Yo, Chad. Thanks for the call and welcome back. Now I can pay a bit of attention to stuff that matters.

It's a great day for America, Craig! Nik Wellenda has received permission from the Niagara Parks Commission to walk on an 1,800 foot tight rope from the United States to Canada this summer. Copy and paste this into your browser for all the cool details.

http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article732402.ece

I generally read history during the first quarter of the year. Results for the first six weeks are in.

Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan and George are the Clown Princes of Stupid.

Herbert Hoover: 1929 stock market crash

Ronald Reagan: Nation's debt tripled, the largest in U.S history; administered the Savings and Load bailout, the beata-version of the Great Bush Bailout of '08.

George: The Nation's debt doubled, second to 1929; two wars fought entirely on credit - the only president in U.S history to not pay a dime for a war he started; the only president in U.S history to cut taxes during war; at the helm before and during the worst economic meltdown in U.S history, the one we're recovering from now.

They were conservative Republicans, self-advertised as pro-business. They caused great harm to the social fabric of the nation.