Creditors have taken a beating over the past year, as being uncompassionate, greedy Capitalistic pigs. While that may be true most of the time with many companies, I believe in recognizing companies that stand out and act differently from that.
In the past couple of weeks, I have had positive, compassionate [...]
Presidential candidate Barack Obama's report card showed all A grades. The problem is that the As were based on promises. He promised to end the Iraq War, chase the lobbyists and special interests out of Washington, get people back to work, put the kibosh on the Wall Street greed [...]
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Contra Costa Supervisor Federal Glover is taking no cues from Brentwood Mayor Bob Taylor, who will appear Saturday in turkey costume this weekend.
The mayor agreed to wear the fowl suit if the community met [...]
Watching CNN while doing my cardio earlier today, I thought I agreed wholeheartedly with something the President had said about economic growth. But that “news” network quoted* only the second half of the statement he made “during the opening session of the White House Jobs Summit” this morning:
While I [...]
Auto manufacturing is on a long hiatus from Southern California, well, you might say California in general. Downey is looking to change that. From the LA Times: "The (Downey) council agreed to a memorandum of understanding with Industrial Realty Group, the manager of an 80-acre parcel where Tesla Motors Inc. [...]
Dubai is well-known for being a world hub of money-laundering while construction is notorious among fraud investigators as a way to make dirty money clean, make gray money vanish, and siphon off money for use elsewhere.
Any attempt to draw similarities between the irresponsible greedhead behavior of [...]
The Orange County supervisors voted unanimously this morning to urge Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to block the sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds.
The city of Costa Mesa last week agreed to ask the governor to scrap the sale, and advocates call today’s move a critical step toward preserving the fairgrounds. The county’s [...]
Good news today from the backstage maneuverings on the Senate Democrats' healthcare reform bill. As The New Republic reported, Democratic leaders have agreed to give more flexibility to millions of Americans who get their health insurance today through their workplace.
First, a little [...]
Rep. Jackie Speier took one of the biggest risks of her political career recently -- she agreed to appear on "The Colbert Report" --- and the segment aired last night.
How dangerous can this...One reason Obama did so well in last fall’s presidential election was that moderate voters believed him when he promised a “net spending cut.” Many, once reliable Republican voters, no longer trusting the GOP on spending, agreed with the Democratic nominee that were “living beyond our means” and needed [...]
