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Sumth’n for Nuth’n

October 4th, 2008 No Comments

When your house is worth nothing and our economy is completely in the tank (soon), you will have the gentleman below to thank.  Rep. Barney Frank wanted to give people something for nothing.  Want a house?  No problem.  No down payment, no income to pay your mortgage, no nuth’n.  And to the bitter end, the honorable Rep. [...]

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Post-Mortem Political Potshots

October 31st, 2007 No Comments

Most people decompose when they are dead and buried.  Amazingly, the late President Gerald Ford is composing!  Apparently, President Ford was not very Presidential in private and was happy to take potshots at anyone and everyone.  President Ford did this in private, but within eat shot of Thomas DeFrank who published these quips in his book [...]

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SOX (Sabanes-Oxley Act of 2002) Sucks!

October 24th, 2007 No Comments

A warning:  This post is going to get revised a lot over the next few days, weeks, and months.  A few reasons:  First, it is an EXTREMELY important topic for publically traded  American companies.  Second, it is sucking the life out of publically traded American companies.  The fine folks at Wikipedia have been working on this topic [...]

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