Monthly Archives: June 2009

No sign of recovery says GE’s Vice President John Rice. Look for him to quietly vanish soon. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ayc5BDPO_GGs

Does Bo really eat tomatoes? The venerable Christian Science Monitor tackles the hard hitting issue of whether the Obama family’s dog really eats tomatoes http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/06/19/breaking-news-presidents-dog-photographed-scandal-follows/ Bo probably doesn’t even know his master, since he spends so little time at the … Continue reading →

At least Ron Paul is consistent. He was the one vote against the resolution against Iran. Libertarians think the U.S. interests end at the borders, and it was U.S. interference that drove the forces that resulted in World War One.

Sirius/XM – did anyone take the 7 day free trial? My free trial runs out this weekend. It looks like the XM Online is only available as an addon to a real XM radio, and only the Sirius Internet serivce … Continue reading →

WordPress is updated to a newer version – maybe a few of the quirky things will go away – be sure to click “Show threads” so it doesn’t look like a monolog :) Are y’all seeing a box at the … Continue reading →

May PPM ratings data confirms what I’m seeing here. News/Talk ratings are dropping fast. Part of it is seasonal – no elections, people are outside doing stuff, not listening to radio… but part of it is probably also Obama overload, … Continue reading →

Killed 7 with one stroke… if you’ve forgotton your Grimms’ fairy tales, here you go – the story of the Valiant little tailor

Fred Thompson is getting fewer and fewer listeners each week – graph – any ideas why that is?

Mandatory testing…. if I required people to help with the testing, do you think a lot of people would stop using the site?

“Supervisory colleges”? What the heck is that?… in the spirit of making up the rules as they go along, Drudge has a news flash from Reuters that President Obama wants “supervisory colleges” to oversee global financial entities. The suggestion that … Continue reading →

Flint, Michigan was the home of the United Auto Workers (and Buick). Rush almost got the history right (I lived and worked in Flink in thte 1980s). William Durant founded Buick and ulimately absorbed oldsmobile, pontiac, chevrolet and oldsmobile, but … Continue reading →

Stocks down sharply… odd combination… interest rates are easing a little, dollar is getting stronger, oil is dropping… the stocks that are dropping are mostly railroads (Railroads hold large amounts of mineral rights going back 100+ years when the railways … Continue reading →

Lincoln Financial gets TARP “help”… they are an insurance company that owns some radio stations (it was formerly called Jefferson Pilot)