At this unprecedented economic juncture, the inertia that accompanies our adherence to accepted, acrimonious, and antiquated algorithms has, by attrition, abrogated the principles of osmotic parity that have the potential to prevent our collapse…a collapse that would undoubtedly be defined by ...

Pete Sessions is a a Representative from Texas. Waco. Maybe that explains it. He’s also Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee. The other day he likened the House resistance to the stimulus plan to Taliban insurgency. I’m thinking there are no lessons one wants to learn...

I am reminded of those dancing hippos in Disney’s Fantasia. Everyone is dressing up nice, flying on their fanciest corporate jets, puffing themselves up before the camera. Congressmen, Titans of failing industry, Senators, Talk Show babblers, Union Leaders. It’s all a dance with far more...

Wearing a pith helmet and brandishing a blunderbuss, Marshbaum burst into my office and ordered me to the floor. I looked at my faux friend and media foil, about to ask him what his latest scheme was. With Marshbaum, who was fed “Honeymooners� episodes by IV when he was a child, everything is a ...

Some stories are too good to be true. It appears that the tax rebate checks which were part of the Bush administration’s economic stimulus package have been effective…in stimulating the porn industry. An industry research firm reports an increase in revenues closely matches the distribut...

I’ve been out of the loop for the past few days, and yesterday evening I wanted to catch up on the chatter in the progressive blogosphere. But as I hit a few of the blogs that I visit on a regular basis, it wasn’t the election chatter that caught my eye. My attention was consumed by a ne...

I think that it is important to catch politicians when they are so full of crap their eyes turn brown. What follows is John McCain agreeing entirely with my posting ‘10 Answers on why Drilling in ANWR won’t save us‘ on the energy controversy. At this time I’d like to thank Mr...

Lets face it, our economy is in the tank and the American people are being pinched tighter and tighter each day. I never thought I’d yearn for the days when gasoline was a mere $1.50 a gallon, but now that I’m paying $4.05 a gallon and the predictions are that the price will be $5.00 on ...

Today, President Bush, in the following video clip, tells us that we face “turbulence in the housing market and slow growth for our overall economy”. At the same time, the number of U.S. homeowners in foreclosure or delinquent on their mortgage payments is nearly nine percent, unemployme...

A couple of OMG stories from this morning almost take my breath away, and indicate just how bad the economy is tanking, despite a market run up in the past couple of weeks. And baby, it’s not going to get any better anytime soon. It’s getting scary. First up: the unemployment rate jumped...