You know sometimes our government baffles us all. The truth is most of time it does. In a country where many are in debt beyond what they can ever repay, this golden nugget wisdom surfaces.  “The government has introduced a pair of new programs that will provide $800 billion to help unfreeze the market for consumer debt, which Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson calls vital to supporting the economy.
Paulson says key markets for consumer debt such as credit cards, auto loans and student loans essentially came to a halt in October. He says the new programs are aimed to get lending back to more normal levels. Exactly what is normal lending. Is It Time To Refinance Your Home Mortgage
Paulson says all the government programs have been aimed at supporting the lending that is vital to the economy.”
So this is not misunderstood, we are in debt, as individuals and as a country so we borrow more money and get in more debt?  First off how many have credit scores worthy of obtaining a loan in the first place? Is this not another band aid fix?  It sure seems so  to this observer.

Tiger Woods and General Motors have ended their affiliation a year ahead of their agreement. General Motors in a veiled attempt to look like they are doing something about their financial plight also announced, that CEO Rick Wagoner wont be taking a private jet to Washington to plead with the government for bailout money. What a complete crock. Tiger Woods isn’t going to miss the money can we agree to that? Take a look at what Tiger Woods UDA memorabilia sell for

I have a better idea, lets fire Wagoner. He is a proven failure at running an auto conglomerate. He makes millions every year to be a failure. How many of us could get away with that at our jobs?

Seems bankruptcy happens to anybody. Country singer Lorrie Morgan has filed for bankruptcy for primarily business related debts, according to a court filing. The truth is its hard for me to feel sorry for Lorrie Morgan as she lists assets of somewhere between $500,000.00 and a million. The 49-year-old singer, who lives in the Nashville suburb of Lebanon, released a statement calling the bankruptcy “an unfortunate yet necessary part of the restructuring of my business.” Now how would like to be a creditor knowing she is going to hang on to a million smackers. That is unfortunately the cost of bankruptcy in this country, however bankruptcy to me is can’t pay the rent or buy food. Just my thoughts . Morgan lists her creditors as the Internal Revenue Service, banks, lawyers and others. Ms.. Lorrie Morgan, the IRS does not discharge back taxes nor do bankruptcy courts

Carrie Underwood calls Tony Romo, well according to Jessica Simpson she did not and doesn’t. Whatever the girls want to do is fine, but how would you like to be Tony Romo and have these two blond beauties scrapping over your affections. Imagine Romo getting into a fight with Jessica Simpson, No problem he has Carrie Underwood on the bench  and ready to play . Yes life’s good for Tony Romo , Carrie Underwood wants him Jessica Simpson has him and Romo just sits back and revels in the glory of it all. No wonder he is having a hard picking between Carrie Underwood and Jessica Simpson, wouldn’t you? I mean assuming you are into women

The PETA people have concocted a scheme in which a apparently wealthy donor would buy one of the Sea World parks and free the animals to the wild, including Shamu the parks feature entertainer killer whale. If Shamu could talk , I bet he would say , are you freaking kidding me? Why would I want to go out to the wild and be killed? And I agee with Shamu , I dont think Shamu would stand much of a chance in the wild and PETA would be better served to change their name to PETM People fo the Ethical Treatment of Man , or is that not important? I’ll file this story under nonsense

From the world of bizarre lawsuits, Victoria Osteen is being sued for an outburst on a Continental Airlines flight on 2005. Sharon Brown, who is asking for 10 percent of Osteen’s net worth because of the Dec. 19, 2005 dispute while the plane was boarding in Houston, will testify that Osteen grabbed her by the shoulders, pushed her into a restroom door and elbowed her in the chest.
This is where it gets bizarre, Sharon Brown claims that the incident has caused hemorrhoids. What! Yeah lets assume that Victoria Osteen did slam her up against the wall, how does that cause hemorrhoids Well Brown has an answer for that, Brown contends that she lost her religious faith and suffers from hemorrhoids because of the anxiety and trauma resulting from the incident. Not much faith there to begin with Id say and the anxiety she may be suffering is from a completely frivolous lawsuit and a veiled attempt at extortion. Victoria Osteen looks to be on the wrong here, but 10% of her net worth is a bit extreme for punitive damages. Lawyers argued that Victoria Osteen was out of control. Ditto for Sharon Brown. As for Sharon Brown two words for you, more fiber.

