VBVW for April 18, 2008: Feel the Love

• The Very Best

Workers in Finland, who already get 35 days of vacation a year, are now being given an extra week of vacation as a “love week” to help combat marital strife and a rising divorce rate. We’re betting that most couples use that week to take separate vacations.

T. Boone Pickens, who has made a fortune in the oil business, is spending $10 billion to build the world’s largest wind farm. If he builds it over an oil field, we’ll nominate him for a Nobel.

The Pope says he’s ashamed of the priesthood’s sex abuse. Really? What made him change his mind?

• The Very Worst

The Democratic debates focused on the key issues so important to the American voter: can Hillary beat McCain, can Obama beat McCain, did Hillary really dodge sniper fire, is Obama elitist….. With this kind of hard-hitting discussion, it’s no wonder that twice as many Americans decided to watch Americal Idol.

Citibank posted a $5 billion loss, and Merrill Lynch posted a $9 billion loss and is laying off 4,000. If the clown in the White House was named Hoover, it would be 1932 all over again.

Northwest and Delta want to merge to form the world’s biggest airline. One less competitor means you now have fewer choices to fly the unfriendly skies. Pretty soon your choice of carrier will be skimpier than the $5 in-flight snacks they serve.