WHEN SPORT BECOMES BUSINESS
The recent NFL draft reminded me sport is definitely not entertainment or a recreational pastime anymore, it is a business. Fancy twenty-one year olds being signed up for $50 million contracts and society thinks that is quite okay. Many just answer, “Man, this is America. It is simply capitalism at work!” This disease has spread [...]
GENERAL MOTORS BACK INTO NUMBER ONE POSITION
When those nay Sayers just loved it when General Motors collapsed I had lost 20% of my 401K plan because I believed in my GM investment so foolishly so that I admit I hung onto it right until the end. Why did I believe in General Motors? Because dollar for dollar to me in the [...]
I ACTUALLY OCCASIONALLY ENJOY A REALLY GOOD LAUGH
As one of the last subscribers to the L.A. Times, everyday I sometimes find one or two articles informative and fun to read. After watching the start of the L.A. Marathon last Sunday, the cameras tuned into L.A.’s number one scammer chatting up the biggest Cheshire cat of American politics. The two show ponies were [...]
WHEN A LITTLE BLOKE LIKE ME HITS THE FINANCIAL WALL, IT’S OVER
For the past eighteen months it has been a personal battle to stay one paycheck ahead of disaster. Like most Americans, fortunate enough to still have a job, I have taken a huge hit with a 20% reduction in salary. To remain alive I “juggle” my fortnightly pay to satisfy all my creditors. I know [...]
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