Rocket Finance has foregone the Super Bowl theme for the Bailout (economic stimulus, whatever) theme for this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction.  Please head over to check out this well-done Carnival.

• Welcome to the Carnival of Debt Reduction Welcome to this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction!  The personal ones are up on top since I've always felt that personal stories on debt reduction are what make the carnival unique.  Enjoy! Debt Reduction Stories No Credit Needed's parents are debt free! Ask Mr. Credit Card interviews Man vs. Debt......
• Welcome to Carnival of Debt Reduction #114 Good evening! Looks like I'm pinch-hitting for DebtFREE-Revolution this week; she's feeling really lousy and just got on to tell me that she can stay up for a couple of hours at a time before she collapses. So you might want to drop by her blog and give her some......

• Will You Feel Sorry for this GM Retiree? Yes, folks, yet another CNNMoney personal finance sob story, this one about a fearful GM retiree.  Is this retiree disabled?  No.  Then he must be old and feeble.  No.  Actually, he's a healthy 54 year-old.  That's all I need to read to drop my sympathy level to barely above the "I don't care"......
• Tough Money Love Tours the Personal Finance Carnivals Mr. ToughMoneyLove was excited to learn that two of his posts were selected this week for inclusion in personal finance blog carnivals.  I've not been to a carnival in many years, and never using the magic of virtual participation.  What a fuel-saving concept! First, in this week's edition 166 of the Carnival of Personal Finance......