Yahoo Finance finally updated their graph generator so we can go back to a time long before GWB, when men were men and the economy wasn’t in the toilet.
The point of all of this is that we’re not in an “economic downturn.” It’s pretty much been straight downhill since GWB was elected. And [...]
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that oil retailers have actually cushioned some of the rising oil prices by not actually raising gas prices as much as the price of oil has gone up. In the next six months to two years, apparently $6-$7 a gallon is possible.
Maybe those liberal elite are elite because [...]
Some more bad news about the unraveling of the U.S. economy:
Bear Stearns gambles billions of your money, loses, and your tax dollars bail them out. A friend in finance was kind enough to point out that while the headlines read that the U.S. government was taking steps not seen since the Great Depression, that [...]
Tags: finance · government · sad
I don’t have the stomach for today. Or, at least, I don’t have the stomach for last night. Drinks with two lovely friends at a lounge, followed by a huge dinner, followed by more drinks. And I needed the night off, so it was not a beer evening. Oh, except with [...]
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In an CNN editorial, George McGovern says that Bush and Cheney should be impeached. While I think I agree with literally everything he said in that CNN excerpt, I think that the time has passed.
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C|Net and others are reporting on a bill introduced in Congress re-authorizing Federal student financial aid for the upcoming year but requiring colleges to police students’ online behavior or risk losing their Federal funding entirely.
Let me put this into context. The entertainment lobby is so powerful in the U.S. that they’ve convinced lawmakers that [...]
Tags: sad · school · technology
It’s amazing when you see the likes of me agreeing with Pat Buchanan. Remember my post on the declining value of the US dollar? Read Pat’s discussion here. When people on both sides of the aisle are telling you that you’re in a boatload of trouble, it’s time to listen.
One of the freedoms that former Soviets used to envy Americans for was our ability to travel at will. Fortunately for them, the TSA has decided to level the playing field.
The open comment period ended, largely without coverage by the American media, of a plan by the TSA to require Americans to “apply” for [...]
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A company called America Talks Back has recently started to send me political spam. That is, I’ve never subscribed to any of their news (in fact, they’re sending it to an address that I’ve never given out anywhere at any time) and I’ve started to receive key “intelligence briefings” from them.
The problem is that [...]
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I find it sad that the media doesn’t even try to hide from the notion that being elected President now-a-days is primarily about money. Or, at least, they think so.
The front page of cnn.com is Clinton Leaps Ahead of Obama in Fundraising.
Let’s not get caught up on issues. It’s the money that matters.
Tags: government · sad