blogging sporadically since…what? 1998?
Posted in election on Oct 29th, 2008
Somehow I thought it was two weeks away, but I just looked at my calendar and realized it’s next week. To get you ready to vote it’s a good idea to look up some sample ballots. Ones for Stillwater are located here, but I think you should be able to find some for your area […]
Posted in economy, election, Government, politics on Oct 27th, 2008
I’m probably not going to have very much time in the next two weeks for political analysis, with school and work and everything (somebody has to contribute to GDP and pay taxes to pay for the bailout). The way I see it now, I think Obama will when the election. I hope I’m wrong, but […]
Posted in On the Net, Personal on Oct 26th, 2008
Just thought I’d throw out a link to winkflash. Sarah and I got some photos made of the wedding and used them. We were pleased with the results. We first ordered a small batch with and without their “image enhancement” to compare and we both agreed that with image enhancement looked better. Also, I thought […]
Posted in election, Government on Oct 24th, 2008
An Obama win does have it’s bright side. From here: Which brings me back to why the Republicans need to get throttled: A humiliated, decimated GOP that rejuvenates and rebuilds around the principles of limited government, free markets, and rugged individualism is really the only chance for voters to possibly get a real choice in […]
Posted in economy, Government, On the Net on Oct 7th, 2008
I’ll try to post some interesting things around the web I’ve found that do a good job of explaining what’s been going on recently. This American Life, The Giant Pool of Money. Very interesting, a few months old. Describes why the banks started to make so many loans to people that probably wouldn’t pay them […]
Posted in economy, Government, politics on Oct 6th, 2008
Article from 1999 in the NY Times (emphasis mine). Fannie Mae, the nation’s biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people and felt pressure from stock holders to maintain its phenomenal growth in profits. It sucks because Fannie Mae […]