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Parody Song: Life on Poor Corner...by Russ Reindeau
Henry Paulson and I walked along past the banks, their branches closed up by the gloom. Posing our questions to the President and his friends, as our cash slipped away all too soon, Cause they've squandered my fortunes and maybe yours too, but I can't seem to find my friends Lehman and WaMu. Chorus-So help me if you can I've got to get back to my poor house-the foreclosure's at one,...
George Will's thoughts on John McCain. Has he lost his head?
McCain Loses His Head By George F. Will Tuesday, September 23, 2008; Page A21 "The queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small. 'Off with his head!' she said without even looking around." -- "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" Under the pressure of the financial crisis, one presidential candidate is behaving like a flustered rookie playing in...
Florida's Big $$ Superintendents Claim They're Worth It.
Teachers aren't the only ones who think they are underpaid. 'The school district has gotten cheap labor for a long time in this position,' said Orange School Superintendent Ron Blocker, who thinks he is being shortchanged, too. Blocker pulls down $298,756 a year, when his salary and extras including an annuity and expense account are tallied. That's more than six times what the average teacher...
America's Founder's Financial Advice
Authored by Chuck NorrisPosted: September 22, 2008 1:00 am Eastern © 2008 America is broke. Wall Street is going out of business. The government is borrowing and bailing like there is no tomorrow. Americans anxiously await the full impact of a second Great Depression. And we all are longing and looking for solutions and saviors. Well, have no fear. Our founders are here. Yes, it's...
Government Takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
US Government takes over mortgage giants By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ALAN ZIBEL AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration's seizure of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is potentially a $200 billion bet that it will help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis. The historic move announced Sunday won support from both presidential campaigns, but private...
Different Way to Hold National Elections...
Michael Waldman -- former White House Speechwriter for Bill Clinton and current Executive Director of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University . He just published a groundbreaking article on "Fixing the Vote" on Newsweek.com. http://www.newsweek.com/id/140295 In Addition, Waldman has just released a new book that investigates what America can do to avoid the 2000 and...
Wave of the Future? Harnessing the power of the sea!
The power of the sea: How Britain could harness its greatest natural resource Hannah Strange and Alex Monro write... In this small grey isle, solar power on a commercial scale was always going to be a non-starter, while onshore wind has stumbled in the face of rural opposition. But now Britain is turning back to the one resource that has for centuries ensured its survival and prosperity....
Genetically Enhanced BUGS that excrete Petroleum!!!
'Ten years ago I could never have imagined I'd be doing this,' says Greg Pal, 33, a former software executive, as he squints into the late afternoon Californian sun. 'I mean, this is essentially agriculture, right? But the people I talk to - especially the ones coming out of business school - this is the one hot area everyone wants to get into.' He means bugs. To be more precise: the genetic...
An open letter to the folks at Hometown Democracy
June 11, 2008 Ms. Lesley Blackner Chair Florida Hometown Democracy, Inc. 123 Australian Avenue Palm Beach, FL 33480 Ms. Blackner: Since adopting a Hometown Democracy-style measure requiring referenda on any comprehensive plan amendments, St. Pete Beach residents have suffered through endless legal battles and countless delays at taxpayer expense. While the bills mounted, nothing got done. ...
Our Nation's Real Energy Policy - by George Will
Rising in the Senate on May 13, Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat, explained: 'I rise to discuss rising energy prices.' The president was heading to Saudi Arabia to seek an increase in its oil production, and Schumer's gorge was rising. Saudi Arabia, he said, 'holds the key to reducing gasoline prices at home in the short term.' Therefore arms sales to that kingdom should be blocked unless it...
Facts about Lieberman-Warner
Facts about Lieberman-Warner Energy-Rationing Bill, S. 2191/S. 3036 Lieberman-Warner = a tax. Cap-and-trade can only work by raising the price of lower-priced hydrocarbon fuels, so that people are forced either to use higher-priced alternatives or to use less energy. Even worse, it's hidden tax. Voting for higher taxes can lead to election defeats, but cap-and-trade makes it much harder...
George Will: When Market-Based is a Facade...A New Carbon Tax
When "Market-Based" Is a Facade George Will Sunday, June 01, 2008 WASHINGTON - An unprecedentedly radical government grab for control of the American economy will be debated this week when the Senate considers saving the planet by means of a cap-and-trade system to ration carbon emissions. The plan is co-authored (with John Warner) by Joe Lieberman, an ardent supporter of John McCain,...
Is Cold Fusion finally a reality?
Cold fusion, the act of producing a nuclear reaction at room temperature, has long been relegated to science fiction after researchers were unable to recreate the experiment that first "discovered" the phenomenon. But a Japanese scientist was supposedly able to start a cold fusion reaction earlier this week, which-if the results are real-could revolutionize the way we gather energy....
Florida revenue continues to slide in April.
TALLAHASSEE - Florida's financial woes continued in April as tax collections fell $91.7 million _ nearly 4 percent _ below a recently revised revenue estimate. The April figure released Wednesday follows a $54 million shortfall in March, the first month after state economists lowered the general revenue forecast due to sagging national and state economies. If the shortfalls continue they could eat...
What happened to $1000 oz gold...Goodbye or Good Buy?
'Buy-the-dip opportunity' in progress By Craig R. Smith, CEO Swiss America May 1, 2008 The recent pullback in the price of gold has sparked a slew of inquires as to just what precipitated the drop and if this is the end of the bull market in gold. The following is my analysis of the current market activity and prospects for gold's future. There have been five prior 'corrections' to the current...
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