Wednesday, April 16, 2008BANKRUPTCIES, STORE CLOSINGS, LOST JOBS, EMPTY MALLSThere is something creepy and terribly sad about watching a retail store in it's last days of a bankruptcy sale. The Alpha Omega chain of high end watches and jewelry has been going through this nightmare and I have born witness to it's gradual demise as I often pass by the store that has a... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:16 AM Comments (11) (link) Sunday, April 13, 2008GUESS WHO IS UNEMPLOYED?In spite of the fact that we just ended the bloodiest week this year for US troops in Iraq, I thought I'd write about something cheery instead. For all you folks who are among the unemployed, either recently unemployed because your company is one of the many, like the airlines who have resorted to... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 1:30 PM Comments (7) (link) Thursday, April 10, 2008CULTURE OF CORRUPTIONAs I open the paper this morning the flood of bad news sweeps over me yet again, as it has every single morning in the past 7 years of the bush presidency. In their waning months in office the effects of their policies and the culture of corruption that now pervades American life is coming home to... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:53 AM Comments (4) (link) Sunday, April 6, 2008THE MYTH OF REPUBLICAN FISCAL RESPONSIBILITYWith the economy in free fall, consumers shouldering record debt, home prices falling, unemployment figures rising, grocery prices heading north, gas prices affecting every sector of the economy, and the stock market schizophrenia ending with the worst quarter in six years, "it's a combination of... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:07 AM Comments (7) (link) Thursday, April 3, 2008What IS bush Thinking?Apparently with his approval rating for handling the economy below 25%, (that's even lower than his job approval rating overall which has hovered at 29%-30% for months) bush has decided to hightail it out the country and see if he can look "presidential" by appearing before NATO where he faced yet... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:07 AM Comments (10) (link) |
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