Once we get past the staged convention nonsense, the campaigns will turn back to issues, running ads pointing out the oppositions’ flaws, and then run ads saying how the opposition is lying. For many voters, the economy is the biggest issue in this election. But most of them haven’t got a clue as to what [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Why presidential candidate tax proposals mean nothing to me.
Posted in Politics on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Obama / Biden
Posted in Politics, tagged Obama, VP choice on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I heard this on CNN this morning and man did I laugh hard.
Biden really!? Its funny that a person that has 0 experience on anything in foreign politics or anything nationally really picks someone with Washington credentials and foreign policy experience. Which in the words of Obama “if I should not be able to lead [...]
Morgan Stanley Said to Freeze Home-Equity Credit Withdrawals
Posted in Finance, tagged Home Equity, Morgan Stanly on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest U.S. securities firm, told thousands of clients this week that they won’t be allowed to withdraw money on their home-equity credit lines, said a person familiar with the situation.
Most of the clients had properties that have lost value, according to the person, who declined to be identified because the [...]
Wal-Mart Warns of Democratic Win
Posted in Economy, Politics, tagged Obama, Wal-Mart on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Looks like even Wal-Mart sees that democrats controlling both branches of Govt is a bad idea.
They too see Obama’s socialist tendencies. Couple that with those of Pelosi and Reid and you have a situation that could very well bury this economy for good.
Sounds great right?
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department [...]
Obama’s ‘emergency’ economic plan
Posted in Economy, Politics, tagged Obama, Oil, Oil Tax on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tax Oil companies.
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Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Friday announced an “Emergency Economic Plan” that would give families a stimulus check of $1,000 each, funded in part by what his presidential campaign calls “windfall profits from Big Oil.”
Details are in this six-page policy paper.
The first part of Obama’s plan is an emergency energy rebate [...]