Blog of Doom

$7.74:
Let’s put that in perspective. The Walton family’s net worth is $90 billion. So $8 million dollars represents .009 percent of their total.
The average family’s net worth is $86,100. If an average family contributed at the same rate as the Waltons, they’d donate $7.74.
There are thousands of families all around country that are being far [...]

Hurricane Relief Suggestion Box:
I’ve not blogged the Katrina aftermath much, partly because I’m so disgusted I don’t trust myself around a keyboard when I’m thinking about it, and partly because I have been assuming that most decent, clear-thinking people are thinking pretty much the same thing.
I guess I was wrong on the second count, at [...]

A blog post without topic:
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There’s another word I’m gonna haul out to describe the world today: doldrums. You know, that feeling of being stuck, becalmed, stranded. The August heat weighs down like wet wool. The air is a tangible thing. Being outside is like being embedded in molten amber, viscous and yellow. The days go [...]

Liberty Matters: Property Rights May Be a Major 2006 Election Issue:
The Liberty Matters News Service, writing August 5, had some good news for property rights advocates:
The Supremes’ decision in Kelo v. New London in June has had some unforeseen results; people in all walks of life have suddenly realized their homes are not secure from [...]

Social Security’s Birthday:
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey says the Social Security program turns 70 this week.
It seems a lot older than that.
(Via Amy Ridenour’s National Center Blog.)
That’s right folks, step right up and see the oldest pyramid scheme in the USA. I would say I’m amazed it lasted this long, but I’m not amazed [...]

Lies, Damn Lies, and Limbaugh’s Press Release About Progressive Radio:
Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh, through his radio syndicator Premiere Radio Networks, sent out a press release titled “Limbaugh Leads the Race Against Liberal Talkers,” purportedly comparing his ratings to those of progressive talk stations.
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The reality is that in several major markets, ratings for progressive talk are booming. [...]

Bush signs the $286 billion highway bill:
Because you can never have too much pork:
President Bush signed a $286.5 billion highway bill on Wednesday that he said would create new jobs but which critics contend is stuffed with billions of dollars worth of lawmakers’ pet projects.
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And don’t get me wrong: if the money appropriated by this [...]

In Romance with USA, Americans Play Hard to Get:
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In fact, it’s difficult to know just what Americans do approve of. Only 39% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court, which means that the public disapproves of all three branches of government.
And the media? It turns out that Americans like (and trust) those [...]

And if you want to hear something creepy from outer space, c…:
And if you want to hear something creepy from outer space, check out this eerie recording of Saturn’s radio emissions. Couldn’t be any better if it was in a scene from 2001 or Twilight Zone. (Seriously, click through to listen, I promise it will [...]

Want to make it big? Always be moving forward. Never stop improving. Larry’s big idea!:
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Make it your goal to be a little better every day.
The moment you stop improving your organization, it starts to die. Make it your goal to be better each and every day in some small way. Remember the Japanese [...]