The nation’s largest private employer is seeing troubling times: Wal-Mart’s core shoppers are running out of money much faster than a year ago due to rising gasoline prices, and the retail giant is worried, CEO Mike Duke said Wednesday. “We’re seeing core consumers under a lot of pressure,” Duke said at an event in New […]
While Sarah Palin has been out giving her 10,000,000,000 post-election interview, her state has been going to hell in a hand basket. Today a group of Alaskan natives files lawsuit against the Jesuits, claiming they been dropping their pedophile priests in remote part of Alaska: Attorney Ken Roosa announced the lawsuit at a chilly press […]
The weather has been crazy this year, that is certain. With all the massive flooding in the Midwest, another weather problem seems to be – droughts in the South: Officials in the Oklahoma Panhandle are appealing for government aid to help with the effects of a drought that has harmed crops and livestock forage. “This […]
In all honesty, this is poetic justice: High fuel prices are causing the value of used SUVs to plummet, often below what’s listed in the buying guides many shoppers use to negotiate with dealers. As a result, some new-car buyers think they’re getting cheated by dealers who are offering them little for their SUV trade-ins. […]
Bush tried to “pass the buck” on high fuel prices by blaming them on “boutique” fuels (required cleaner burning fuels). Unfortunately for Bush, the EPA sees it differently: “Boutique” gasoline blends to help states meet clean air rules are not a factor in higher prices as President Bush has suggested, says a draft of a […]
While Bush strummed people drowned. While Bush ate cake people had fearful waits on their roofs while as the flood waters rose. Bush’s inactions in the wake of Katrina’s devastating landfall will be remembered for a life time. His other inactions and the inactions of the Republican run Congress will be felt for a life […]