When asked by reporters about investment in European debt he said: "We may be poor, but we aren't stupid, " according to Reuters.

CNN: Q&A: Will China come to the EU's rescue?

Are we now prepared to believe that poor performance and inadequate retirement balances may, in part, be attributable to forces other than poor behavior on the part of employees?

FORBES: GAO Report Estimates Cost of Pension Consultant Conflicts: 1.3% of $4.5 trillion. (July 1, 2007)

Safety nets for the poor may be necessary, but middle-class hammocks are more than we can afford.

FORBES: New Year's Resolutions for the Country

There's no info on whether SleepWell will ever be distributed commercially, but may we suggest an LTE version to help out big V's poor ol' T-Bolt?

ENGADGET: SleepWell forces WiFi to wait its turn, keeps gadgets well-rested (update)

If this is indeed why the topic is so under-blogged, it may well be an unmovable reality of blogging, but it is a pretty poor excuse and we should be challenging each other to do better.

FORBES: Bloggers and Economists are Failing on Immigration