overall inflation is tame. >> it seems to be getting better. >> but some economic news is anything but reassuring. b.p. spilled a lot of oil. ireland went bust. unemployment rate is stubbornly high at 10%. housing market in the tank. prices for many consumer staples jumped. regular gallon of gasoline back to over $3. a stick of butter up 25%. >> groceries, food, my god. and the gasoline is going up and up and up. >> farms cotton and prices doubled due to the rising global demand. >> that means inflation. >> bad for everybody else, good for me right now. >> it creates uncertainty for future of the politicians in washington. >> i wasn't proponement of the