Archive for October, 2008

Where is my GL?

I’ve got a little rant about Guiding Light that I’ve been meaning to get off of my chest. What is going on with Dinah Marler? Her thing with her brother Bill is really creeping me out. She conspires with Grady to get Lizzie and Bill away from each other and then they kidnap Lizzie so [...]

Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama

Amazing! George W. Bush’s first Secretary of State, Colin Powell, went on “Meet the Press” and endorsed Barack Obama for President of the United States. I have seen paper after paper (some, like the Chicago Tribune and LA Times are purportedly right leaning) endorse Obama and now this. Amazing. Powell was used by the Bush [...]

Other Financial Crises

As the U.S. bails out the financial districts and those that engage in futures trading can breathe a sigh of relief, Europe is facing it’s own financial crisis. The global credit crunch deepened in Europe as government leaders pledged to bail out troubled banks and protect depositors. BNP Paribas SA will take control of Fortis’s [...]

Bloomberg wants third term

New York is all abuzz about Mayor Bloomberg. Apparently the two-term mayor is put off by term limits and wants to extend his stay in the Mayor’s office for another term. New York City civilians have voted twice in the past to limit the terms of their mayors and even America’s Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, couldn’t [...]

Court’s back

Now that most people in the northern climes are putting away their pool floats for the season, the U.S. Supreme Court is back in action. On the docket this term is the use of foul language on television. When Cher appeared on the Billboard Music Awards in 2002, she used a four-letter word connoting sex. [...]