Day April 13, 2007

Ruling class turns on itself

Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We’ve got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over…

ANSWER L.A. office is moving

This weekend, ANSWER L.A. is moving into a much larger office on Virgil, close to the 101 and the Vermont / Beverly Metro stop. It’s three times larger than the current office with room enough to have multiple meetings at…

IMF: US ethanol “problematic”

The International Monetary Fund says increased use of cropland in the US to grow fuelstock for ethanol is already increasing the price of corn and other food and that, long-term, this is not sustainable. AltEnergyStocks notes: The main reasons for…

On Imus

I remember a time when black people couldn’t say “I’d like to vote, please.” Now, white people can’t say “nappy-headed hos.” You’ll survive. Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post.

The new bankruptcy laws

I’d heard the new bankruptcy laws were onerous. Maxed Out, which I’m reading, details just how hideous they are. If your income is at or above the median income for your state, you are assumed to be defrauding your creditors…