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Direct Your Anger Appropriately

Look, I understand that people are pissed about GM and Chrysler. I mean, this makes twice in my lifetime that Chrysler has nearly hit rock-bottom, so I’m this close to saying “let it go”. If folks want to picket Detroit’s … Continue reading

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Citi, Citgo, and Shell Online Developers Are Completely Inept

Today, my wife stopped by a station to fill up the truck… and it rejected her Shell card. She told me about it this evening, and I began to investigate. My first thought was that I hadn’t received a “payment … Continue reading

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Barack, You Need To Put Your Boot On Geithner’s Neck

BO my man, I get it. You’ve been assured Tim Geithner is the smartest guy out there. So I understand the desire to have him on board. I really do. But this is getting ridiculous. The Obama administration is engineering … Continue reading

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There’s Something Funky In This TEA

I fully support the core idea of a rash of “tea parties” across the country on April 15th in opposition to bailouts and the stimulus. Not that I necessarily agree with a lot of the thinking behind them, but I’m … Continue reading

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The Stimulus via RSS: That’s What I’m Talkin’ ‘Bout!

The average person on the street may have no idea how huge this is, but it’s a big, big thing: the stimulus package’s implementation instructions require each government agency that spends stimcash to provide an Atom/RSS feed detailing who received … Continue reading

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Treasury Secretaries & Inane Arguments

Let me start this with one clear statement: If your complaint about Timothy Geithner being appointed to TSec is that you think non-payment of taxes is shady, and you don’t want anyone shady running the Treasury Department, I have no … Continue reading

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I’m Impressed With Ford

The Ford Story (which features the attached video) runs down Ford’s argument in favor of a Detroit bailout and their perspective on it. I don’t find it impressive in terms of how persuasive it is… I’m just stunned that someone … Continue reading

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