By: Shoebox (Diary)  |  December 10th at 10:36 AM  | 

Most news agencies are reporting that an agreement has been reached between the Democrat Congressional leaders and the White House, to provide the $15 billion in Federal funding, bail out, bridge loan….pick your favorite euphemism. The agreement calls for the creation of a Car Czar who will have powers to shape a restructuring of the companies, withholding further loans if progress toward a turnaround stalled. | Read More »

By: Shoebox (Diary)  |  December 9th at 10:15 AM  | 

Barack Obama was on Meet The Press with Tom Brokaw this weekend. Obama provided the following perspective on the auto bail out during the interview: MR. BROKAW: …should the current management be allowed to stay in their jobs? PRES.-ELECT OBAMA: Here’s what I’ll, I’ll say, that it may not be the same for all the, all the companies, but what I think we have to | Read More »

By: Shoebox (Diary)  |  July 14th at 08:32 PM  | 

Dang, Jesse Ventura told Larry King he isn’t going to run for US Senate. In explaining his decision, Jesse rambled about all kinds of issues. The one that seemed to clinch it for him was that he didn’t want to subject his family to the Minnesota press. As with all of his complaints about Minnesota media, Jesse’s shot tonight should have been pointed back at | Read More »