By: Frederick (Diary)  |  September 7th at 10:20 AM  | 

What is greed? The dictionary defines greed as greed n.  An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth. (greed. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved September 07, 2009, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/greed) I have a problem with this definition, from one perspective:  Everyone has more than they “need.”  | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  September 4th at 07:49 PM  | 

The National Research Council and Institute of Medicine put out a report about fast food and minority neighborhoods, so of course I took all that astroturf money I’ve been earning and spent $32.40 to read it. Or not. I did, however, get to see this CNS News article about it. “One of things that has been shown in studies all across the country is that | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  August 24th at 12:16 PM  | 

Newsweek published an article awhile back.  It is a “perspective” article, more an essay, from the point of view of an illegal alien. Oh, I’m sorry, did I not use the politically correct term “Undocumented,” as the article’s author did?  Please pardon me as I show no remorse over my lapse in progressive judgement.  Actually, don’t.  There’s nothing to pardon. While well intentioned, I am | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  August 17th at 10:07 PM  | 

I’m watching “The Colony,” a show on the Discovery Channel that claims to be an experiment about survival following an “apocalyptic” pandemic.  I had originally scoffed at the idea, but the show is an enthralling window into greater society.   The “stars” of this show are ordinary people with varying backgrounds who are forced to survive together in the abandoned warehouse district of Los Angeles.  | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  August 17th at 07:38 PM  | 

From the diaries by Erick. H/T to Michelle Malkin. Reuters is reporting that Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama Adminstrations “Pay Czar” will be reviewing compensation contracts for company officials and may “claw back” much of what has been or will be paid. Particularly concerning is this, from the second page of the article: Feinberg said the law requires him to take market forces into account, but | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  August 13th at 12:45 PM  | 

I wish I hadn’t been driving to work this morning when I heard this on the radio. That’s because I could not write down any names, including the individual making the claim or the PAC/think tank where he’s now working, “Democracy” somethingorother. Fortunately, I was able to find a similar story from UPI. Former Public Relations executive at CIGNA Wendell Potter, who now works for | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  August 12th at 09:08 PM  | 

Remember that right-wing domestic terrorism assessment the Administration released earlier this year, then backed away from? Seems they didn’t back away far enough. According to the AP:

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  August 4th at 08:45 PM  | 

I am not a “manufactured” protester.  In fact, I’m not a protester at all, since my Congressman and Senators are all opposed to Obamacare. My outrage, however, isn’t paid for interest groups or K-Street Lobbyists. I wish it were, I could use the money. No, I’m just a private citizen who is choosing to speak up.  No ulterior motive, other than making sure that our | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  August 2nd at 10:36 PM  | 

Strange that a government program costing $1 billion would be considered small, no? A small government program can teach us a lot about government: C.A.R.S. Referred to in the media and by politicians as “Cash for Clunkers,” the Federal Car Allowance Rebate System gave rebates of $3,500 or $4,500 for qualifying automobiles. It was allocated $1 billion and intended to last five months.  Those who | Read More »

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  August 1st at 04:32 PM  | 

I am sitting outside the Grand Ballroom of the Atlanta Hyatt surrounded by people I have largely only known from a screen name and articles and comments written on web pages and Twitter.  While I have enjoyed interacting with each of them online, finally meeting so many people who until a few days ago were just light photons emitted from the screen of my laptop | Read More »