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Archive for November, 2008

Killed For Cheap Socks

Friday, November 28th, 2008

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] It appears Black Friday has cost at-least one worker their life this year. In a mob rush, shoppers plowed through the doors of a Wal-Mart on Long Island, NY hungry for the after Thanksgiving holiday sales and several people were knocked down and injured ...

The Social Web Is Doing Social Good

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Wanting to follow up on my last posting about helping those who need a hand-up this holiday season, I thought I'd share something I was reading about this morning that is encouraging for the future to me. There is a web service called uBoost which ...

The Next NY Senator Should Be…

Monday, November 24th, 2008

ith all of the speculation of Hillary going to the State Department, the question of who would replace her has become a hot topic. I don't think she's going (despite all the buzz), but if she does, I want to lay down who should be the next Senator. Now, I'm inclined ...

Remember The Less Fortunate This Holiday Season

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="202" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] While everyone is struggling to some degree in the present economy, there are always those among us who have it far worse than we do. As the Holiday shopping season ramps up to full swing soon we will--for the most part--be shielded from the voices ...

Monitor The Earmarks

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Image by Getty Images via Daylife"][/caption] I've posted over and over again about wasteful government spending. It drives me mad that we the people waste valuable time squabbling over the funding for programs that help people while our leaders in Washington D.C. waste our valuable dollars on ...