Keep in mind that every time the Obama campaign says something like this, they are basically saying that the Bush administration should have done something (thought it's not at all clear what exactly) about the fact that our financial institutions were loaning so much money to poor people so that they could purchase homes ( Read more... )

Ross Perot (I know! Crazy!) has a pretty good presentation on the budget difficulties that the US is likely to face over the next 75 years or so. Have a look, and celebrate our impending doom at the hands of old timers medical bills.

dpstyles: This new MacBook is hot. And the black one is great. I'd never get the white one.
harryh: You know the black on is more expensive right?
dpstyles: For real?
harryh: For real.
dpstyles: That's ridiculous, why should the black one be more expensive? That's totally unfair.
harryh: But would you pay more for the black one?
dpstyles: What ( Read more... )

Many of you might find this interesting. If we can believe what we read in the newspapers, the American economy, formerly believed to be as unsinkable as the Titanic, appears to be steaming toward an iceberg. Most of the experts and nearly all of the navigational aids point in the direction of catastrophe-a $666 billion deficit in international ( Read more... )

I am reasonably certain that this whole live 8 thing pisses me off in every possible way. It's just so unimaginably stupid that I can't even deal. Can't you at the very least talk about farm subsidies even once? Please ( Read more... )