Archive for the ‘Business’ Category

When people began expressing their concern about full body scanners in airports showing more of their bodies than they were comfortable with, officials reassured them that these images were just viewed by one member of airport security personnel and then immediately deleted.  That just didn’t sound right to me. Why employ these full body scanners [...]

According to Congressman Thad McCotter, Michigan’s unemployment rate, which is at 14%, could reach as high as 20%.  Congressman McCotter places the blame for the potentially devastating unemployment rate at the feet of President Obama:

Michigan’s unemployment rate could hit as high as 20 percent with the Obama administrationto blame, one Michigan congressman warned Friday.
Rep. Thaddeus [...]

Jennifer Granholm has ushered in Michigan’s devastating economy that has sent so many who have called Michigan home fleeing for better economies elsewhere. The sham bankruptcy and government and UAW take over of Chrysler and the impending government and UAW take over of General Motors are neon signs that the automotive industry is on [...]

Today Barack Obama announced new mandatory CAFE standards for cars sold in the United States. This means that the new cars available for purchase will cost about $1300 more and will kill about 800 more people a year. All in the name of supposed greenhouse gases that may or may not be hazardous to our [...]

It really is not a surprise that the US government will buy GM if it goes into bankruptcy. It owns it for all intents and purposes now. Is it possible, though, that that Obama may have learned his lesson regarding steamrolling Chrysler’s senior creditors? Let’s hope so because the entire episode was ugly and unbecoming [...]

If you live in or around the St. Louis area and you are disgusted with the unnecessary spending that is a huge portion of the Spendulus Bill, then get yourself to the St. Louis Nationwide Chicago Tea Party, one of many taxpayer protests taking place around the country. Bill Hennessy got this one going. Here [...]

The DC Examiner reports that one of Barack Obama’s telecom advisers, the vice president of Clearwire and an Obama donor, is advising him to delay the television broadcast change over from analog to digital. Why? Because it will benefit his company while hurting his competitors. Here’s how:
After years of wrangling and negotiating, Congress and the [...]

Iran is using front companies to purchase electronic equipment from US companies to build their IED’s. The same IED’s that have killed US troops in Iraq.
The Iranian businessman was looking for high-quality American electronics, but he had to act stealthily: The special parts he coveted were denied to Iranians, especially those seeking to make roadside [...]

The idiots running the state of California now want to force flat screen television manufacturers to make their products more energy efficient. Sounds easy enough, right? Nope. This would drive up the price of the televisions.  Consumer electronics such as flat screen televisions have been dropping in price very quickly, making them affordable for many [...]

I was very disappointed although thoroughly unsurprised that President Bush approved a $17 billion bailout for Chrysler and GM. Ford, to their credit, declined the money but supported the bailout of the other two companies because its CEO argued that Ford’s success as a company is intertwined with the success of Chrysler and GM.
Ford was [...]