Most important news story of the week (ending February 6, 2009)

[ColbertWatcher]

Poll question: Most important news story of the week (ending February 6, 2009)

Most important news story of the week ending February 6, 2009

A: a bridge in the Khyber Pass gets blown up

B: more than 1 million people are without power in the U.S. due to a rare winter ice storm

C: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer

D: the fucking cowards at the GOP are playing politics (as usual) with the JOBS BILL while people are going hungry and freezing to death

E: Mount Redoubt in Alaska is rumbling

F: Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is selected to run the African Union

G: 24 U.S. military personnel committed suicide in January

H: Iran launches its first satellite

I: One of the last-minute "incidents" that are a part of the Friday document dump (please see which in my reply)

J: Other (please see my pick for most important new story in reply)

[Uzybone]

1. Almost 600K jobs lost in January

so D would be the best answer.

[liberal N proud]

2. Michael Phelps smoked pot in November

This is by far the biggest distraction in the media for some time. And far too important to not condemn a young man and strip him of his future.

:sarcasm:

[ColbertWatcher]

3. I thought the crap about what Obama wears in the Oval Office was a bigger ...

... more worthless distraction.

[liberal N proud]

4. I considered that one as well

[Royal Sloan 09]

5. Why condemn Phelps when we ought to condemn the laws that brand him a criminal

Simple Solution, Legalize.

[ColbertWatcher]

6. True.

But, Liberal N Proud was just kidding.

[Mike 03]

7. D, of course. This is a betrayal of the voting public and a disgrace beyond words. NT

[ColbertWatcher]

8. It's a disgrace and betrayal to everyone.

Young and old and voter or apathetic tax-payer--everyone is betrayed by GOP ideology and policies.