Rep. Ron Paul, MD. / United States House of Representatives:

Statement on HR 1424

Madame Speaker, only in Washington could a bill demonstrably worse than its predecessor be brought back for another vote and actually expect to gain votes. That this bailout was initially defeated was a welcome surprise, but the power-brokers in Washington and on Wall ( Read more... )

Read the article, then read the date on the by-line:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E3D6123BF932A2575AC0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

"The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago.
Under ( Read more... )

In my muddling about trying to get an understanding on how and why the mortgage mess has happened (and now what the heck to do about it), I run across this article...a little history lesson from just a couple years ago.   Look who the major players are in the story, it might affect your judgement come this November!

Direct Link: http://www.bloomberg ( Read more... )

http://www.seatgirls.rj41.ch/

http://www.nme.com/news/my-chemical-romance/38392

Russia is outlawing Emo/Goth fashions....

Who needs the religious right? 

Written by my brother this morning, with lots of good one-line zingers included:

I just learned from an online report that one of my comedic heroes, George Carlin, passed away last night.

I didn't end up becoming a big comedy star or anything (though I always relished the idea of it) but even though I didn't, I DID become a big fan of stand-up comedy ( Read more... )

I haven't had Firefox installed on my computer for nearly a year, I blamed it for some system slowdowns and tried out seamonkey and IE for awhile ( Read more... )

CNC Programer
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This might be the reason I am functioning today so well today:

http://vangoghvodka.com/Van_Gogh_Vodka_Double_Espresso.html

Got a shot of this from Brota last night at the Annex.   YUUUUUUUUUUMMMMY!

Must get some.

I went out for a rare work-night event with the Gothsicles and The Strand at the annex last night, and had a blast.

In addition to seeing a bunch of people i really like, i could actually talk to them, which is difficult for me at the Inferno.

i don't even feel tired or hungover today.  Woot!