Andrew Sullivan writes about the stupidity of government intevention as regards gas prices. Money quote: In truth, these high gas prices are an obvious function of demand and supply, and, as such, they are one of the best things to happen in a long time. I hope they go much higher. Soon. If they don’t, [...]
Zug.com attempts to find the worst bar drink ever. Frankly, I was a bit disappointed with what they got, although it wasn’t their fault so much as the fact that they had unimaginative bartenders. The Green Chartreuse sounded interesting, but the other drinks were fruity frou-frou drinks that didn’t seem so bad. Maybe the bartenders [...]
Behold intarweb, the sweetest Asian mullet, evar! I have decided that I pretty much have the greatest hair in the known universe, with my mullet and my awesome Asian ‘stache and goatee (which took me about 2 months to grow). Kiss my converse!
In keeping with the Wal-Mart theme, and my own laziness in generating original content, I’m just going to link to an column published in the CSM today titled An Ode to Wal-Mart. Humorous quote: Ah, we benighted masses who shop at Wal-Mart – the “bad neighbor,” the antiworker, the female-discriminator, the Main-Street-mom-and-pop-store-killer with its “Wal-ocaust” [...]
The CSM has an article today titled US economy’s latest output: better jobs. Money quote: “We’re creating lots of all kinds of jobs, across many industries, occupations, and pay scales,” says Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Economy.com. But he adds: “If your skill sets are rusty, or at the low end of the skill [...]
I finished reading The United States of Wal-Mart a few days ago, and thought it was a steaming pile of poo. First off, John Dicker’s writing style irritated me. I’m sure he thought that he was being irreverently hilarious, but the final effect was obnoxious and detracting. A representative quote: Butler Brothers required Walton, as [...]