FCC & PETA

1. Senator Max Baucus' (D-MT) health care bill unveiled today is reportedly not getting any good reviews from his fellow Democrats in Congress. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) says that he would oppose the bill outright, and in the House, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) says he would oppose any bill that didn't include a public option, which Baucus' bill does not have. Still, analysts see Rep. Weiner's stance as unfair, since he also requires a bill that changes his middle name to "Massive".

2. FCC is reportedly taking another look at the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show incident involving Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, where a "wardrobe malfunction" caused Jackson's breast to become exposed. The FCC fined CBS for the error, but the Supreme Court later overturned that fine. The FCC says it should be able to further explain its position. "Boobs cannot be shown on television," said the FCC in a statement today. Fox News then pulled Glenn Beck from the air.

3. A new study published in the latest issue of the journal Reproductive Health says teen birthrates are higher in highly religious states, with Mississippi being number one. The study suggests that religious communities "are more successful in discouraging the use of contraception among their teenagers than they are in discouraging sexual intercourse itself." Today the governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour called the study fictitious. "It's absurd," said Barbour. "I always use a condom when I have sex with my teenage daughter."

4. Today while speaking at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Conference, billionaire Warren Buffett said that he believes all of the U.S.'s economic woes will be solved in 3 to 4 years. "Our genius in the United States is not in avoiding problems, it's in overcoming problems," said Buffett.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/15/warren-buffett-on-the-eco_n_287916.html

Inspired by Buffett's analysis, unemployed factory worker Chris Wright of Michigan ceremoniously added a tiny American flag to his cardboard box house.

5. PETA has written to Virginia Governor Tim Kaine asking to lease a closed state prison to create a chicken museum dedicated to exhibits about the mistreatment of chickens. Upon reading the letter, a relieved Kaine remembered the last item on his wife's errand list, pulled into his local KFC drive-thru, and picked up dinner.

High five.