Morning Links.

Doom Patrol 1:
10 predictions for 2010 - some are compelling. Some I don't see happening. Number 9 increasingly concerns me.

Poll:


Doom Patrol 2:
Celente on 2010 "It's only going to get worse". Yet, he's actually hopeful in some respects. Predicting a return to real beauty being valued again, replacing the inane youth/celebrity culture...

Stimu-less:
Few counties, for example, received more road money per capita than Marshall County, Tenn., about 90 minutes south of Nashville. Obama's stimulus is paying the salaries of dozens of workers there, but local officials said the unemployment rate continues to rise and is expected to top 20 percent soon.

Keeping Health Insurers happy:
Of the 22 names on the host committee--meaning they raised $10,000 or more for Coakley-17 are federally registered lobbyists, 15 of whom have health-care clients.