Archive for October, 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-30

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It’s ridiculous that I can’t [...]

Governor Crist Does Right Thing, Gets Hated For It

Florida Governor Charlie Crist has announced that he’s extending early voting hours under a crush of people trying to vote early in Florida. And what does he get?
“He just blew Florida for John McCain,” one plugged in Florida Republican just told me.
That’s a really sad comment, but it’s typical of the GOP in the Bush [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-27

Eye witness says cheers for Palin Fri night clearly piped in as they were a little off on timing. #
Hilarious. Seven Deadly Sins of the Meltdown. http://tinyurl.com/59dsh5 #

Letters from Santa for a Good Cause

We have participated in this Letters for Santa campaign for the past few years. With our four year old, the hardest part of the parenting classes was visiting the NICU (Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit). I thank God that we never needed the services of this organization, but I so glad that it exists to help [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-24

I wonder if Gov. Palin willget the same warm reception here as in Philly. #
I am trying to stay strong and not go out and buy “once” to watch it again #

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-23

People are upset over $150k in clothes, why not total cost of $5bn for all Federal elections? #

Comment of the Day

On Jonathan Martin’s post about McCain (finally?) returning to Meet the Press via live satelite linkup in Waterloo, IA.
Um, who is running this circus? Couldn’t they have picked a better town than “Waterloo”?
Ok, it made me laugh at least.

I Don’t Understand People

Again, my wife would say the post title is an understatement…
So, there’s another Congressional extramarital affair brewhaha happening in Washington. I’m really not interested in that (though it is the Democrat that took over for Mark Foley in Florida…) as much as amused/scared at some of the details. No, he wasn’t trying to hook up [...]

Wells “Wins” Wachovia Willingly?

I’m a big language dork, so sue me.
Anyway, Citi has decided that it won’t block the merger of Wachovia and Wells Fargo, but it will sue them for billions of dollars *places pinky to mouth*. The St. Louis Business Journal article (Wachovia swallowed St. Louis based brokerage AG Edwards less than a year ago, so [...]

Stat of the Millenium?

According to Portfolio, GM is worth today what it was worth in 1929. Not adjusted for inflation.
Wow. Simply wow. I accidentally got a peek of my IRA when I opened Mint this morning. I had intentionally not looked. I wish I hadn’t.

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