Do not become completely distracted by the convention; other worthy news items make their way out, many hoping to duck and weave and not be noticed.

Example, the SEC under big-biz friendly Bush/Cheney has apparently not been able to hire enough people to fill openings. Despite Congress upping the SEC's budget by a whopping $300 mil., and also during a time when you'd think this administration would want to improve the unemployment number via hiring, they have instead chosen to drag their heels on beefing up the arm of government in charge of corporate oversight.

Yeah, I know, a surprise -- go figure.