The video above shows that everything is peaceful (not!) and happy (not!) in Tehran following elections that saw hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (a.k.a., “PIRANHA“) retain his role as president amidst accusations that the Iranian election process was rife with fraud. At the same time as it makes you wonder if ACORN was somehow involved in the [...]
Entries from June 2009
Iranian Election Results Spark Street Riots
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: · acorn, Ahmadinejad, Iran, iran riots, iranian elections, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, riots in tehran, Tehran, tehran riots
Labor Strike Continues at Vance Air Force Base (Updated)
June 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment
I remain dumbfounded by the nerve and/or stupidity of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers members who went on strike Monday — and remain on strike today — against their employers, CSC Applied Technologies and its subcontractors at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Okla. Five days ago, I reported on the beginning [...]
Tags: · csc applied technologies, enid, iamaw, international association of machinists and aerospace workers, labor union, northwest oklahoma, Oklahoma, Pentagon, pentagon moving pilots, pilot training, strike, vance, vance air force base
Oklahoma Trooper’s Dashcam Video Released
June 13th, 2009 · 6 Comments
New dashcam video has been released in the case of the May 24 incident involving an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper and the crew of a Creek Nation Ambulance near Prague in Okfuskee County, Okla. The new video’s release by the OHP today comes more than two weeks after a cell phone camera captured the video [...]
Tags: · Ambulance, cell phone video, dashcam, dashcam video, EMT, ohp, okfuskee county, Oklahoma, oklahoma highway patrol, prague, scuffle
American Taxpayer’s Ode: ‘Where’d My Money Go?’
June 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
After reading a report in The Wall Street Journal this morning about the IRS considering a tax on company-issued cell phones, I was inspired to write “Where’d My Money Go?” as an ode to the American taxpayer: WHERE’D MY MONEY GO? They want to tax the mobile phone my boss just gave to me. They [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Humor, taxes, wealth redistribution
‘Mattress Wallet’ Touted as Secure Place for Money
June 12th, 2009 · No Comments
“Financial comfort in an uncertain economy.” That was the headline of a news release I read this morning for something called “The Mattress Wallet.” At first blush, I suspected the news release was either a promotion for some kind of financial advice seminar. Then I thought it might be something individuals could use to literally [...]
Tags: · economic crisis, financial advice, financial advice seminar, global economic crisis, mattress, mattress wallet, money in your mattress, money under your mattress, ponzi scheme, Stock Market, the mattress wallet, wallet
What Will Be The Outcome of the Amazon Defense Coalition’s Lawsuit Against Chevron in Ecuador?
June 11th, 2009 · 10 Comments
Life in the Oriente Region of Ecuador is full of danger, mystery and intrigue. Located along the border with Colombia in the northeast part of the country, the region is home to ancient people groups who depend largely upon the resources of the Amazon River basin for their survival. It’s home to thousands of exotic [...]
Tags: · 27 billion, 60 Minutes, adc, alberto wray, amazon, amazon defense coalition, amazon river, amazon river basin, Barack Obama, Big Oil, business and media institute, cabrera report, camino, CBS, chevron, chevron corporation, chevron ecuador lawsuit, Class-Action Lawsuit, classmate of president barack obama, colombia, Columbia, Competitive Enterprise Institute, correa, court-appointed expert, Dan Gainor, donziger, ecuador, ecuador grabs for chevron's wallet, ecuador mining news, ecuador's attack on foreign companies, ecuadoran legal system, edison camino, Environment, foreign companies, frente, frente de defensa de la amazonia, Harvard, harvard law school, karen hinton, kent robertson, kohn, kohn swift and graf, luis yanza, New York, Obama, oil-rich jungle, oriente, oriente region, pensioners, petroecuador, president rafael correa, rafael correa, richard cabrera, selva viva, selviva, steven donziger, steven r donziger, texaco, Trial Lawyer, warren brookes journalism fellow, Washington Post, wray, yanza
‘Barney Fwank’ Walks Out on CNBC Interviewer
June 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) walked out of a live CNBC interview on the subject of executive pay this morning, , and I was glad to see him go. Personally, I’d rather not see “Congressman Fwank” on television. The sight of the House Financial Services Committee chairman usually makes me want to laugh, and it’s nearly [...]
Tags: · Barney Frank, barney fwank, CNBC, cnbc interview, congressman fwank, executive pay, frank, house financial services committee chairman, Massachusetts, rep. barney frank
