happy monday

front group associated with cheney calls for bush to be dictator… for life

Overcome By Greed

I began a career in the banking industry forty years ago.  At that time, especially for someone starting at the bottom of the ladder, new hires were required to attend night courses conducted by the American Institute of Banking.The very first course was titled “Principals of Bank Operations” and I had a text book by [...]

Ten Post Round-Up: July 21, 2008

Some days, it sucks to read the news, because it’s a reminder that our country appears to be being run by a bunch of frat boys, out on a lark and hoping that a grown-up might come along and fix it

Shit Happens

In a fitting patriotic tribute, citizens of San Francisco wracked their brains to come up with a proper memorial to President George W. Bush.

Head of Joint Chiefs: “Right now I’m fighting 2 wars, and I don’t need a third one…”

But I worry about the instability in that part of the world and, in fact, the possible unintended consequences of a strike like that and, in fact, having an impact throughout the region that would be difficult to both predict exactly