Archive for the 'Finance' Category
THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG
Most of you are familiar with the fairy tale about the goose that laid a golden egg.
It did so on a regular basis and brought a steady flow of wealth to its owner until it was disemboweled to get to the source. It died and produced no more golden [...]
June 10th, 2010 | Posted in Finance, History, Politics, society, survival | 14 Comments
For as long as I can remember I have heard people say “Don’t discuss politics or religion”.That makes sense because both are subjective issues and people usually adhere to religion as a ‘faith-based system of salvation’. Faith is the sticking point.
People do not change unless given a reason and since the principles of a [...]
April 25th, 2009 | Posted in Finance, History, Politics, Truth, ethics, money, society | 12 Comments
AUBURN 1904-1937
CORD 1929-1937
CROSLEY 1939-1952
DUESENBERG 1913-1926
ESSEX 1919-1932
HUDSON 1910-1957
KAISER 1945-1956
NASH 1916-1957
PACKARD [...]
April 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Finance, History, ethics, responsibility, society, survival | 4 Comments
A number of years ago I started seeing ads on TV that went something like:
“I owed the IRS $10,000 but I went to the firm of Joe Cheat and Associates and I only had to pay back $400.”
This, in my opinion, was the start. People tried to weasel out of their obligations in a semi-acceptable [...]
February 9th, 2009 | Posted in Finance, Politics, ethics, injustice, law, money, responsibility, society | 5 Comments
Plastic (Polyethylene)
During my recent travels I drove along a highway in western Florida where some road construction was underway in the median strip.
It was a four-lane Interstate highway with the wide median strip the level of which was below the center of the highway lanes.
During the last decade it seems that no one is permitted [...]
June 15th, 2008 | Posted in Environment, Finance, Humor, Politics, junk science | 10 Comments