We're Watching You, Mr. President

Accountability is a good thing. It keeps us motivated to do what we say we will do. And if we aren't, it moves us toward changing that behavior.

Our newest President made lots of promises, as most politicians do. Some are sure he'll follow through, some are sure he will not...and some are just sitting back and watching.

The Obameter is here to help. PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking progress on the Obameter. They rate the status of the specifc promise as No Action, In the Works or Stalled. Once they find the action is completed, they rate them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken.

PolitiFact isn't Time Magazine for Kids, but it helps me with current events. Quite a fun little site. I think my favorite part is the Pants-on-Fire feature. I think People Magazine needs one of these meters as well. What? People Magazine isn't the factual version of Star and Us Magazine? Say it isn't so!

And in the meantime, if anyone knows of a Current Events for Dummies site, please pass it my way. Muchas Gracias.