If You Go: Stimulus Money

Continuing our ongoing ever-popular “If You Go” series (see also: Athens, Dubai, ADEM, the Cahaba River Historical Park, and Brierfield Ironworks), we now proudly present to you the lowdown on the just-completed statewide tour that the State of Alabama is doing to tell everyone about the vast unmarked sacks of Socialist stimulus Obama money coming [...]

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Post Palin Beatdown

Yes, Palin got smoked on national television. No, she didn’t stumble and bumble, nor did she break down in tears. Because of this, people think she did a good job. Many media outlets claim she did a good job because they have an interest in seeing this presidential race remain as close as possible for [...]

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Let’s Have a Chat

Gather ’round dear friends. Come and sit closely. Please invite a friend.
We’d like you to read something. It’s a speech from our president. It is called … “On the Banking Crisis.” Please check it out:

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A Few More Crazy Reads…

I know that these “link heavy” posts don’t technically “count” as blog posts, but I do like to share the wealth of some of the amazing stuff that I come across during the day. Here are a few things I forgot to include in yesterday’s links-o-rama post:
1. Get ready to be even more proud than [...]

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Crazy Reads

1. A little historical backstory on the current economic landscape, with particular regard to Bob Dole’s Charles Keating’s John McCain’s role in things. For a fantastic new opportunity, one that could make you some serious cash, click here.
2. Gregg Easterbrook’s newest column is partly about sports, but the part I’d like to highlight involves his [...]

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Ding, ding, ding!

There’s an episode of The Simpsons where Marge is trying to teach the kids about the value of money. She is trying to convince them to do yard work and offers to pay them for the chores. It goes something like this:
Marge: (after finding out that the kids bailed on their yard work) I see…no [...]

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Crimson and Green: Tidal Economics

Sometimes the biggest news is the outrage that isn’t.
Frankly, I expected something of a maddened screeching from the Crimson Tide nation about the recent Buzz Bissinger piece in the New York Times about Alabama football. Bissinger, lately something of an Internet celebrity for his idiotic anti-blog tirade on HBO, is most famous for writing a [...]

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Not a Great Start to the Week

I woke up Monday morning from an extremely strange dream. It involved me pulled a deformed fish out of a fast moving river with a homemade fishing pole. The fish’s face was melted like the Toxic Avenger and it was covered with leeches. Just as my revulsion was peaking, I looked back into the river [...]

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Student Loans, Loans on the Range

I’ve been busting some financial moves of late. But I’d sure have more freedom to toss around my monetary deck chairs on the deck of our Titanic economy if I didn’t have a student loan hanging over my head. But there’s good news: these people seem to have it together and at least seem to [...]

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Wal-Mart Boots Loyal, Slow Shopper

Dig this story: (I’m pasting in the entire story because it’s short and I don’t want to leave anything out or misrepresent this story in any way).
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Wal-Mart shopper overstayed her welcome at the 24-hour store in Lilburn. Gwinnett County police escorted the shopper home after she stayed there for three [...]

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