So the Republican won in MA. Sad. I’m really starting to lose faith in the people of this country. If I had a dime for every politician who decried “business as usual” on the campaign trail, I’d have a lot more money to my name than is currently the case. Why aren’t the American people [...]

Saturday evening I got a phone call. It’s from an 866 number so I let it go to voice mail. Well, it’s AmEx saying they’ve made an important change to my account and I needed to call them back right away.
Curious, I log into my account to find that my available credit had gone [...]

Saw this today in a comment thread on Facebook:
…expanding real competition by allowing insurance companies to issue health policies across state lines, changing deductables[sic] and coverage to encourage people to only go to the doctor when they need to, and to pay more of their health costs themselves directly.

First: I’m no insurance industry expert, but [...]

The amount of health insurance premiums I can deduct from my taxes because I am self-employed…
$666
That won’t happen again this year since my premiums have jumped by 50%. The rate of inflation for 2008 was higher than it’s been in a long time. 5%. Are you seriously telling me that medical costs jumped at 10 [...]

Anyone else see W’s address to the nation this morning? The longer this goes on the angrier I get. “$700 billion is a significant amount of money.” Really? I had no idea! “We have a wide range of tools at our disposal and we are acting aggressively to stabilize our markets.” How’s that for a [...]

700 billion dollars? No questions asked?? Good lord, if this happens, it will probably be the greatest abuse of power since the days of the robber barons. And people still don’t think Bush is consolidating power in the executive Branch? Un@#$@()real.
And if one single penny goes to corporate executives, there needs to be a rebellion. [...]

This just boggles the mind:

You may or may not have heard the story of Webster Cook, a University of Central Florida student who decided to be funny, and smuggle the Eucharist out of a Catholic mass, rather than eat it.
Cook’s plan, which seems about average in terms of wacky college schemes, triggered horrible cries of [...]

Chris Buttars, Utah State Senator from West Jordan, is an ass. I have to believe that even wingnuts who support him as a champion of moral causes privately think, “What an ass.” Generally I just try and ignore him. Otherwise, I’d be angry all the time, but this just tears it.
Buttars just lost his seat [...]

Can’t we just leave Britteny alone, people? She’s self-destructed. I get it. She got rich and famous too fast and too young, she apparently didn’t have much of a familial foundation to build on and she couldn’t manage it and went into a tail spin. Fine. Leave her be and let her try to put [...]

I really should be doing homework, but I can’t let these things pass.
Praise the Lord and pass the ethanol!
Went to the auto show in town over the weekend. Chevy had ETHANOL plastered over most of their largest vehicles. ‘Cause ethanol is the answer to the “oil crisis.” Even better it’s grown right here the good [...]