Economic Reality Bites

When economic reality really bites.

Occupy Wallstreet— A Real Political Movement?

Picture by Stefan Jeremiah for the Blaze


Now, this guy knows what he stands for. He is about prove that the Occupy Wall street situation has some legs, and is a legitimate movement. Nothing symbolizes the greed of wall street like a bunch of rich police officers who don't pay their fair share! Now, it's all making some sense. Its about time some rich cop found out what it is like to get dumped on. You go, brother ... show them what you got. I bet your life is going to a whole lot better once the police force learns their lesson. Looks like you’re just the man to show them the error of their ways... 

Punishing the Producers

Why Socialism always fails.

Taxes and job creators

Obama’s Whack-A-Job-Creator mole.

IF YOU LOVE ME...YOU’LL PASS IT

Hurry...We need jobs!

Anthony Weiner tries his hand at another career?

TSA Patdowns...Problem solved

I would like to suggest the TSA simply hire the Swedish Bikini Team to do all the security patdowns. You would have at least half the population suddenly becoming quite comfortable with giving up their personal rights and begging to have their junk touched. Plus it would stimulate the airline industry. I know men that would  buy a ticket just to get an enhanced patdown.

TSA Patdowns

I had a feeling full body scanners were not going to go over, but I had no idea the aggressive pat downs were going be so personally intrusive. What is the next step? What if a potential terrorist is found with a bomb, not in his underwear, but in one of his body cavities? So the next step for the TSA would be to search all your body cavities before you can get on a plane? Where does this stop? The terrorist have won in my opinion. I think the airline industry is about to take a hit. The American people want safety, but they also treasure their freedom.

Reality TV V. Reality

Who's reality show do you most often live in... Kim Kardashian’s, the Real Housewives... or your own?  I suppose we all find the lives others more interesting than our own, even if means forgoing our own life to some degree.  That is especially true when it comes to the lives of the rich and famous. We are like moths to a flame. Our curiosity and our perceived ordinary, boring lives just gets the best of us. 

The NY skyline?

I was just thinking what the New York skyline might look like with a mosque where the twin towers once stood. The whole mosque controversy is just dripping with irony, and I just couldn't help playing with the idea. 

Full body scanners coming to an airport near you

Am I the only only one having a difficult time dragging the wife and children through the full bodied scanners at the airport? How do you apply for that job anyway? This is an interesting subject that makes me very unconfortable. Makes me think that, indeed, that terriorst have won.

Obama is still looking too...

Ah, the memories.

Can he sink it?

Well...can he do it? He speaks well and is confident. Yes we can?

First T-shirt design

This is the first t-shirt design of a new, fun collection I am developing. The name of the line is still under construction. What do you think?

The great political divide is upon us.

When the health care bill bites

At the presidential games

Too Fat to Fly?

Actor and director, Kevin Smith, was deemed too fat to fly by Southwest Airlines last week. Then I ran across this picture that made the news taken by an airline stewardess.

Seems every month or so, I hear reports of passengers being rejected from airplanes because their tush would take up more than one seat on the airplane. Is this the coming trend? According to health.com, one out of every three American adults is obese, and two out of every three are overweight. Trust for American Health reports that adult obesity rates now exceed 25 percent in 31 states and exceed 20 percent in 49 states and Washington, D.C. There is no doubt we love to eat. Unfortunately, I see the very possibility of it becoming harder and harder for us to find an airline seat that can accommodate an oversized populace. In the future we may have to look to old fashion American entrepreneurial spirit to meet this challenge, and really cater to the needs and wants of these good paying, oversized air passengers...

The Tiger Woods news conference

How many times have we seen this? Kolbe Bryant,  Eliot Spitzer,  Mark Sanford. The list could go on forever. One thing that I am sure you will not see... Tiger’s wife.

The John Edward's escapades

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Spending your way out of a recession?

That is not something I would try at home.

Global Warming

The frigid temperatures in most of the country over the past few years made me recall the famous Global Cooling article from Newsweek in April of 1975. You had zealots back then swearing we were all going to freeze to death. Now, you have all the global warming folks who believe we are about to fry if you don't get out of your car and ride a horse...as long as that horse doesn't break wind. You see, both breaking wind and simply breathing out can supposedly cause global warming. Who knows where all this is going, but I do know this... The earth has cooled and warmed from the beginning of time. The ice ages have come and gone without much help from the SUV. It is a cycle of change that will go on long after we are gone. If I had to make a choice, I would choose Global warming over Global cooling. If another ice age is coming, we are toast. Not much grows in ice.

Super Bowl Sunday

Well, it has been a long six years since the debacle in Super Bowl XXXVIII at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Thank you Janet and Justin for scaring a whole generation of guys who now eagerly watch the half-time show, instead of going to the bathroom, in hopes of seeing some sort of wardrobe malfunction.

The iPad

The iPad.
What's in a name? I guess only a brilliant soothsayer can make that call. I would be curious to know if any thoughts of feminine protection came up in the focus group meetings at Apple. I think the iPad is going to be a real interesting study in product branding for many reasons.

The Underwear Bomber

Just a thought about the underwear bomber...I must admit, having to stick a bomb in my undies would have been a deal breaker for me.