Business and Finance
I called it a corporate coup, they call it looting… either way, we got robbed…
A thief breaks into your house, steals everything, and leaves you nearly broke. Law enforcement responds by visiting with the thief and the resellers of the thief’s stolen goods in a very friendly setting, perhaps lunch at the Four Seasons. Law enforcement then takes the information to government officials who respond by writing the thief and the resellers a check from what is left of your checking account. They decide this too over lunch, perhaps also at the Four Seasons and on your dime.
Mad as the Dickens!
by Ron McBride
I am mad as the dickens over the way people who oppose President Obama have managed to control the dialogue on Television and Radio in regards to his policies.
We the grassroots that took back our country, need to step up once again and carry the fight to those right wing nuts.
We need to [...]
VCs need to move beyond solar, biofuels and cars
by Rob Day
http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2008/12/29/newscolumn1-VCs-need-to-move-beyond-solar-biofuels-and-cars.html
According to the most recent numbers from the venture networking organization Cleantech Group LLC, solar, biofuels and transportation accounted for 60 percent of the global venture dollars put into the clean tech category during the third quarter of 2008. Solar by itself was more than 40 percent.
There’s much more to clean tech than [...]
America’s Disappearing Industrial Base
By Greg Grant
reposted with permission of military.com
Many Americans will be watching this week to see whether the Bush administration decides to bail out the ailing auto industry as one of its last official acts. Loren Thompson, a defense expert at the Lexington Institute, has written a number of important briefs in the last few weeks [...]
Building a New Wall: The Fundamental Right to Healthcare
by Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
“Posted today first in Huffington Post“>
Today’s economic crisis, and the federal government’s response, is like putting a finger in the dike to avert a major catastrophe — possibly even a depression.
But as quickly as we plug one leak, another springs forth.
Congress is seeking to avoid deflation by pumping up public confidence [...]
Auto Bailout, BS
Obama tells auto industry to shape up before bailout
By Ron McBride
We can not these days make a trip anywhere but what we are looking and checking the gas or diesel fuel prices. If the prices are lower than yesterday, we are happy, but if they are higher we settle into a glum and depressing day [...]
