As if the auto industry didn’t have enough problems already, the Obama administration is planning to up the fuel economy requirements on cars to 35.5 mpg. I can’t even begin to comprehend the logic in this move. In one breath, Obama is touting government involvement to save the dying US auto industry and in the [...]
Continue Reading...This has to be the stupidist thing I have seen in a while. CNN news has picked up a story about a Twitter group that encourages people to “tweet” (I hate that saying) about bad drivers. “Why waste your time futilely shaking your fist at the driver who cut you off on the country road [...]
Continue Reading...General Motors will announce today the end of the Pontiac brand. As part of their restructuring, they will kill off the “we build excitement” nameplate. “Two people briefed on GM’s plan confirmed that it includes the demise of Trans Am sports car brand Pontiac, 83 years after the first Pontiac car was introduced.” Could it [...]
Continue Reading...We’ve already seen that Obama really loves appointing special interests to his administration. He’s allowed Chicago style politics to invade Washington at an unprecedented rate. In the latest example of that, he has appointed Chuck Hurley (CEO of Mothers Against Drunk Driving) to run the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Now wait. Isn’t appointing the [...]
Continue Reading...This is a bit “tinfoil hat” and slightly from the left, but worth taking note of. Facebook received tons in venture capital for one reason. “Data mining” is worth a fortune. The more you say about yourself on social networks, the more marketing demographics you reveal and the more they can target advertising towards you [...]
Continue Reading...For those of you who thought bailing out the auto industry (or anything for that matter) was a good idea, take a look at this. “General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will step down immediately at the request of the White House, administration officials said Sunday. The news comes as President Obama prepares [...]
Continue Reading...I was really torn over the headline for this one… how not to.. or maybe how to pay a speeding ticket. Speeding tickets happen. Sometimes they are your fault, and sometimes they are just traps for the local governments to collect a “road tax”. More often than not, the latter is the case these days. [...]
Continue Reading...In the past few days, news of the first flight of a “flying car” has been splashed all over the headlines. Am I the only one to find this news laughable? When you first read the headline, images of the Jetsons pop in your head and you think “I will have a flying car in [...]
Continue Reading...I’ve noticed a disturbing trend in the last few weeks and months. As the economy continues its downward spiral, more and more small businesses are turning to email marketing through harvested lists. I’m not talking about shady unknowns hocking “enlargement” remedies to lists of millions of addresses being sent through open botnets of open relays. [...]
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