Politics

Being ‘Friended’ by a Politician

I was on Facebook recently, minding my own business  (Well, ok, I was minding everyone else's business.  I was on Facebook.) when I got...

Bailout Ben, Big Al, a Sick Porcupine and Beavis & Butthead

It looks like Ben Bernanke is getting re-elected and the American people don't get a vote. A porcupine with a bad head cold taking excessive...

Lenders Making Bank: Bush, Obama & the FDIC

Anyone ever have the short sale deal that makes sense collapse, only to see it go to sale via the foreclosure process and sell...

Good Grief- The National Association of Realtors’ Gravestone

NAR'S Gravestone. The National Association of Realtors this week amended it's trademark policy to allow the use of the Realtor logo on personal...

A Spoon Full of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down

A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down “If you don’t pass this legislation, then … the EPA is going to have to regulate...

Financial and Mortgage Reform? Nah. Who Needs It?

This week the House of Representatives passed a sweeping financial reform package that would deter, in part, some of the most egregious practices of...

How Will Politics Affect Your Business In 2010?

So my voice is shot (again) and I'm seriously considering adding something a bit more powerful in my Bigelow tea to help. While...

Government Creeps Further into Every Facet of American Life

The plans for a markup next week – still tentative as of late Friday – appeared to signal growing congressional support for the idea, which President Barack Obama also backed during the 2008 campaign. And here is part of the bill, HR 390: College Football Playoff Act of 2009 - Congress finds that -- (1) college football games, including post-season football games, depend upon competition between college and university teams traveling in interstate commerce;?... (3) the total economic impact in the host cities from the 5 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) games in January 2008 was estimated at more than $1.2 billion;?... (6) the colleges and universities whose teams participate in the post-season football bowls experience significant financial windfall including increased applications for enrollment, recruiting advantages, increased alumni donations, and increased corporate sponsorship that provides a competitive advantage over universities whose teams are ineligible or statistically at a disadvantage from the BCS bowl competitions because of their conference affiliation.