Brett Favre is reportedly talking with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers about joining the team . A trade would have to be worked out but apparently Buccaneers General Manger Bruce Allen is ironing out details on that issue. The sideshow that has become the Brett Favre story continues and it seems all but certain, now he wont be playing in Green Bay. I have question that still bothers me since I heard about it, How does Brett Favre turn down 20 –25 million to stay retired? That just doesn’t seem like good economic sense no matter how much you love the game .If you think this has been a circus, wait until Favre tells Tampa Bay Buccaneers Head Coach Jon Gruden to screw off , during , I would say the first week of practicing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Remember what incumbent Tampa Bay starter Jeff Garcia was quoted as saying, Gruden likes quarterbacks, “he likes to date them, but he doesn’t marry them” and so it goes.

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Honus Wagner never much cared for his baseball card to be included in cigarette packs and had them pulled. Although we don’t know historians theorize among other things he didn’t receive enough compensation. Even in those days ball players wanted to be paid . Supposedly less than 100 of these cards are known to exist , fewer than 10 in excellent conditon That motivated an Arkansas man to pay 1.62 million dollars for the 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card.

What enters a persons mind when the decision is made to pay 1.62 million for a piece of cardboard. Can you imagine explaining that to you significant other? Can you imagine the buyers remorse one might experience the morning after? I am going to assume that the Arkansas man has plans to monetize and market the Honus Wagner baseball card , but recovering 1.62 million is a long way from break even. Baseball card collectors have long been known for their obsession with cardboard. I myself once paid 700.00 for a Nolan Ryan rookie card, but I had a plan. I sold it the next day for 1200.00 . I wonder what pan from Arkansas can have for his Honus Wagner baseball card

Potato Chips contain something called acrylamide in them and it may cause cancer in humans. So not only do potato chips make you a fat ass, they can potentially kill you. And here I was worried about my arteries being clogged . California filed suit in 2005 to force chip makers to clean up their chips. One settled lawsuit and 3 million dollars later  Four food manufacturers agreed to reduce levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their potato chips and french fries. . Acrylamide forms when starchy foods are baked or fried. Studies have shown the chemical, which also has industrial uses, causes cancer in lab animals and nerve damage to workers who are exposed to high levels. The companies avoided trial by agreeing to pay a combined $3 million in fines and reduce the levels of acrylamide in their products over three years. 3 years huh? The Food and Drug Administration is researching whether acrylamide in food poses a health risk. Well if it makes rats sick, it must be bad. So what are we to do? Stop eating potato chips? Perhaps stop frying and baking starches. I have another question. What the heck isn’t bad for you these days Potato Chips are going to get healthier, but seriously I doubt anyone cares. Disclaimer , this post was written while pounding down a family sized bag of nacho cheese Doritos , chasing them with the soft drink of all soft drinks Diet Coke. I guess Im doomed, Damed Acrylamide !

It would appear that Criss Angel and his biggest and baddest stunt didn’t quite go off as planned or did it? The helicopter that was supposed ot whisk him away to safety left without him and minutes after the Spyglass Hotel in Clearwater imploded Criss Angel walked away covered in dust. Some questions need to be answered
How did he survive a 7 story building implosion with nary a scratch ?
Did he pre-plan not to catch the helicopter all along?
An crowd estimated at 70,000 watched and apparently had quite the party on the beach, shouted approval as he walked away. Something smells really scammy here. Criss Angel knows the truth about the Clearwater implosion. Now if he will just tell us