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POPSCEO pay: What those involved in the financial meltdown made
Amazing. "If George W. Bush, John McCain, or Barack Obama had any honesty and integrity, they would approach the current banking malady in much the same way that President Andrew Jackson did. In discussing the Bank Renewal bill with a delegation of bankers in 1832, Jackson said, "Gentlemen, I have had men watching you for a long time, and I am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the bank and annul its charter, I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out."" ~ Chuck Baldwin, Constitution Party Presidential Candidate.
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POPSOusted? Or Relieved? That man made more money as chief of a looming disaster and now, as with Palin in politics, a figure is supposed to distract from the real issues. Masquerade. This and other issues related to the banking-mortgage-insurance industries are the cause, not the symptom of an ill and devastating approach to economics. More foxes to guard the hen-house, ha!
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POPSChief Seattle's Thoughts Indigenous people have a wisdom, a way, that would seem to be the very thing that white fellas are so often yearning for. Keep It Simple Stupid!
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POPSStarbucks Closing Stores Well, I for one am not surprised. Finally people have come to their senses. Don't get me wrong, I too love Starbucks but I've always wondered how they could be so successful by selling expensive coffee and very little else. I consider their brews to be a luxury which I can only occasionally afford to delve into. To me they don't sell a product or service which really competes with the already established businesses in the vicinity and when they open more than one store within a limited region, then they're only really competing with themselves. They're robbing business from Starbucks... not the McDonalds, Wendys or Dunkin Donuts next door. Now, if they can only sell a good cup of coffee at half the price and give free refills, then they've sold me. But hey, haven't I just described places which have been doing that for decades?
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POPSSteve Ballmer Egged in Hungary Ballmer's response: "It was a friendly disruption." Bill Gates slightly more clever response to being hit in the face with four cream pies in 1998: "The worst part was that the pies were not very tasty."
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POPSIt’s About the White House A good title to an article that explains what we will be getting if "long in the tooth" manages to win the Presidency. Imagine that! ..... another four years of the same lousy trip back in time!.....the same give it to the rich and the corporations.....welcome back to "The Guilded Age".
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POPSBelltown: a daylight visit to Seattle's Haven of Hip Okay, nothing to do with affordable housing, but Belltown is the coolest neighborhood in any city I've ever been in. If you're ever in the Emerald City, swing uptown and dine at either Mama's Mexican Kitchen or the Noodle Ranch.
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POPSMicrosoft X Yahoo "We have a talented team in place and a compelling plan to grow our business through innovative new services and strategic transactions with other business partners," he said. "While Yahoo would have accelerated our strategy, I am confident that we can continue to move forward toward our goals." A Yahoo spokesman said the company had no immediate comment on Microsoft's move.
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POPSBeautiful EcoPhotos Clipped from the http://ecophotos.blogspot.com I came across this blog because the author, posted a response to my blog: below... ecophotos said... About that Rush (phony soldier) comment, it offends me... I am speaking on behalf of my daughter who is in Iraq right now (third time) ... My daughter has been away 6 years... I'm thinking you will understand my rage... Click this link to read more of this distraught father's lament... http://thinkingblue.blogspot.com PHONEY LIMBAUGH POST.
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POPSChief Seattle Words of Wisdom. It's to bad the leaders of this world wouldn't read these words, maybe, just maybe they might do things differently. Cougar
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POPSThe Supremes Strike Again
I used to live in a country in which a handful of men and women, the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, had the courage to stand up in order to protect the interests of those for whom the promise of America was being undermined by public policy. In Brown v Board of Education the court held that public policy that separated young people on the basis of the color of their skin could no longer stand in the United States. Legal segregation based on Plessy v Ferguson, the decision that created the "separate but equal" standard, was no longer acceptable in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Effectively, the court is returning to Plessy. Reuters reports, "Roberts said in writing for the court majority that racial balancing was not permitted. "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race," he said." Roberts' logic is flawed. By eliminating policy designed to attain racial diversity from the mix, the cou
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POPSChief Seattle's reply (1854) The "Great White Chief" in Washington made an offer for a large part of Indian land and promised a "reservation" for the Indian people. You can find the text of this which has been described as the most beautiful and profound statement on the environment ever made. http://www.ens.gu.edu.au/AES1161/earthprecious.htm
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