Dimwit Dollars
May 12, 2012Chump change: A trivial sum of money, a trivial matter. For example, Dave was sick of working for chump change, he wanted a decent salary, or, ‘Don’t put that on the agenda, it’s chump change.’…
Tag Archives: Finance
Dreamless Falling
May 10, 2012Creatures of the future in the hardcore words from the dangerous mind of Dick Mourdock, who whipped Dick Lugar in Indiana on Tuesday: “What I’ve said about compromise and bipartisanship is I hope to build…
Job One
May 9, 2012One of the bedrocks of being alive and being anywhere near ‘successful,’ is having a job — working a wage. And although job openings in the U.S. rose in March to the highest level in…
Frightful
May 8, 2012In a most-personal and open manner, Rick Santorum endorsed Mitt Romney for president — the broadcast via e-mail at about 11 o’clock last night. Who’s the wiser? Reportedly, last Friday Romney visited Pittsburgh where he…
Near-Pure Crazy
May 3, 2012Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity…
Pump the Dollars
May 2, 2012One item that’s fallen off the news radar the past few weeks is gas prices — no more the hand-wringing stories of people going without food to fuel their vehicles and all is well. Out…
Monday’s Word
April 30, 2012Mitt Romney waxing eloquent Friday at Otterbein University in Ohio: “The impact of gathering facts, gathering information, learning about the reality behind the words, has proven to me, in the business sector, that facts are…
Voices of Vicious Villainy
April 29, 2012As we begin a near-seven month nightmare — the 2012 elections — the US of A has become one vast holding pen of pure bullshit, creating an ironic, near-mockery of American democracy. Not only is…
Reality, Or Not
April 27, 2012We all live by certain rules, sometimes, and to be able to live outside those guidelines is fantasy. Michelle Obama has a thought, via CNN: “It is hard to sneak around and do what you…
Power Outage
April 26, 2012Early yesterday, we had a couple of power outages — pretty rare up here — and the last one occurred while working on this blog, and no post. First time during the weekdays for more…