The Washington, DC Metro system is the only public transit system in America without a dedicated funding source. Consequently, Metro goes ’round hat-in-hand trying to find contributions from the DC, Maryland, Virginia, and federal governments. This please sir may I have another? approach has left the system short approximately $1 billion per year needed for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘economics’
Financial fail fallout
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economics, financial crisis, local interest, transportation on Friday, October 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Disjointed linkage
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cows make great financial analysts, economics, financial crisis, Palin, sexuality on Thursday, October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Alan Greenspan discovers that banks can’t regulate themselves. In other news, gambling has been discovered in Casablanca.
Former leader of the lunatic-right Austrian Freedom Party Jorg Haider died in a car accident on October 11. Today, the new party leader confirmed in a radio interview that he and Haider had been lovers. Sadly, Bruno could not [...]
Machination math
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged David Dreier is a flaming moderate, economics, Republicans, Roy smokin a fatty Blunt on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Congressman Barney Frank is a witty guy. When California Republican David Dreier was passed over for a House leadership position, the openly gay Frank was asked whether he thought this was because Dreier was “too moderate” or because of persistant rumors about Dreier sexual preferences. His reply?
“[Dreier] didn’t get it because he was [...]
Pirates! (not another keira knightley period peice)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bringing guns to gunfights, corruption, economics, morrisey, pirates, somalia, WOAH WAIT WHAT on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was always under the impression that part of the current pop culture fascination with maritime piracy sprang from commonness of internet piracy. People, I think, like to indulge in the 18th century fantasy of rum and plunder because it serves as a kitschy extended metaphor for their bittorrent habit. ‘Yarrr, it be the Morrisey [...]
And now a word from the Jew who doesn’t understand finance
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economics, rich white oligarchy on Monday, September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All this financial stuff is above my pay grade. If any commenters want to debate the economics of the bailout, it’s all yours. But a few unconnected thoughts first:
1) It’s the politics, stupid. One thing I did see coming, no one in a tight re-election race was voting for this $700 billion boondoggle. Voting against [...]
the middle class first?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economics, Election, McCain, Obama, poverty, the middle class, VP text, youtube on Friday, August 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Is anyone else really, really bothered by the end tagline? Or, as another person pointed out on the youtube comment page: “Shouldn’t the poor be first? Oh, that’s right, they don’t vote.”
Problematic all around.
I don’t know how to react to this, I would like to hear your thoughts.
Still waiting for [...]
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