Posted in Entertainment, News on Jan 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
Conan O’Brien just finished his last episode of The Tonight Show. I have not been a long-time fan or follower of O’Brien, but the recent controversy surrounding NBC’s decision to shake up the late night line up had me tuning into his show regularly for the past couple of weeks. I grew to enjoy his [...]
Posted in News on Sep 17th, 2009 2 Comments »
I am happy to see the US House of Representatives passed a bill that will increase Pell Grant funding and lower stafford loan borrowing costs for those of us that are continuing our education at the college level.
The bill will eliminate government subsidies to banks issuing Stafford Loans and will now make those loans funded [...]
Posted in Music, News on Sep 7th, 2009 No Comments »
In a purely selfless gesture, the rapper Ludacris has given away brand new cars to 20 people who wrote essays to his foundation explaining how having a car would help them in getting to work and keeping their jobs. Luda received thousands of essays and chose the 20 most touching examples of Americans dealing with [...]
Posted in News on Sep 4th, 2009 No Comments »
I am not surprised by the hypocritical position of Defense Secretary Robert Gates forcefully asking that the AP not publish a photo of a fatally wounded Marine in Afghanistan. Why is it ok for the news media to take pictures of dead, maimed, and disfigured Afghanis and Iraqis and publish those photos without objection, but [...]
Posted in News on Aug 26th, 2009 No Comments »
There was no winner in the August 25 Mega Millions drawing, bringing Friday’s jackpot to $325 Million! The cash options pays out a whopping $204.5 Million.
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Posted in News on Aug 24th, 2009 2 Comments »
In an expected turn of events, an unnamed source divulged that Michael Jackson’s autopsy showed his body had a lethal level of propofol in it at the time of his death. While this certainly will warrant a successful wrongful death lawsuit and medical malpractice charges, it appears that Jackson brought this on himself. He had [...]
Posted in News on Aug 16th, 2009 No Comments »
I am very much intrigued and supportive of the proposed changes to the way student loans are issued nationwide. This is a topic that is very dear to me because of the substantial sum of student loans I am currently carrying and will need to take out in future years in order to continue my [...]
Posted in News, Politics on Mar 23rd, 2009 2 Comments »
The mess created by the government getting involved in propping up banks has made every US taxpayer a “shareholder” in these banks and highly critical of every little thing that goes on behind the scenes. I strongly oppose Congress’ proposal to slap a 90% tax on the bonuses being given to some AIG employees. These [...]
Posted in Economy, News on Dec 18th, 2008 No Comments »
OPEC announced a historic cut to oil production today and the market sold off significantly, sending crude oil prices down over $3 a barrel to just over $40. I think the market is oversold, by a significant margin, and this is a tremendous buying opportunity for oil related investments. While the global economic recession is [...]
Posted in News, Politics on Dec 10th, 2008 No Comments »
I really dislike it when erroneous pieces of pork are rolled into otherwise legitemate legislation. The Auto Bailout should be just that, for the auto industry. There shouldn’t be money going to cattle ranchers, soybean farmers or makers of those little drink umbrellas and certainly not a pay raise for the nation’s U.S. District judge. [...]
