Inflation is an immoral tax that leads to immoral values ~ Anonymous South American banker Having been in the credit profession for the past 23 years, I have observed several cycles involving the loosening and then the inevitable tightening of credit-underwriting standards....
The bearish case for stocks is predicated on the notion that the massive creation and accumulation of debt -- particularly the consumer sector -- contributed to a large portion of the domestic economic (and stock market) gains experienced since 2000. This...
US consumers' standard of living may drop as they pay more for foreign goods, but demand for American labor will rise, say economists. The saga of the sagging dollar continues. All year, the dollar has drooped compared with other major currencies. Last...
The CIA disputes a report linking Washington and a Pakistani guerrilla campaign against Tehran. The US government has been secretly supporting a Pakistani militant group that has staged a series of deadly attacks against Iran, ABC News reported, citing unnamed US...
This piece was first published February 2007... At that time, the author asked "So why isn't the Euro soaring?" Since then, the Euro has risen from 1.30 to 1.42, an increase of about 10%. (That means the dollar has dropped 10% vs. the...
(CBS) On Sept. 20, 2007, 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley interviewed Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran, Iran. In the interview, transcribed below, President Ahmadinejad spoke through his own translator. SCOTT PELLEY: Do you have a greeting to the American people? MAHMOUD...
SCOTT PELLEY: You have said in the past that you have 3,000 centrifuges in a line producing highly-enriched uranium. Do you have more now? MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD: No. Our plan and program is very transparent. We are under the supervision of the...
NPR.org, September 19, 2006 · The following is a transcript of remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Madam President, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Heads of Delegation, Excellencies, Ladies and...
Today I was watching Oprah and was totally shocked at her guests ....She had older women ( 60 +) talking about their sex life .Then were other women talking about the bestclose friend they have you know the ones that...
The Chattanooga City Council unanimously approved local utility EPB's plan to sink a cool couple hundred million into expanding their fiber-optics network to all Chattanooga businesses and homes. I've heard plenty of reasonable arguments (and, uh, others) as to why this...
Ok I have played around with my blog colors last night , this morning and this evening and I think with help I have finally gotten it just like I want it ..Might still change a few of the colors...
So the news is in... city attorney Randy Nelson annonced in committee today that there is cause to oust councilwoman Marti Rutherford. He filed suit in court this morning. Soon after Rutherford's attorney filed a suit to keep her on...
The newly formed Brainerd Unity Group today defended its independence from the citizen alliance that plans to pursue a recall effort against Councilwoman Marti Rutherford, despite some commonality in members. In an e-mail and on the group's blog, BUG...
Red Wolf pups at 5 week - Photo provided by Chattanooga Nature Center Chattanooga, Tennessee is home to many great places for people to visit and to hike. One place that is little known outside of the Scenic City is...
I'm inclined to think "no". Bad people have been given access to the cookie jar, and our two political parties have made it impossible for good citizens to do anything about it. It's why Bob Corker now does things like voting...
He is very active with the 5th Estate crowd. Yet he is very proffessional talk host.
9-16-2007 Nightcall on WRIF.
If you like this, here is his podcast feed....
Sometime after I landed in the Tennessee Valley some eighteen years back, I happened across someone from the area, who at some point got around to telling me where he lived. I kid you not: he said "Wooh-wull." ...
Nope thats not drywall mud in his hands and he isn't sanding, it is ceiling paint- FINALLY!! We had hoped he would be painting this weekend but clean up took forever. He cleaned the floors and vacuumed all the walls....
The Congresswoman sure can spew the babble when she's backed into a corner. She also provides a beautiful example of this Congress's tendency to waste their (our) time and energy on ridiculously trivial matters, while completely ignoring the great issues...
Crabtree farms is having a barbecue, beer, and bluegrass event this Friday night. It's a family affair and completely worth the price of a family membership. Coptix donated a letterpress poster and I was the the lucky designer that got to...
Ken Jordan and I met for coffee at a downtown Chattanooga roaster's on Saturday afternoon. He had some business in town (he currently lives in South Pittsburg), and I had a break from my few other things. It...
A few weeks ago I posted about a study showing two spikes on the income distribution curve of recent law school grads. Now there's a Wall Street Journal piece (free for today, at least) on very much the same...
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By now everyone has seen the video on YouTube of Rudy Giuliani taking a phone call during a speech to the NRA. Is this staged or real? Is it just another time where a person rudely takes a...
has been more difficult than i thought, hence my absense. i ended up getting some much needed zzz's over the weekend, but missed being with k and neglected the creative arena. am i rationing out my time? ...
No, no. Even though America--our own friggin' country for pete's-friggin-sake-- is accused by this criminal of being "criminal"; and even though Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to wipe Israel--read: God's CHOSEN people--off the face of the globe; the rubes at...
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