Larry King’s reporting that Barack Obama’s picking longtime congress critter Joe Biden as his Vice-Presidential candidate. What you thought that he would pick someone fresh and new? Maybe someone Hispanic, another black, or even a particular woman?

While I like Joe Biden in that he blurts out whatever he’s thinking, I unfortunately now know what he’s usually thinking. Chief among those things is that he’s entrenched in the Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, and Bilderbergeresque establishment that really runs the country. Obama couldn’t pick a different kind of candidate as his running mate, since Obama’s not really a different kind of candidate as evidenced by his willingness to give George Bush and his telecomm contributors a pass on domestic spying. But most importantly, if he picked someone really out there, like Dennis Kucinich, he would be showing his Illuminati masters that he wasn’t even trying to keep up the facade, leading to some form of a John McCain win. See, politics-as-street-theater is essential to controlling the populace.

We’ll probably be looking at President Biden within a year or two into the Obama administration. Having a black guy running the show might be seen as a novelty to the frat dicks that really run the show, but I’m sure that will pass. Maybe that’ll be enough time for everyone to forget the John Edwards scandal, leading to a possible 2012 Biden-Edwards ticket. If we’re still able to go through the motions of voting, it’ll be just another Democratic ticket that I won’t support.

My favorite news article from today was this summary and analysis of alternative party candidates and their stances on economic issues at the “Amateur Economists” website. While I disagree that people’s McCain and Obama dissatisfactions stem from their lack of economic knowledge (since most people don’t really understand economics anyway), I do agree that economics is important enough to do a little extra research to make an informed decision.

After reading this article, I’m still in the Barr camp. I agree that it would be great for more emphasis on Fed policy and oversight. I think that indicates a deeper knowledge of economic theory and application to include the Fed in any economic considerations. I’m sure most (but definitely not all) Libertarians are fine with his economic views. His slightly more conservative social views are another issue, however.

My boss posted a link this morning in an online teamroom. I bookmarked it for later perusal. Once I got some free time this evening, I went to the site and played to my heart’s content. It was a warning sign generator. Here are some of the favorite ones I created: