Apparently, very.
- Biased, much? Despite the fact that anyone with a head for finance and a little knowledge of history has condemned Obama's economic plan as one that will plunge the economy into an ever-deepening hole, he "both better understands their economic troubles and can better address them". Sorry, Barry, I'm not interested in your brand of socialism.
- At least we won't be sucked into a black hole any time soon. The Large Hadron Collider is down until March 2009. Personally, I'm not so much worried about the black holes as I am about the integrity of the scientists running the program; I read last week that the collider broke down just 36 hours after it was started up, and the responsible parties didn't report the problems to their oversight body immediately.
- Not on my dime, buddy. People are finally being allowed back into what's left of Galveston. Apparently, though, the governmental leadership has learned nothing. "This is our island. We are going to rebuild it and we are going to rebuild it bigger and better than it was," Mayor Pro Tem Danny Weber said. Wouldn't it simply be more cost effective for the government to buy out the owners, and leave the land undeveloped in perpetuity, rather than pay out to rebuild, only to do it again the next time a hurricane blows through? Seems like a good idea to me - especially since they are using federal funds (my money) to help rebuild.
- And this is a good thing?
- No wonder we are amazed, astonished and angry. Our systems reward those who overextend themselves, who then get handouts in the name of "stabilizing the economy". Then there's me, with my perfect credit, looking to buy a condo in the next few years, and thinking even perfect credit and a 20% deposit may not be enough because of others' perfidy. Joy.
Shouldn't read the news at lunch - it just gives me indigestion.
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