“I do not know whether they have brainwashed themselves or what?” said Paul to Bloomberg when asked to comment on the presidential decision to help the economy weather the crippling recession with a USD-787-billion stimulus plan. “For a government that is totally broke, I can hardl...

A sign of the times? People complaining about the New Housing Rescue plan…. Roxanne Gates owns a condo in Northern Virginia that is under water by more than $100,000. She rented it out so she could move to Europe for a job. Then she got laid off. Because she doesn’t live in the home, she...

Living off of savings and severance packages is all fine and dandy. We all need to save a good 6 months to a years’ worth of income to cover times of unemployment. Using UNEMPLOYMENT benefits to live a life with perks is unacceptable however. What is this? Making the best? How about being lazy...

For those of you who’ve succesfully replaced your keyboards and monitors after watching the infamous “Pledge to Obama” video (and no, I’m not going to link to it - google it yourself if you’re that much of a masochist), I present you Part 2, courtesy of The Minority Rep...

Remember pork? No, not the bacon variety…I’m talking about the Congress brand. IT’S BACK. Even though Barry says it IS NOT! WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama’s ban on earmarks in the $825 billion economic stimulus bill doesn’t mean interest groups, lobbyists and ...

The Presidential Inaugural Committee yesterday postponed an effort to hand-issue tickets to the official inaugural balls and parade after a printing problem and overwhelming turnout bogged down the process....

Looks like Bush is going to “save” the Big Three for a few more months by giving them some money from the TARP. And I am so excited to see it. (/sarcasm) Also, if I hear another CEO from the automotive industry, or from the UAW, spout forth from their greedy pie-holes another statement t...

Yesterday, Nancy Prater from Ball State and I presented a session at the CASE V conference in Chicago that was a case study of how Ball State, in partnership with mStoner, approached the relaunch of the University’s website. Nancy presented a fairly detailed description of the project (as deta...

So what do most people think of this potential auto industry bailout? WASHINGTON (CNN) — A national poll suggests that six in 10 Americans oppose using taxpayer money to help the ailing major U.S. auto companies. Sixty-one percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey out ...

Holy Jesus God do you know how bad this recession is? So bad that one of the most recession-proof industries ever invented, THE WEATHER, has now hit upon hard times. The Weather Channel is laying off some untold number of staff, probably millions, more than the whole auto worker’s industry plu...