’s happening tomorrow, the big day for me. Cutting student loan interest rates in half. That’s what I’m talking about, acting like they want us to go to college!

“Tuition and fees at public universities have increased by 41 percent after inflation since the 2000-2001 school year… the typical student borrower now graduating from college with $17,500 in debt.”

HA! $17,500? That’s it? You kidding me? Oh I’ve got them all beat and I haven’t even gradumatated yet. $17,500… please.

Also coming up, rolling back Big Oil subsidies and working towards energy independence. Not too bad a thing either I suppose. If you don’t mind not having to take over the Middle East to control the world’s oil reserves in order to sustain our country’s insane demand for energy, Hummers, and 24/7 cross-country flights. Go for it. And turn the light off when you’re done in there.