Ok, I'm going to just make this short and sweet. Shouldn't we make sure that we FIRST get to helping the people who are in distress with foreclosures? How about getting people back to work? Updating the electrical grid on the eastern coast? Retrofit gas stations to accommodate new alternative fueling sources (ex; flex fuels, hydrogen & electrical power) and build additional infrastructures throughout the US?
Foreclosure filings were up 32 percent from the same month last year, RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday. More than 360,000 households, or one in every 355 homes, received a foreclosure-related notice, such as a notice of default or trustee's sale. That's the highest monthly level since the foreclosure-listing firm began publishing the data more than four years ago.
The mortgage industry has been slow to adapt to the surge in foreclosures. Many lenders have needed government prodding to get up to speed with the Obama administration's plan to stem foreclosures. And herein lies my gripe with the healthcare plan. If we can't even adapt fast enough to help people stay in their homes how in the world are we going to adapt to overhaul healthcare?
I think we need to slow it down a bit and look at the other programs that are currently in place and make sure that they are working as designed. (Recall the new jobs that were promised? Well many of them are stuck in committee.) Once we can do that we can move forward towards fixing the ailing healthcare system which I agree needs a major overhaul.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Devastating Crash Rips Apart Family
For those of you that are not familiar with this story, Diane Schuler, 36, drove the wrong way on the Taconic Parkway for nearly 2 miles before her minivan slammed into an SUV on July 26. Schuler, her 2-year-old daughter, Erin, and three young nieces were killed, along with three men in the SUV.
This story is a total HOT MESS. I mean since the beginning, there has been SO much misinformation in the media. Case in point. Directly after the accident the news was reporting that 1) a vodka bottle was found outside near the vehicle. This soon changed to 2) a vodka bottle was found inside the car under the seat. So my question here is What is it? Was it inside the car or outside the car. Or was it placed there??
Next, has anybody finger printed the vodka bottle to prove that it was indeed held by her and take a DNA sample from it? One would think that they would have but there is no indication of this being the case. Why not? It seems that the autopsy results are saying that she was intoxicated (from drinking vodka & smoking marijuana) but how does one find the time to drink that much Vodka and smoke Marijuana especially after leaving a McDonalds? If she had just eaten at McD's wouldn't there have been food in her stomach that would of slowed down the effects of the alcohol?
And what about the timeline here. It just seems that events did not happen in the way they are being described. She leaves a Mc D's and everyone says she appeared fine. She leave the campground and she's fine. Well if she's fine then did she stop somewhere along the way at a rest stop and eat, drink, and smoke pot? And if so, you mean to tell me that nobody saw this happening? Or was she drinking and smoking while driving? If she was smoking marijuana while driving I would think that there would be residue in the lungs of the children. Has this proven to be the case in their autopsies?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not supporting what the woman did because it's horrible in itself BUT there seems to be so many unanswered questions here. Adding to this, just recently Warren Hance, who lost three daughters in the crash, was quoted as being furious that Schuler was driving drunk and high, but is also enraged that her husband is denying she had a problem.
At the end of the day no matter who is at fault, this is just one tragic story.
This story is a total HOT MESS. I mean since the beginning, there has been SO much misinformation in the media. Case in point. Directly after the accident the news was reporting that 1) a vodka bottle was found outside near the vehicle. This soon changed to 2) a vodka bottle was found inside the car under the seat. So my question here is What is it? Was it inside the car or outside the car. Or was it placed there??
Next, has anybody finger printed the vodka bottle to prove that it was indeed held by her and take a DNA sample from it? One would think that they would have but there is no indication of this being the case. Why not? It seems that the autopsy results are saying that she was intoxicated (from drinking vodka & smoking marijuana) but how does one find the time to drink that much Vodka and smoke Marijuana especially after leaving a McDonalds? If she had just eaten at McD's wouldn't there have been food in her stomach that would of slowed down the effects of the alcohol?
And what about the timeline here. It just seems that events did not happen in the way they are being described. She leaves a Mc D's and everyone says she appeared fine. She leave the campground and she's fine. Well if she's fine then did she stop somewhere along the way at a rest stop and eat, drink, and smoke pot? And if so, you mean to tell me that nobody saw this happening? Or was she drinking and smoking while driving? If she was smoking marijuana while driving I would think that there would be residue in the lungs of the children. Has this proven to be the case in their autopsies?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not supporting what the woman did because it's horrible in itself BUT there seems to be so many unanswered questions here. Adding to this, just recently Warren Hance, who lost three daughters in the crash, was quoted as being furious that Schuler was driving drunk and high, but is also enraged that her husband is denying she had a problem.
At the end of the day no matter who is at fault, this is just one tragic story.
