Category Archives: Rants ‘n’ Whines

I’m officially over this whole bailout thing. The fear-mongering proponents of it (which now includes the President and his administration, the leadership of both parties in both houses of Congress, major financial advisors and just about anyone else with a … Continue reading →

OK, this is the last post I’m doing on politics or economics. Ever. If at any time in the future you catch me saying the word “meltdown” without referring to mutant zombies, you have every right to slap me. (Not … Continue reading → Continue reading →

FactCheck.org: FactChecking Debate No. 1 Frankly, I was disappointed that Obama didn’t call McCain on his bull enough. The format of the debate allowed for them to mix it up directly, but they both had that deer in the headlights … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It failed. Thanks to stupid government intervention in the free market, I didn’t lose my pitiful savings. How dare they be a safety net and transition my money to another bank! What the hell? I log onto my account this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

CNN Breaking News: “John McCain suspends campaigning to work on economy, requests postponing Friday debate; asks Obama do the same.” This is either going to be a brilliant move to back Obama into a corner and show that he follows … Continue reading → Continue reading →

That quote from Jared Bernstein (Watching History Unfold) sums up my feelings about “supply side” economics (aka, “voodoo economics” as George H.W. Bush more honestly put it before he stuffed his integrity up his ass in order to get to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There’s something very odd about a crowd of people rabidly cheering someone telling them that their party sucks, isn’t there? When the parade of speakers at the Republican convention keeps harping on the “Washington crowd” and the awful, corrupt government … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Quick! Guess which tabloid ran this story… “Obama: Too Fit to Be President?” The National Enquirer? The Star? USA Today? The Onion??? Try the Wall Street Journal. Oy. Vey. While I’m not thrilled with every position Barack Obama has taken … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Ya know, I’ve been looking forward to Spore for a little while (like since forever!!!). And it’s really disheartening to find out that I won’t be buying it. It’s not like I don’t want to. It’s just that I don’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t expect everyone to be, um, like into all that history stuff. But you’d think that someone would have had a little more clue than this: Yep. In Fox’s world, Abraham Lincoln debated the freed slave, abolishionist Frederick Douglass. … Continue reading → Continue reading →