World 1, Pols 0

Last month, one of the items on the stimulus bill was a volcano monitoring program. This item was used by conservative pundits to demonstrate how the bill was laden with useless, senseless, money-wasting pork that could never be of any benefit to anyone.

Mount Redoubt, in Alaska, starting erupting this week. Alaskans were forewarned because there is a volcano monitoring program on Mount Redoubt.

You go, World.