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I have been signed up at Barack Obama for some time but today was the first time I really looked into the site of the person I am hoping will win the presidency. I came away very impressed by the layout of the site, the ability to connect with others, and the overall level of [...]

Thomas Friedman from If I had One Wish

New York Times columnists are not allowed to endorse candidates, but I checked the rulebook the other day, and there’s no rule against rooting for a general outcome. So here is my fervent wish: For the sake of the country, I really hope the Republicans lose the [...]

Women sitting outside her home in the Western Addition District of San Francisco.
I heard on the radio this morning that there was 61 new billionaires in America, to go along with 1 million more people that fell below the poverty line in 2005.
There are only so many hills for the rich and only [...]

This get me very excited. Way to go Jean Rohe!

Lately it seems that the MySpace economy has overshadowed the iPod economy. But there are still these stories that make you think, “Wow, that totally works.”
From iLounge:
IPac today announced that it has shipped the first 12 iPods to Senatorial campaign committees as part of the group’s “Your Senator Needs an iPod” campaign, which [...]

You knew this was going to have to come up. These earnings are disgusting.
Exxon Mobil reported net income of $9.92 billion, or $1.58 a share,in the third quarter, up from $5.68 billion, or 88 cents a share, ayear earlier. Revenue jumped 31.9 percent, to $100.7 billion, from$76.38 billion.
Hmmmm…… Isn’t this the same quarter that the [...]