Earthside Comments: Well, that was fun, uh? The Dow goes up almost 400 points in one day allegedly because the pencil-headed CEO of Citigroup'leaks' an internal memo asserting that the bank made some money before writedowns (losses) and after taking federal bailout money in January and February of t...

Earthside Comments: It is the ultimate, underlying cause of almost all of the problems and difficulties we face ... as a species, as a culture, as a society, as a civilization. It is also the most taboo of political issues -- human overpopulation. Because a 'solution' is difficult to confront: how d...

Saturday, March 7, 2009 saw approximately thirty people attend a conference of metro area Greens in Evergreen, Colorado. Organized by Adams-Jeffco Green Party chair, Tony D'Lallo, the five hour gathering produced a strong feeling of camaraderie, there was sharing of ideas (and food), and there was a...

Earthside Comments: The remarks below from President Obama really have to make one wonder if the guy isn't starting to be taken with 'Potomac Fever'. Can he be seriously suggesting that yet another $750 billion -- on top of the already spent $750 billion -- should be appropriated (borrowed and/or pr...

Earthside Comments: Yes, it is a very sad and tragic thing ... but mismanagement, bad judgement, and greed have their consequences. It is our opinion that until this debt crisis is allowed to unwind, until failure is acknowledged, until some harsh consequences are accepted -- this catastrophe will o...

It's all about making the United States a low-wage nation. (Of course, we would add to this observation the "in-sourcing" of cheap, exploitable labor from Mexico that has helped to lower wages here. Part of an economic recovery plan for the U.S. should be to build the southern fence and 'encourage' ...

Earthside Comments: Who is fooling whom? Do you really believe that Obama and Geithner think AIG can somehow be saved? Citigroup? Bank of America? Chrysler? Do YOU believe that somehow the central government is so smart and so resourceful that all these insolvent and bankrupt organizations will be s...

Earthside Comments: We've just been robbed. Citigroup CEO Says In Charge of Day-to-Day Operations | Reuters Citigroup Inc executives spoke on a conference call on Friday and said "we completely remain in charge of the day-to-day operations of the company." Highlights: * Pandit, talking about nationa...

Earthside Comments: Nice speech ... very positive. Obama is such a vast improvement over George W. Bush and his condescending "awe shucks I'm one of you" political stage shows. Of course, wouldn't it be wonderful if everything President Obama lay-out to the nation last night could come true ... even...

Earthside Comments: Brother Barack is going to speak to a joint session of Congress this evening ... and to the nation. It is his job to reassure the American people and we hope that he performs this function well. Because the unvarnished truth is that there is little he and his federal government a...