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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
09:55 - A question of quality
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
12:30 - This just in....
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
13:06 - Cue up the music!
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
09:59 - What I learned in traffic court
Always go to court. It doesn't matter if you are obviously guilty. Go to court.

My first court date was on Friday 10/17. This was arraignment where one enters one's plea. The judge came in and said something to the effect of:
You can plead one of three ways: not guilty, guilty, and no contest. No contest is like pleading guilty but without using the word guilty. If you plead not guilty, we will assign you a court date and you will have to come back then. If you plead no contest or guilty, I will withhold judgment, there will be no points assessed on your license, the ticket will not go on your record, and I will reduce your fine to the minimum plus court cost

The net effect of this was that I paid $20 less than the fine on the ticket and I don't take a hit on my insurance or my driving record.

They only care about the money. They don't care about guilt or innocence or any punishment as long as they get some money out of you. It is kind of a mutual bribe.

current mood: cynical

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Monday, September 15th, 2008
15:55 - Why the American economy is so bad:
Last year, according to a report just issued by the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy, S&P 500 CEOs received pay packages worth, on average, $10.5 million. That was 344 times the earnings of the average American worker.


Those CEOs are getting total of $5,250,000,000 per year. The average worker is making about $30,525 a year. If CEO pay was capped at $1 million a year (That is just over 32 times the average worker's salary), the savings could give:

  • 475,000 workers a $10,000 a year raise.
  • 1,142800 workers a $2.00 per hour raise.
  • pay to raise the minimum wage by a little over $1.00 per hour.


All that money locked up in the bank accounts of 500 people instead of stimulating the economy. All that money that could go to paying workers to create goods in the U.S. instead of shipping manufacturing jobs overseas.

This is why America's economy is failing.

current mood: angry

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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
11:15 - Why is the American working class in trouble?
This is why.

Hard to believe that investors let executives get away with that. It is literally taking money out of the investor's pockets.

current mood: annoyed

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