Daily Archives: January 27, 2009

UAW President Ron Gettlefinger

Ron doesn’t understand this simple message… It doesn’t mean Gettlefinger’s workers have a right to $28/hour if at that wage their employers can’t stay in business without an ongoing multi-billion dollar subsidy. I’m sorry if this seems obvious. It’s apparently … Continue reading

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Smoking is bad

Tobacco tax money is a necessary evil! Hilarious, what a noble cause the anti-smoking programs were going to be, and perhaps they have succeeded to some extent as the article reports smoking down 20%. Should states encourage smoking as a … Continue reading

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Fannie and Freddie back at the trough…

Time to hang these boys out to dry. Perhaps when we do that, they will acknowledge the political pressure they received to increase the amount of sub prime loans in their portfolio to grotesquely high levels. Of course, who is … Continue reading

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Earth to Citigroup

You just don’t get it do ya? Apparently the dismissal of John Thain went right over your heads? I’m going to by some stock just to vote against you stoopid idiot assholes. At least they gave up their 2008 bonuses!

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I forgot

Geez, I gotta try that next time I get audited.

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Sweet (global warming) irony

Geez, how many times has something like this happened? Al Gore is truly jinxed! I’m sure the Drudge link is temporary so here’s the whole post… Al Gore is scheduled before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday morning to … Continue reading

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Climate change irreversible

Here we go again, except now we have IRREVERSIBLE climate change. If it isn’t a government funded study, it’s a government organization, NOAA. Many damaging effects of climate change are already basically irreversible, according to a new study led by … Continue reading

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