Posted by julian on September 10, 2009 in
Politics
The two cities of Australia, Sydney and Melbourne are so similar to Chicago and New York in so many ways. Until the RICO act took care of the last of the Mafia leadership, gangsters and the mafia worked hand in hand in making sure the underworld thrived. Apart from “Teflon” John Gotti, who created a [...]
Tags: Adma Tilley, Australia, Chicago, Giulianai, IRS, Melbourne, Mike McGurk, New York, NSW, RICO, Sydney
Posted by julian on July 14, 2009 in
Politics
The sharp decline in the price of a barrel of oil last week was not the result of excess supply over demand. The world has been awash with oil for the last nine months. Consumption even in America has hit lows never seen in decades and the rest of the world has realized it too [...]
Tags: America, Bush, cartel, Chicago, David Hutton, G8, Geithner, GM, Mercantile Exchange, Mexico, New York, Obama, oil, Wall Street
Posted by julian on July 2, 2009 in
Airlines,
Economy
Over the last twenty years I have become more and more confused about the actions of our gurus in industry and those dirt bags on Wall Street. We have seen merger after merger to the point where most industries are now so condensed we have created oligopoly situations (oil, pharmaceutical, defense contractors, food, banks/finance and [...]
Tags: 737, Airbus, Barbie, Boeing, Chicago, China, Dreamliner 787, Expeditors, Fisher-Price, Ford, GM, Levi-Straus, McDonnell Douglas, Pentagon, Seattle, Wall Street