29 Nov
Posted by charles as Journalism, News, commentary
Why are we giving these clowns money? Taxpayer money? They won’t even admit they are at fault!
I am talking about Citigroup which is getting its life line directly from the pockets of average Americans..the very ones the company probably won’t give credit or mortgages to.
Now comes word that former Treasury Secretary and current Citigroup director [...]
25 Nov
Posted by charles as Journalism, News, commentary
The government has now become the bank of first choice for just about everyone it seems.
So much money has been laid on the line for various bailouts that taxpayers, you and me, have effectively become bankers…in this case, lending (giving) our money or the promise of our money to banks and lending institutions.
In the latest [...]
23 Nov
Posted by charles as Journalism, News, Politics, commentary
Consumer advocates call it the old bait and switch–a store lures you in advertising a cheap television, for example, but when you get there, they say they happen to be out of stock…but could they interest you in a different model…one that, of course, is “slightly” more expensive.
Isn’t that pretty much what Barack Obama has [...]
21 Nov
Posted by charles as Journalism, News, Politics, commentary
I say looks like it’s Hillary because there is still no official word from the Obama camp.
Yet, the New York Times and others are reporting based on leaks–from Clinton people–that she will accept Barack Obama’s offer to be Secretary of State.
Whether he has actually offered that position to her is besides the point. What matters [...]
21 Nov
Posted by charles as Journalism, Politics, commentary
Come on Obama, let’s get it over with already: Both your people and Hillary’s people have gone out of their ways to “leak” the ongoing saga of how you may offer Clinton the job of Secretary of State and she might accept it.
Then there was the fiction ,also leaked, that Bill Clinton’s fund raising could [...]
18 Nov
Posted by charles as Journalism
While Americans are buzzing about their new first family, a grave from 4,600 years ago gives new meaning to the phrase, first family.
Scientists reportedly believe the grave–with the remains of a mother, father and their two sons–is the first genetic evidence of what nowadays is called a nuclear family.
The amazing discovery is detailed in the journal [...]