I just finished watching the movie Source Code and have to say that it is the first movie in quite a long time to have such a profound impact on me. I’ll be the first to admit that I live for movies and music and that I am a deeply emotional person, but the storyline and concept of Source Code [...]

Rep. Darrell Issa is proposing legislation to increase the level of government control over the USPS and I think this is the worst possible move that could be made to save the ailing mail carrier. While the bill does offer some solutions that USPS would undoubtedly achieve on their own without government control, I think less is more here and [...]

President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight was very broad in its scope and left very few details. Once again, calling for bi-partisan action to bring down the budget deficit, fix the health care law, improve education and become more competitive. I’m not sure how much of this will be achieved because of the bitter differences between Republicans and [...]

The mess created by the government getting involved in propping up banks has made every US taxpayer a “shareholder” in these banks and highly critical of every little thing that goes on behind the scenes. I strongly oppose Congress’ proposal to slap a 90% tax on the bonuses being given to some AIG employees. These people have contracts and have [...]

I really dislike it when erroneous pieces of pork are rolled into otherwise legitemate legislation. The Auto Bailout should be just that, for the auto industry. There shouldn’t be money going to cattle ranchers, soybean farmers or makers of those little drink umbrellas and certainly not a pay raise for the nation’s U.S. District judge. But that’s exactly what’s being [...]

Joel Comm, the well-known Internet entrepreneur has recently introduced a Sarah Palin action figure. I came across this story on Shoemoney’s blog. While I don’t agree with Palin’s political perspective, I think this is a pretty clever idea since she will undoubtedly make her mark on American popular culture whether she is elected to office or not. Palin is already [...]

France’s parliament passed a law that has effectively banished the infamous 35 hour maximum workweek the country’s citizens have enjoyed for the past 10 years. French President Sarkozy has been making many changes to his country and has proved quite unpopular among much of the population. I always thought of how nice it would be to have a 35 hour [...]

Before the Republican and Democratic nominees have even been announced, both assumed winners John McCain and Barack Obama have lost my vote. I consider myself a liberal-leaning independent and the rash of flip-flops coming from both candidates in recent days makes me feel a vote for either will be utterly pointless. Fact is, the candidate I vote for in November [...]