Ok, so we have a new president. What’s next?
Buy American. I Am.
By WARREN E. BUFFETT
October 17, 2008 - Omaha
THE financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now turning into a gusher. In the near term, [...]
I found a baggie of marijuana in a conference room yesterday. It wasn’t a lot, but it had a little post it note inside that said, “loosen up and have some fun.” I don’t think it was meant for me, but I’m afraid that now that I know about it, if someone saw me, then [...]
Laughter is in short supply for those wondering about the hole in their 401(k), their life savings, and their investments in their future. The market is a see-saw, accent on the “saw.”
The movements are almost violent. It’s hard to make a move and hard to stay put. Not much to laugh about.
But, a recent [...]
Americans don’t know, yet, the full impact and meaning that this presidential election will have on the world.
Obama knows. You could see it on his face in Chicago, acknowledging the victory and accepting the job. He aged about ten years in the last year. About 8 of those years passed before him when he [...]
Record numbers of Americans are expected to vote during this election. Thousands have been in line for days, waiting to get their sticker. We could get our first African-American President.
We could get the oldest president ever elected. We could get our first female vice president, or we could a pretty typical vice president.
Toward the end [...]
A lot of attention has been given to Bush’s absence from the campaign scene.
This, apparently, is causing concern for everyone but for McCain and Palin. Since Bush has lower ratings than the story about the blind dog in a wheel chair that pee’d on an apartment fire, the Obama camp, with all that money [...]
My boss is always on my case – even in front of other employees and they’ve mentioned it. How can I tell if she’s just a bitch by nature, or if she’s really out to get me?
Dear Pare of Noid:
Ask the bitch? And, I mean this. First of all, any manager that humiliates an employee [...]
It’s one thing that the government bailed out AIG a month or so ago. It’s yet another that the 80+ Billion dollars was followed by another 30+ billion dollars.
Those are now called bail-outs.
What’s odd is that within days of getting the first bailout, executives of AIG spent a reported $440,000 at the St. Regis Monarch Beach [...]
