Posts Tagged ‘business’

Outrageous Gas Prices and America’s Failing Economy

May 27th, 2008
Who is to blame for gas and oil prices? Americans only need look in the mirror.  If you tune into the news of late, what you'll find is heavy coverage of the problem of rising gas prices, record-breaking oil costs, and of course,  record-breaking profits for big oil.   What most Americans ...

U.S. credit crunch will cost world $1.2 trillion

March 26th, 2008
Another reason for non-Americans to hate the U.S. leadership: The credit crunch will globally cost $1.2 trillion (£600bn) according to a report from the bank Goldman Sachs.  When neo-conservatives comment on how Americans should not care about the opinions of foreign citizens, they're wrong.  Our actions affect everyone on this ...

Writer’s Guild of America Ends Walkout

February 10th, 2008
Supporters of the Writer's Guild are declaring victory after they decided to end their 3 month resolution to strike. "This is the best deal this guild has bargained for in 30 years," Verrone said. According to the AP, the Writers Guild of America moved to end the strike on Sunday.  They will ...

President Bush recognizes the dwindling economy

February 1st, 2008
President Bush seems concerned about the failing economy all of a sudden. The rhetoric about a healthy economy that he argued was simply experiencing a downturn is no more.  He is pushing Congress to get out his stimulus package plan and he's insisting (like with FISA legislation) that it arrive at ...

“Full blown recession underway” -Merrill Lynch

January 8th, 2008
You'll be glad to know that President Bush's economy has slipped into the first recession in sixteen years. The US has entered its first full-blown economic recession in 16 years, according to investment bank Merrill Lynch. The last time we had such a recession was when President H.W. Bush was in office! David ...

Ron Paul vs. Fox News — part II

January 7th, 2008
Recently, I published an article that reported on the mischief that some Ron Paul revolutionaries were getting into with selling stock in a 'fit of rage' over Ron Paul's exclusion in a recent debate. Without getting into detail, I'll simply say that I've decided to retract my blog post ...

support the Writer’s Strike, here’s how!

November 10th, 2007
What would the world be without creativity?