Jim Cramer’s MAD MONEY: A Defense.
Jim Cramer, the host of the stock trading television show Mad Money on CNBC, has received a lot of unfair attacks during this economic crisis. I first started watching Mad Money a couple of years ago as a guilty pleasure. With Cramer’s myriad sound effects, turbo charged segments—like the famous “Lightning Round” in which callers [...]
Scam Lotteries. I’m Rich! I’m Rich! I’m Stinking Filthy Rich!
This morning I won 2,500,000 pounds sterling from the United Kingdom National Lottery! Five times! I have five separate reference numbers so that I can quickly claim each of my winnings in lump sums!
But wait. Last week I won 1,750,000 US Dollars from the Ugandan Scholastic Lottery. THREE times! And I have three separate reference [...]
Economy Tanking: Ominous Signs Spell Need For Hope.
The Economy is Tanking.
The economy is tanking. The signs are clear that our financial system, our manufacturing, our gross domestic product, and our consumer spending is on life support. Each time it seems that things cannot get worse, things get worse. Wall Street journalists have been using the phrase, “It’s always darkest before the dawn” [...]
THE END OF BUSH-CHENEY REIGN OF TERROR ! !
OBAMA IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!
The Bush-Cheney Reign of Terror has come to an end!
It is time to renew, rebuild and to reinvent.
It is time to stop thinking in terms of blue states and red states, but the United States.
It is time to put the resources, the equality, the opportunity and [...]
Presidential Facts:The Benefits of the White House.
The upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama has inspired my ten year old son to ask me specific questions about the President of the United States’ job. They are the kind of questions about the White House that occur to a ten year old–who can’t remember the tragedy of the 2000 and 2004 elections–and which [...]
Blogs and Blended Courses in Higher Education
For this upcoming spring semester, I have designed a blog to use in the context of the courses I teach. I am still tinkering with how exactly I am going to utilize the blog for my classes. My plan so far is to use the blog to post “informal” lectures, offer links to texts, sites, [...]
I’m As Mad As Hell, And I’m Not Going To Take This Anymore!
In the 1976 movie Network, Howard Beale (Peter Finch), a seasoned anchorman on a failing network news program, UBS, learns he will be let go in two weeks, so he goes on the air to announce his plan to commit suicide. Fittingly, the network’s ratings soar, and UBS keeps him on the air, profiting from [...]
How to Make Money Blogging — and keep your pride intact.
Ok, this was a cheap shot to see what would happen if I titled a blog with How to Make Money Blogging.
From what I’ve read so far it seems that if you want to get hits on your site and draw traffic to your article to make money online you need to repeat keywords and [...]
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Tuesday, Mar 16
Fair
Currently: 55˚ F
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Hi: N/A˚, Lo: 35˚
Tonight: 35˚
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Moon Phase: New
Wednesday, Mar 17
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