Bailout not really bailing

Comments   0   Date Arrow  October 27, 2008 at 10:59am   User  by wonderfullyrich

I don’t mean to be the typical indignant blogger, but I thought I’d express my frustration with our government oversight given that according to this article with the new york times, we just gave these banks a 700 billion dollar blank check. This blank check business enrages me, as there are only so many straws [...]

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A first impressions of Kotlik

Comments   0   Date Arrow  November 18, 2007 at 3:04pm   User  by wonderfullyrich

I’ve arrived in Kotlik, the asshole of the world as some joke. Kotlik in Yupik means pants, because two rivers fork in a way that looks like pants and the town is right where the asshole would be.
Unfortunately they are also getting the asshole end of the bargin for many reasons. The [...]

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A Plane Conversation

Comments   1   Date Arrow  November 15, 2007 at 10:42pm   User  by wonderfullyrich

I’m on a plane heading to Seattle and on to Anchorage where I met a fascinating Foreign Service officer who is flying home to say goodbye to his grandmother before she passes on. We had a fascinating discussion on mostly economic related topics, but relating them to issues such as Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, the [...]

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