American capitalism gone with a whimper – Pravda.Ru. First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas then the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their “right” to choke down a McDonalds burger or a BurgerKing burger than for their constitutional rights. That truth. Read More ...
I’ve linked to this Seth Godin post about meeting efficiently before, but it was probably on Twitter. Here’s more than 140 characters worth… I’ve noticed a typical script most meetings follow: Lots of time spent waiting on people to arrive Meeting then starts with people absent anyway Issues are identified and discussed relatively quickly by the folks who were on time Someone shows up late, and they inevitably want to Read More ...
Head over to The Liberty Papers for a great explanation of inflation and what you may be able to do about it. Quick synopsis: Higher prices are a result of inflation. The inflating occurs when the money is printed. Inflation has a trickle down effect…sort of like sewage. Those who are close to the money when it is printed, (for instance, people who get paid to build roads through the Read More ...
For Knoxville peeps, my friend Jen has a $50 gift certificate to the new Earth Fare store in Bearden to give away. in celebration of the opening of their new Knoxville store on June 17th, Earth Fare gave me a $50.00 gift card to give away! Yeah, very cool. They just said, hey Jen – give this away for us. All you have to do is leave a comment telling Read More ...
I’m a little surprised this article on suburban survivalists doesn’t mention bullets at all. “There’s so many people who are concerned about the economy that there’s a huge interest in preparedness, and it pretty much crosses all lines, social, economic, political and religious,” he said. “There’s a steep learning curve going on right now.” It’s nice to have canned food and a generator, but veggies taste much better when they Read More ...
Cameron Stracher begins by talking about how running will become more popular during the down economy, but the article gets better as he drifts into talking about the blood and guts of running. Every runner has a tale about a port-a-potty just missed, a coffee that wouldn’t stay down, a blister that burst and filled a sock with blood. We tell the stories with pride, metaphors for our own indomitability. Read More ...
From Bruce W. Sanford and Bruce D. Brown, a post that (not surprisingly) comes from a newspaper: It is unrealistic to demand new business models from the press without giving it the legal tools to succeed Wait…what? No one is “demanding” anything of newspapers. It basically comes down to this–if you want to survive, find a business model that works in the free market. If you can’t do that, you Read More ...
I wonder how low they have to go before she has her broom revoked. The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released this afternoon found that the approval of how Pelosi is doing her job as speaker has dropped from 51 percent in January to 46 percent in March to 39 percent now. via Pelosi’s approval rating plummets – Political Intelligence – Boston.com.
