It's a Great Day for Accountability: Corporate, Political, Personal

The accountability gods must be reigning over the blogosphere today.

Why else would recently sentenced Tyco honchos Mark Swartz and Dennis Kozlowski be today's No. 2 and 3 burstiest people, respectively, for their defrauding the company of hundreds of millions of dollars? "Another CEO heads to prison", as recounted in The Bay Area is Talking blog, sums up many peoples' reactions. (When do the Enron trials begin?)

Clinton accountability, his and hers
The Clintons are back at it, too. Former President Bill is both praised and vilified for his criticism of the current Bush administration on Sunday's morning news shows. Wife Hillary, meanwhile, is the reason that war protester and gold-star mom Cindy Sheehan has shot back up to the No. 10 spot among today's most blogged-about personalities. Seems Ms. Sheehan is unilateral in her demands for a pullout from Iraq, pressing Mrs. Clinton to withdraw her support for the Iraq invasion now, not when it's politically convenient (today's No. 19 top link). Sheehan takes more hits, mostly from folks who still think it's unpatriotic (rather than plain old democratic) to oppose any current administration's decision.

Voting accountability
Former President Jimmy Carter's in the news, too, for his recommended changes in the primary election setup to ensure fairer, easier, standardized and more democratic voting processes from state to state. So which current/former president leads in Internet "buzz?":




Bloggers launch PorkBusters
Bloggers are rallying again, again led by Instapundit and Truth Laid Bear, and they're organizing PorkBusters, a state-by-state campaign of recommended pork-barrel cuts to pay for the Katrina cleanup and rebuilding. (Something governments/Congressional folks are supposed to do but apparently never seem to get around to). Both Instapundit and TLB were key organizers of the Blog for Relief Day shortly after Katrina hit. ARRRR! Where's the Pork? is the supportive growl from IMAO blogger in his best Talk Like a Pirate Day voice (today's top blog link).

And the matter of a billion or so dollars...
The foreign press has made Iraq's Foreign Minister Ali Allawi today's burstiest blog person. Seems there's a billion or so dollars missing (but hey! who's counting?) from Iraq's Defense Ministry, according to the Independent Online (today's No. 2 news story) for those wondering why building security forces in Iraq is taking a little longer than expected. Tongue firmly in cheek, Balloon Juice proclaims "freedom is on the march!"