Category Archives: The News

I Got a Discount on my House Also, So What?

I may not be the world’s biggest Obama fan but the latest news stories about him getting a “discount” on a new home is absolutely ridiculous. Can’t they do any better than this?
Obama Got Discount on Home Loan - washingtonpost.com
The freshman Democratic senator received a discount. He locked in an interest rate of 5.625 percent [...]

Bush Buying Time for Big Oil?

This has got to be the most transparent move that the current Administration has pulled yet.

The Bush administration has put a two-year stop to solar energy projects on federal lands in Arizona and other Western states while it studies their environmental impact.
Source: Bush administration halts solar energy projects on federal lands: Phoenix Business Journal

Yeah right. [...]

Watch Me Try and Shoot My Foot

And to think I used to live there. Oh wait…that’s typical of that area—I forgot.
NEW BEDFORD - A firearms instructor for the Bristol County Sheriff’s department has been given other duties after his gun accidentally discharged while he was teaching a class on weapons safety.
Officials say the Glock handgun went off while Maj. [...]

Love That Local Humor

Yup! You just have to love our local humor.
(Source: The Barton Chronicle, Vol. 35, #16, April 23rd, 2008)

Tags: humor, local matters, politics

Depressed? Don’t Read the News.

If you suffer from depression in anyway my advice to you is to not read the latest news unless it’s from the Good News Network or some other site like that. It won’t help your outlook that’s for sure. Even I’m starting to feel down in the dumps.
China is being it’s usual communist “squash the [...]

The Media’s Desperate-Judging a Candidate by Their Sexual Prowess

The media is obviously getting so desperate to bring some sex based political scandal into this year’s election free-for-all that they’ll even try accusing a 71 year old man of having an affair with some young blonde lobbyist back when he was 63… 
John McCain, ex-Vietnam veteran and all-American hero, was forced to deny [...]

Finally We Are United in Video

Blu-ray stands victorious on the Battlefield of Formattedness with sword raised and head high while it’s cohorts do little jigs on the sidelines. HD DVD lies dead at it’s feet, the Format Wars finally over. And in his manor on a hill overlooking the the field of battle, DVD heaves a tired sigh of relief, [...]

AT&T-How Not to do Business

So what does a major telcom do when it finds it’s DSL business flagging? Why raise the price for those particular services by $5.00 dollars that’s what they do. AT&T is in the news again by making it’s already flagging, poor quality broadband services even worse by increasing the price of those services. Makes sense [...]