I am scared to say this but for the first time in my life I am agreeing with the sentiments of W’s spoken word. He has all but blamed the rising middle class of India for the current rise in food prices and availability. This extends to China and other Southeast Asian nations who get [...]

I was linked to this morning through a completely unrelated topic this morning to a letter to the editor and just had to do a post of my own. To make a long story short the letter’s author blames people having babies who can’t support them for most of our economic woes. In part I [...]

Alternately we could call this another delusion of grandeur from the president.  The checks started showing up today through direct deposit.  Of course being a guy who owes the IRS money, I am not getting one.  I might be a little bitter, but only because I could use the extra cash to fix the truck [...]

Retail gasoline prices pulled back slightly from record levels Tuesday and gave some consumers a small break, but a new government forecast said gas could reach as high as $4 a gallon during the summer driving season.
This story in from Yahoo via Digg.
Well Duh! Is what I have to say about gas hitting four [...]

This sounds like a great plan until you realize just how impossible it is and how naive it is even to say.  The fact is there will always be poor people, middle class and rich people.  The world economy needs them to survive.  Does this mean we should have starving kids on the streets in [...]

Dick Cheney is neither stupid nor naive.  I can say a lot of things about the man, but neither of those really apply.  However the rhetoric he is spouting about freedom while perusing the Middle East might lead one to that conclusion.
“You and I know what it means to be free…”
That is one of the [...]

Two education stories hit me this week as blog worthy. First, is about the encouragement that Madonna got as a teen. Secondly, WTF is up in Oklahoma?
From Madonna’s Rock Hall induction speech:
She (Madonna) fondly remembered a teacher, who encouraged her to follow her dreams when she was only 14,
Well that is just dandy, and really [...]