Archive for September, 2008
week in review: september 15-19
no money, lotta problems was the theme this week. that’s why we decided to do the week in review in green.
as the us economy went south the politics got nastier, and the good old boys had a staff meeting in washington. here at sacredbird, we learned that:
things may not always be what they [...]
front pages
since we can’t all go to local school board meetings like john king to get a feel for the community, i thought we’d check out the front pages of the newspapers in the larger swing states to get a sense of what issues they’re interested in. i wasn’t able to get the front page of [...]
as good as money in the bank
as things continue to spiral downward (washington mutual looking for a buyer, morgan stanley stock dropping 24.2% and goldman sachs falling 13.9%) here’s some ways to make/save money:
instead of dropping $36,000 on a hermes crocodile kelly bag, make your own! the travel the world of hermès section of the hermès website has templates you can [...]
go shorty…
folks downtown have moved into the anger phase of grief and they’re looking for a scapegoat. looks like they’ve found one in shorters–people who short stock. when they find them, i don’t think they’ll want to party 50 cent style–like it’s their birthday. shorting a stock means that unlike regular trading, you are betting that [...]
profiles: roberts, o’reilly, king
john roberts – eye weekly
recently caused some ruckus when he self identified as a democratic during an interview
“feedback from viewers is great”, unless it’s from “ranters”
cnn is dedicated to “speaking to the great middle of America”, they’re different from the rest of cable network news because they offer” personality, not partisanship”
bill o’reilly – time [...]
shiny new car…
gm unveiled its new electric car, the chevrolet volt, at the 100th anniversary celebration earlier this week. not available until 2010, the volt runs on a lithium-ion battery. some may remember gm’s first electric car, the ev1. the ev1 was introduced in 1996 and was only available in california and arizona via leasing. in 2003, [...]
glass houses…
carly fiorina wants john mccain and sarah palin in the white house, just not in the board room. in recent interview (below) the former c.e.o. of hewlett-packard (hp) made her reservations known about the candidate’s readiness to run a business. in an ironically dubbed “biden-like” statement, fiorina said that the two leaders may be qualified [...]
