Posted by julian on December 15, 2009 in
Politics
Hey Mr President, you’ve caved in again! This time it is to your good “buddies” such as that angry, hobbling short-ass opponent in the last election, John “you’ve done it again” McCain, the defense contractor lobbyists and the Pentagon. You can pay a Blackwater mercenary a hundred grand or so to fart around in Afghanistan [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Blackwater, Bush, Cheney, Iraq, Obama, Pentagon, terrorism
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
Posted by julian on March 13, 2009 in
Economy,
Export,
Import
I don’t know what it is, but the media’s love affair with everything China just keeps growing. Take their stimulus plan for example. They announced a miserable $500 billion package (most of which was already ear marked and spent on existing projects) for their 1.2 billion people and we are being told its effects have [...]
Tags: America, Chery, China, Economy, Haier, Japanese, Lance Armstrong, Obama, Pentagon, Stimulus, Wal-Mart, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal