I love Joe Wilson. Again! Which sets me up here and now to make sure a critical distinction is made. Joe Wilson is not Joseph Wilson, the former ambassador whom I really do love for the devotion and fiery outrage he’s displayed in nonstop defense of his wife, outed CIA undercover agent Valerie Plame. […]
Dollar Ain’t Dead Yet, Mrs. Gisele Bündchen Brady
You’re damned if you do; you’re damned if you don’t. That is the dilemma faced by ‘alpha dog’ Barack Obama. When the US pushed everyone around during the Bush/Cheney years, unilateral America was the global bully; now that its treats everyone with multilateral respect, it is a wimp. As I jump from one media bubble […]
EU’s no to multi-billion dollar rescue package for Eastern Europe
Since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, former Soviet bloc countries have borrowed from western nations to finance their growing economies. But with the global credit crisis, it has become increasingly difficult for these developing economies to raise enough capital to pay their debts. European Union leaders have ruled out a multi-billion dollar rescue […]
As Hurricane Gustav takes aim at the Gulf Coast, billions of dollars are at stake
As rain started to fall on this city’s empty streets Sunday night nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast evacuated. The Port of New Orleans shut down as the Coast Guard closed the lower Mississippi River. The French Quarter was emptied of visitors as most hotels closed. Coastal casinos, a dozen of which were […]
Shopping at the Dollar Store
I have a confession to make. I’m a dollar store junkie. I’ve come to realize that I’m not alone. I used to walk by these places and write them off as nothing but purveyors of cheap junk. One day, however, curiosity got the best of me and I decided to take a look. It was […]
Paramount Pictures crossed billion-dollar Mark Last Weekend
Paramount Pictures said on Monday it had topped $1 billion in sales at U.S. and Canadian box offices, boosted by hit films "Iron Man" and the latest "Indiana Jones" saga, and become the first studio to pass that benchmark this year. This marks back-to-back years of firsts for Paramount Pictures and five consecutive weeks of […]
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