You could almost hear the collective Gulp from the captains of other troubled and troublesome companies as they watched the head of GM, Rick Wagoner roll past them. Are we on the precipice of a major realignment In American business? It seems that the philosophy now is that executives, stock holders and board members have [...]
I watched the recent White House Health Care Forum that was held in Des Moines and listened to people ask questions of Federal and State officials for two straight hours. They could have easily double the length of the forum to answer everyone who was raising their hands to ask questions. That seems to be [...]
“We are a country of laws”, so sayeth Larence Summers the director of the Presidents Economic council. President Obama told Steve Croft of 60 Minutes “that we cannot govern out of anger”. Timothy Geitner signed off on the ridiculous bonuses paid to AIG executives. After discovering these atrosities to common sense, Congress proposed a 90% [...]
March 19, 2009 – 11:40 am
The American people are as mad as hell and aren’t going to take it anymore. There is a populist explosion coming and the fuse has been lit by the news that million of dollars in taxpayer bailout money has gone into the pockets of AIG executives in the form of bonuses for the great job [...]
March 13, 2009 – 12:27 pm
After dropping my wife off at work this morning I switched on NPR just in time to catch the story about super swindler Bernard Madoff and where he spent last night. It wasn’t in his $7 million town house, it was in a 71/2- by 8 foot cinderblock cell in the Bighouse. His new home, [...]
Pigs outnumber people 6 to 1 here in the Hawkeye state. The hog industry brings $12 billion to the state. You can now add $1.7 million more. The $410 billion omnibus spending bill that slid through congress and was signed by President Obama contained that amount to fight hog odors in the state. It was [...]
At least until the bear eats it.
Stocks that used to be considered the cornerstones of Wall Street such as GM, GE, and Citigroup have plummeted below sea level.
I read a pretty interesting piece on the transformation of New York City into a bike- friendly metropolis. I know it sounds like any oxymoron, but it seems to be true, at least according to the author. He warns though that we, meaning cyclists, at times are our own worst enemies, and there is some [...]
