Don't even think about counting them!
(it's not my cake anyway)
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The Wrist Is Banded Once More
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My good friend and fellow Cub fan , Jon B. has a blog called :
THE INFIELD BOX
http://infieldbox.blogspot.com
where I am a regular contributor.
THE INFIELD BOX
http://infieldbox.blogspot.com
where I am a regular contributor.
If you are reading this blog and are wondering where
my baseball and sports related rants are...
THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE!
Obama Roll - Maki You Can Believe In
Barack Obama Maki!
I don't read Japanese (i think it's Japanese),
but this image links to a Japanese MSN page
that seems to show instructions on how to make an Obama Roll.
Mmm... Tastes like Change!
I don't read Japanese (i think it's Japanese),
but this image links to a Japanese MSN page
that seems to show instructions on how to make an Obama Roll.
Mmm... Tastes like Change!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
VCBlogger goes mobile
Penny No Longer Irrelevant - US Mint Prints More
As the U.S. Dollar is worth less and less,the penny becomes more and more important
as Americans try to hang on to every last one.
Good news, Americans! They're printing more!
Today is Abraham Lincoln's Birthday, and today
the U.S. Mint is releasing the first of four new penny designs
featuring different periods of President Lincoln's life.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Blog Maverick
Mark Cuban is a friggin genius!
If you have a business that you need help getting off the ground that if properly funded, will make money immediately (no MLMs!) ,
read his latest blog post:
The Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan - Open Source Funding
http://blogmaverick.com/
Friday, February 6, 2009
Dear, Mr. President - Keep It Simple
Yes, I am still working on the burgers (see? a bacon triple!), but I need to rant about the Economic Stimulus Package they're trying to move forward in Congress.
Dear, Mr. President (and all you senators and representatives),
The American People are getting tired of this B.S. The Republicans are crying "tax cuts" and "no more spending". Why? Because you're letting them get away with it! You have a huge laundry list of programs (600+ pages?!) in this stimulus bill, but have yet to explain to each other (or to us) the simplest of things that we all want to know:
HOW MANY JOBS will each of these programs create? I'm not looking for an exact number, but COME ON!!! GIVE US A GUESS! SOMETHING! ANYTHING! If you're not even going to try to justify these programs for the immediate stimulus that we need, then maybe some of those programs should wait until the next bill. Either way, move this thing forward!
Priorities:
Create or increase "shovel ready" jobs (I hate that term) that immediately put people to work and help badly needed infrastructure repairs (roads, bridges, construction, green-tech conversions, etc). FUND public transportation (like Chicago's CTA)!
FIX THE BANKS! I don't know exactly how, but a lot of smart people out there do. Find them and figure it out! All I know is ... billions of bailout dollars later, I still can't refi my condo and all the credit card companies are buying corporate jets and sponsoring Superbowls all while raising their rates to gouge us all until the new laws kick in in July (not soon enough - make 'em comply NOW). Put a cap on balance transfer fees. They mysteriously removed them, making it even more difficult for those trying to pay down their debt.
ELIMINATE or standardize ATM fees. It's out of control! Everyone knows that self-service kiosks SAVE money for Banks. Let's stop pretending that they're not benefitting from this.
Get the banks lending again!
Require ALL banks getting TARP funds to offer refinance for ALL UNSECURED DEBT at 1 to 3% over prime,
and provide a mechanism for people to refi ALL MORTGAGES at 30yr fixed rate for 1 to 3% over LIBOR.
Let the Big 3 automakers die if they refuse to actively upgrade their production to electric, hybrid, etc.
We should all be getting 60+ MPG by now for gas powered hybrids.
Make the Republicans happy. Throw in a MEANINGFUL tax cut:
Take the other half of the TARP funds and give it to the people. That would give about $2000 to $2500 (if I did my math right) to every person in the workforce (and the unemployed) earning less than $75K per year. Most of them will use that money to keep their debts from getting out of control. Trickle UP economics.
I've got more ideas, but I think that should be good enough to get the economy rolling.
HURRY UP! We're all getting poorer!
Dear, Mr. President (and all you senators and representatives),
The American People are getting tired of this B.S. The Republicans are crying "tax cuts" and "no more spending". Why? Because you're letting them get away with it! You have a huge laundry list of programs (600+ pages?!) in this stimulus bill, but have yet to explain to each other (or to us) the simplest of things that we all want to know:
HOW MANY JOBS will each of these programs create? I'm not looking for an exact number, but COME ON!!! GIVE US A GUESS! SOMETHING! ANYTHING! If you're not even going to try to justify these programs for the immediate stimulus that we need, then maybe some of those programs should wait until the next bill. Either way, move this thing forward!
Priorities:
Create or increase "shovel ready" jobs (I hate that term) that immediately put people to work and help badly needed infrastructure repairs (roads, bridges, construction, green-tech conversions, etc). FUND public transportation (like Chicago's CTA)!
FIX THE BANKS! I don't know exactly how, but a lot of smart people out there do. Find them and figure it out! All I know is ... billions of bailout dollars later, I still can't refi my condo and all the credit card companies are buying corporate jets and sponsoring Superbowls all while raising their rates to gouge us all until the new laws kick in in July (not soon enough - make 'em comply NOW). Put a cap on balance transfer fees. They mysteriously removed them, making it even more difficult for those trying to pay down their debt.
ELIMINATE or standardize ATM fees. It's out of control! Everyone knows that self-service kiosks SAVE money for Banks. Let's stop pretending that they're not benefitting from this.
Get the banks lending again!
Require ALL banks getting TARP funds to offer refinance for ALL UNSECURED DEBT at 1 to 3% over prime,
and provide a mechanism for people to refi ALL MORTGAGES at 30yr fixed rate for 1 to 3% over LIBOR.
Let the Big 3 automakers die if they refuse to actively upgrade their production to electric, hybrid, etc.
We should all be getting 60+ MPG by now for gas powered hybrids.
Make the Republicans happy. Throw in a MEANINGFUL tax cut:
Take the other half of the TARP funds and give it to the people. That would give about $2000 to $2500 (if I did my math right) to every person in the workforce (and the unemployed) earning less than $75K per year. Most of them will use that money to keep their debts from getting out of control. Trickle UP economics.
I've got more ideas, but I think that should be good enough to get the economy rolling.
HURRY UP! We're all getting poorer!
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