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  • Makes Me Laugh -- Elites With Furrowed Brows AT LAST - -

    So, the FDIC Chairman is a female children's book author from Massachusetts, who started her new job running security for our Nation's bank deposits since 2006? How fortunate for her. I am a Massachusetts/New Hampshire working guy going back to 1990, originally from the Midwest, with some college but no degree, and I have been ''getting ...
    Posted to Moneybox by MichaelBernard1 on July 18, 2008

  • Flat ain't up at Hooters

    Call me a pig for saying this,but I know quite a few guys who are praying that the sensibilities behind ''flat is the new up'' doesn't spread to this establishment.
    Posted to Moneybox by lastangelman on July 17, 2008

  • Hybrids, not as good a move as you think

    Before you go out and buy a hybrid you may want to look into turning your current vehicle into a hybrid. In recent years many advances have been made towards using hydrogen in conventional gas burning engines. While some ideas seem to have been made by crack pot hippies or your neighbor experimenting in his garage some ideas will actually work. ...
    Posted to The Green Lantern by allanmain on July 8, 2008

  • Chic Green vs. Sensible

    The extra cost of the Prius puts it out of reach of many, while a good used small car is a sensible and economical option. And if you drive conservatively, utilizing hypermiling techniques, you can get a lot closer to the MPG of the Prius for a MUCH lower price. The world is continually bombarding us with messages that we need to be consuming ...
    Posted to The Green Lantern by ready4sea on July 8, 2008

  • Presidential Importance

    The Writer of this article implied that in his speech, Barak Obama told the American people that when he is sworn into office on January 20, 2009, he will immediately reverse the ailing economy, but when you really listen to Obama's speeches you will hear that he tells us that, ''all of this will take time, patients and a whole lot of work on ...
    Posted to Moneybox by antbad on June 29, 2008

  • Re: What difference will it make?

    kgsbca: So the politicians should stay out of this, if they know what is good for the US economy. They probably won't, though, for if the company is acquired by a foreign owner, they will lose a valuable source of local campaign contributions, and we know that is the most important issue for politicians. No one yet seems to have noticed ...
    Posted to Moneybox by Saphireyes on June 28, 2008

  • A Parabola mapping our American Trajectory

    The St. Louis Arch represents all the Progress we made as a modern society in the 20th Century, we Americans, in technology, modernism, business, the arts, journalism, mass media, medicine, education, trade, politics, electrification and electrical generation, automobiles, airplanes, foreign policy, foreign trade, food, democracy, industrial and ...
    Posted to Architecture by MichaelBernard1 on June 14, 2008

  • repeat offenders

    As Clinton might say, ''it all depends on you define free market''. a. free market has competition b. free market does not control prices c. free market is not regulated by government agency d. free market is not political In John McCain's worldview, GOP policy is free market driven. He does not recognize the role of corporations and other ...
    Posted to Trailhead by richard_lee_morris on June 10, 2008

  • Bush and the economy

    Bush caused all of this and he doesn't want to admit he made a bunch of mistakes including that waste of time war over there. The fix is to get someone in there that cares he doesn't its all about oil. When get a president that has clue in whats going on we will be fine. Everyone has to look at when the problems started when we invaded iraq it ...
    Posted to Moneybox by cwest37802 on June 10, 2008

  • Economic Liberalism to the Rescue?

    Economic liberalism basically calls for: deregulation, privatization, globalization, and reduced governance. While it may appeal to certain ideological purists, the actual application of these concepts have unforeseen, unintended, and negligently estimated consequences. I've spent much of my Sunday morning listening to explanations of the ...
    Posted to Politics by Usama2 on June 1, 2008
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