Somebody's Getting STRANGLED!!!
This season’s mystery will kick off in the premiere when a pivotal female character gets strangled. So who do you all think it's going to be???
Octomom Nadya Suleman Hospitalized
Nadya Suleman was admitted to Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Bellflower, CA, Tuesday morning.
Suleman was hospitalized to under go surgery following recurring bladder problems after delivering her octuplets in late January.
The procedure was relatively minor and she was told she would be in the hospital for 3 - 5 days.
It is reported that a Nanny and friends are watching her little village consisting of 14 children while she recovers from the procedure.
Hmmmmm, has me wondering just ONE thing - could our dear Octomom really be getting MORE surgery to make her look like her favorite actress Angelina Jolie or is she getting ready for her NEXT BROOD!??
Gee, Eye Joe: Channing Tatum's Stripping Past Revealed
He may be one of the hottest stars in Hollywood these days, but “G.I. Joe” star Channing Tatum began his career in entertainment as a local stripper! And as you know, as soon as one becomes anything of a name in Hollywood they'll be those who haven't been as fortunate slithering out from under the rocks from which they live.
Us magazine recently obtained video of Tatum, 29, performing in a male revue called Male Encounter. The video shows the star, then 18, shedding his shirt and pants before a crowd of screaming ladies.
Troupe owner London Steele said Tatum was “shy at first, but he really knew how to work the stage.” According to Steele, Tatum went by the alias Chan Crawford as he lip-synched in the Florida act and earned $50 a night (plus tips) during his year-long stint.
“The women went crazy for him,” Steele said.
The video also shows Tatum giving a few ladies a lap dance before he stripped down to his skivvies. But the star never showed it all off – the club had a strict no nudity policy.
The gig led to the “Step Up” star catching the eye of a casting director, who put the star in Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” music video.
And the rest, as they say, is Hollywood history. And I say "good for you Tatum for working what your mother gave yah!"
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
DOES SHOPPING AT AN "OUTLET MALL" MEAN THAT YOU ARE GETTING A BETTER DEAL?
Not so fast. Shopping at an Outlet Mall might not be all it's cracked up to be.
About 55 million Americans shop in at least one of the nation's roughly three hundred outlet centers every year. Stretched over five years, that number adds up to nearly every man, woman, and child in the country. Even more astonishing is the number of miles chalked up in this annual pilgrimage. The total distance that Americans travel to outlet malls each year equals 440,000 circumnavigations of the globe. If that number seems a little abstract, consider this: The distance to the moon is roughly equal to 10 trips around the globe. That is, we make 44,000 moon launches' worth of outlet visits each year.
Are America's 55 million outlet shoppers scoring great deals on expensive brandname products, or getting less than they're bargaining for? To find out more go to the following link and read the article "How Outlet Malls Have Convinced Shoppers into Thinking They're Getting a Sweet Deal." http://www.alternet.org/workplace/141858
About 55 million Americans shop in at least one of the nation's roughly three hundred outlet centers every year. Stretched over five years, that number adds up to nearly every man, woman, and child in the country. Even more astonishing is the number of miles chalked up in this annual pilgrimage. The total distance that Americans travel to outlet malls each year equals 440,000 circumnavigations of the globe. If that number seems a little abstract, consider this: The distance to the moon is roughly equal to 10 trips around the globe. That is, we make 44,000 moon launches' worth of outlet visits each year.
Are America's 55 million outlet shoppers scoring great deals on expensive brandname products, or getting less than they're bargaining for? To find out more go to the following link and read the article "How Outlet Malls Have Convinced Shoppers into Thinking They're Getting a Sweet Deal." http://www.alternet.org/workplace/141858
Nissan pokes fun at Volt, claims 367 mpg equivalent for Leaf EV
Not content to let General Motors grab all the shiny happy tree-huggy headlines today with its 230 mpg claim for the Chevy Volt in city operation, the gang manning the NissanEVs Twitter account needled GM's range-extended EV messiah, tweeting:
Nissan Leaf = 367 mpg, no tailpipe, and no gas required. Oh yeah, and it'll be affordable too!
Given that the methodology of how the feds will ultimately arrive at the official mileage numbers (or mileage equivalents) for many of these next-gen greenmobiles is not yet finalized, we'll take all the hype and scoreboard pointing with a grain of salt until we see actual, final numbers posted at FuelEconomy.gov. (Nissan says its 367 mpg figure was derived by using the Department of Energy formula.)
In any case, a Twitter spitball fight between GMBlogs and NissanEVs over this stuff would be kind of entertaining to watch. Sorta like the nerdy opposite of the ZR1 vs. GT-R debate.
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