Monthly Archives: October 2009

Well, I guess its official , Obama now holds the Nobel Peace Prize,  How idiotic  !  I would like to know, I’m sure  as well as a millions more people ,What, did he do to deserve it,  Have the Nobel people lost … Continue reading →

President Obama plans to spend this afternoon playing basketball on the White House basketball court, according to the AP Story

Deutsche Bank says buy Goldman today…. isn’t it odd that one huge global investment bank would suggest that you buy stock in one of their major competi\tors? Story

Chinese drywall imported during tthe housing boom appears to be contaminated with sulfur compounds, and up to 100,000 houses may have to be razed as they are uninhabitable, according to the NY Times

34 financial institutions that got TARP funds are not paying the interest let alone paying back the loan, according to USA Today. Tim Geithner’s folks at Treasury don’t seem concerned.

Imus had 177,000 viewers his first day on Fox Business News cable channel. Glenn Beck was one of his guests. I wonder what his ratings will be without Beck :)

ABC Radio news (owned by Citadel) has let go about 20 employees. The spiral continues – less product = fewer listeners = less money = fewer employees. ABC News is still very strong in Middle America since it was the … Continue reading →

Mitch Albom’s book about “Faith” outsold Glenn Beck’s book. Very odd.

Sebelius and H1N1 vaccinie – I can’t find any account yet of Ms Sebelius stating any type of mandatory vaccination. The “Must take the shot” is the creation of a wire service editor – nothing in the text of the … Continue reading →

Kansas City Fed chairman says its time to raise interest rates. While that will push a lot of the private equity lending over the edge, and probably put companies in default on their debt, until we do that, we won’t … Continue reading →

Favorites list – new/improved due to popular demand. Your favorite show list will now group stations by the begin/end time of when the show is carried on that station, so you can guess which station is carrying which hours, along … Continue reading →

Just a note on how pervasive internet radio is becoming. Went to my bank this morning to do something and the customer service lady who helped me had Glenn Beck’s show coming out of the computer on her desk. (She … Continue reading →

Just curious since all the people who come here to SRG are radio people, which means you like getting information through sound (not just reading the printed word.) : Do many of you also listen to books on CD a … Continue reading →

What happened a year ago? Vanity Fair is running an excerpt from a “tell all” book Read it here. In the first few paragraphs we hear the thoughts in Tim Geithner’s head as he is starting his morning run… I’m … Continue reading →

The Dollars to buy a Euro is back up to $1.47…. approaching the $1.48 when all hell broke loose a year ago. If the Russians, Chinese, French and OPEC countries do announce a new pricing mechanism for oil which excludes … Continue reading →