Mineta resigns as Secretary of Transportation

Read the resignation letter (PDF) at DOT's website. Guess you gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em.

In Indiana, a road-privatization "poker game"

as reported in the Washington Post.

No telling whether this gamble will pay off, but apparently gambling is now government policy. Here's Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta: "We are like a poker game. We are inviting more people to the table and saying, 'Bring money when you come.'