The shallow and pithless things I've seen may be worth grousing about, but they are so disheartening I just can't write intelligently about them. So instead I think I'll just complain:
Goodbye Health Care? What the heck - everyone in the administration seems to have given up completely on health care. And just about every other piece of legislation too - at least that's the impression one gets from the news. It doesn't help that Democratic Senator Evan Bayh has decided to call it quits and go home, disillusioned. What's up with that? He served through eight years of Bush and NOW he's depressed? Has President Obama really lost control so badly and so soon? It's almost enough to make you want to run Ralph Nader for President. I said almost ...
Usury, Anyone? If anyone needs reminding credit card issuers do NOT have your best interests at heart, just read the blurb about cards with 79% interest rates as reported by creditcards.com and replayed on yahoo news. Seems that some of us have credit ratings in need of rehabilitation. And it seems that one way of doing this is to get another credit card with a very low borrowing limit and a nosebleed-high interest rate. A perfect recipe to leverage that $79 dollar dinner for two into a balance equivalent to a night out in Rome, airfare included. And it's legal, the article said. No mention of amoral or unethical, conniving or evil, all of which seem to fit. Loan shark-ery supported by law. Incredible ...
Toyota's Apologies Recalled? In an unprecedented move, the NHTSA has launched a recall of all of Toyota Motor Company's public apologies, citing dangerous gassiness and oiliness which may have caused hundreds of their customers to become dizzy, slip, fall, and bruise their shins. Just kidding - but the NHTSA should think about it.
OK - I feel a bit better now. Thanks for listening.
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