Archive for the 'Business Matters' Category

Clinical Strength Deodorant

I have now seen a commercial for the third different “prescription strength” antiperspirant. The first question that crossed my mind was is there really deodorant so powerful that it could not be trusted in the hands of the general public?
Turns out that all three products are made by the same company. I only [...]

Midday Notes On Obama And Chlorinated Chicken

Barack Obama stayed in the same hotel in Berlin recently that Michael Jackson made famous by dangling his baby out of the window.  My sources are telling me that Senator Obama was willing to have a similar photo op, but Joe Lieberman was unavailable for the moment.
In a totally unrelated point from Europe, the European [...]

Federal Minimum Wage Increase Should Be A Good Thing For Conservatives

The Federal Minimum Wage is going up today.  I’m wondering how long it will take before the economy crumbles to pieces as most conservatives always predict.  But this puzzles me a bit politically.  Over the last 7 years the Republican establishment has re-made the tax code to weigh heavily on taxing wages as opposed to [...]

How To Stimulate The Economy

I spent my economic stimulus check two days ago and was thinking about the economy. Lewis Black has some answers.

I’ve Got My Philosophy

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
- John Kenneth Galbraith

The High Cost Of Living In The Sunshine Empire

The price of gasoline in The Sunshine Empire is approaching $4.00 a gallon.  This inflationary pressure is affecting the economy and causing strain in homes across America.  Yet at our headquarters our accountants are telling us that we are currently spending an unforgivable $28.00 a gallon on Red Bull.  Big Red Bull is bleeding us [...]

Gas Tax Distractions

The latest promise going around the campaign trail is the idea of a summer Federal gas tax holiday. Old man McCain proposed one, because he like every Republican thinks that the Federal deficit is only something fake President’s on 24 have to deal with. But did you know that common sense would tell [...]

Merger Mania

They have one hearing for the merger of Exxon-Mobil and they gouge the market for $11 billion a quarter, and this is still undecided?
XM and Sirius Extend Merger Deadline By Two Months.