With the current economic down turn, it has been reported that consumers are holding on to their money and cutting out the luxury items in their lives. Now the lower spending may be because people don’t know what is going to happen in the future, or it may be that people have less money to [...]
While the news about Google laying off 200 people was interesting, what was more interesting, in an article posted by MSN.com, was that Google is shutting down products or services that were not making them the profit they thought they should be. Google Radio and Google Print advertising to name a couple. While Google is [...]
I just read an article about GM thinking about splitting into to companies; a good GM and a bad GM. Yep transferring most of it’s debt and underperforming operations the bad side. What the hell is going on here? What happened to basic accounting principals? And as the government not wanting GM to go into [...]
As I have been following the AIG bonus situation, I am becoming more and more angry. Not with the bonuses as you might expect, but from the government thinking they can impose a punitive punishment through the tax system on some individuals that have been living up to their contracts. Even President Obama is thinking [...]
No, this isn’t a priceline pitch. I saw a blog entry today over on Ain’t It Cool News about a video from Maurice LaMarche, the man that voices Brain from Pinky And The Brain among other voices. He has also provided the voice of Shater for several other cartoons and things. He’s pretty good, and in [...]
Governor Schwarzenegger… Love him or hate him, you have to admit he’s entertaining. I don’t live in California so I really don’t have a say as for how good or bad a governor he’s been. Depending upon whom you ask, you’ll get everything from “he’s the second coming of Hitler” to “he’s the best the [...]
You have probably read my postings on how banks take your cash through fees and the games they play to trip you up. Or perhaps you have read it elsewhere, or even worse, you found out first hand with your bank. I ran across a spot of good news early this morning (Saturday) and I [...]
I read a post on The Red Tape Chronicles (http://redtape.msnbc.com) that was talking about how our States have been considering holding our tax refunds because, well, they can’t afford them. In fact, the post mentioned that California and Kansas has already halted tax refund process! The first thing I thought of was to increase my [...]
It’s all a matter of how you look at it, I guess. This past week has been abuzz about the latest and greatest stimulus plan. About the record levels of money being thrown at the economy in the hopes that will fix it. And with all this money that’s being tossed about in Washington inevitably [...]
The government usually thinks monopolies are a bad thing. Unless they’re the ones running them that is. For those of you from states other than Oregon, it might be difficult for you to understand just how effed up buying booze in our State can be. Here in Oregon, the State owns all of the liquor. [...]
