July 30, 2010
Filed under: Lifestyle — @ 3:00 am
Facebook is the evil empire! People just don’t get it. This company makes money by ’sharing’ your personal data, not ‘protecting’ it. You need to adopt the mindset that everything you post is available to everyone, or soon will be. The Internet is a wonderful tool…but all the bad guys and unscrupulous marketers think so too.
Facebook and users still clash
Over default controls that will splash
The data that’s yours
To faraway shores
‘Cause privacy comes after cash.
July 29, 2010
Filed under: Events — @ 3:00 am
Paul the octopus of World Cup fame has a new detractor. Iranian President Amadinejad calls Paul a symbol of western decadence. Uuh…ok. Any other ridiculous assertions you’d like to make? How about the one where Iran has ‘free elections’? He should try to “aspire to human perfection”, as he puts it, by pulling his head out of his ass.
The head of Iran has objections
To a cephalopod’s soccer selections.
He’s still mad that it
Says he’s not legit
‘Cause he brazenly rigged his elections.
July 28, 2010
Filed under: Lifestyle — @ 3:00 am
The Nissan Cube is being recalled in the U.S. They say it’s because of a fuel leak but I think its because this car is butt ugly! I can’t see the attraction in these tiny little boxes. Same goes for the Toyota Scion. These cars are so small that if you get in a crash, a fuel leak is the least of your problems. The Mini Cooper is another very small car but at least it has a little style. Now…how can we make the Cube more appealing?
Nissan’s recalling the Cube
A car that is shaped for a rube.
Give it some flair
By rounding the square
And then we can call it the ‘Boob’.
Nissan Cube
July 27, 2010
Filed under: Events — @ 3:00 am
Looks like BP is sending CEO Tony Hayward to Siberia! Is that better than being fired? If I were him, I’d just prefer your basic ‘golden parachute’ and ride off into the sunset. You never know. Maybe he picked up a thirst for Vodka over the past few months.
The board at BP sees a muff
From Hayward who hasn’t the stuff
To simmer the boil
Over all the spilt oil,
It seems he’s not slippery enough.
July 26, 2010
Filed under: Investing — @ 3:00 am
Steve Forbes thinks the Obama administration is anti-business. I prefer to think of it as pro-constituent. Big business, when left to their own devices, drives greed to excess. They describe it as ’shareholder value’ but shareholders always seem to get the short end of the stick. When the stock goes down, management still gets paid..with generous bonuses I might add. What Mr. Forbes fails to realize is that business leaders have lost a good measure of credibility over the past several years. Thus, their complaints about ‘anti-business’ policies mostly land on deaf ears.
Steve Forbes has a view of the past
Where too many villains are cast
In business at large,
But they earned the charge
With avarice and greed unsurpassed.
July 23, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
I don’t know if USDA Agriculture Secretary Tom Vislack was the real culprit or someone higher up but this foul-up is inexcusable. Any manager worth his pay knows better than to jump to conclusions without the facts…especially regarding personnel decisions! The fact that Obama “‘instructed his staff to learn from this circumstance” does not speak highly of the quality of his staff. Someone should be fired or demoted for this and it’s not Shirley Sherrod.
Vislack they say jumped the gun
But the damage to Sherrod is done.
Apologies aside
It’s time to decide
If his tenure as leader’s undone.
July 22, 2010
Filed under: Investing — @ 3:00 am
I always hate when Ben Bernanke talks to Congress. Too many ignorant Congressmen asking too many self-serving questions and before you know it, Ben’s says something slightly negative and investors all swoon. It’s like sheep leading other sheep right over the edge. Instead, we should act like cows and keep chewing until someone knocks us over. I have no idea what that means.
Bernanke gave Congress a talk
About the Fed and protecting the flock
But investors instead,
Overcome with dread,
Sent the stock market down like a rock.
July 21, 2010
Filed under: Lifestyle — @ 3:00 am
The folks who developed the Firefox web browser conducted a study to determine which button received the most user clicks. The study looked at data from 10,000 users and will be used by developers to help provide a better user experience in the next version of Firefox. So which button is the winner?
Your browser has tools that can pack
A punch for the websites that lack
Interesting fare
Or too much hot air,
Just click on the button for ‘Back’.
July 20, 2010
Filed under: Events — @ 3:00 am
An unlikely book, Three Cups of Tea, is making the rounds among our military leaders in Afghanistan. Apparently it helps reinforce the need to engage the Afghan elders to build bridges with the civilian population. One of their main concerns was casualties from stray American bombs. I’m not sure why we need a book to figure this out but then…I’m not a General.
The General said “Three Cups of Tea”
Is useful in helping us see
That we’re viewed with disdain
When civilians are slain.
I don’t need the book to agree.
July 19, 2010
Filed under: Sports — @ 3:00 am
Louis Oosthuizen (WUHST-hye-zen) from South Africa won the British Open by 7 strokes to etch his name into the golf history books (and on the Claret Jug). He came out of nowhere to beat the worlds best at the home of golf, St Andrews. On a week where the winds were on-again off-again, he kept his cool and never let the weather or his nerves get the better of him. He even did it on the 92nd birthday of Nelson Mandela. I guess South Africa wasn’t quite ready to slip quietly away after the World Cup.
Oosthuizen won going away.
“Who’s he?” is what many still say.
But a win for this fella
And a birthday for Mandela
Make an all South African day.
July 16, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
So much for the much touted lawsuit against Goldman Sachs for questionable trading practices. These guys really do run the country. A few phone calls, some gentle public flogging, backdoor meetings and voila! A meager fine (based on what they earn) that changes nothing! You might as well close down the SEC. They are completely and utterly useless.
So Goldman gets away with a fine
And the SEC loses its spine.
Its more of the same,
They’re useless and lame
With no bite and a bark that’s benign.
July 15, 2010
Filed under: Sports — @ 3:00 am
Check out these pics as golfers practice for the British Open in Scotland. The weather has not been a factor the past couple of years but this year looks to be much different. Wind and rain are forecast thru the weekend. It should be fun to watch, even if you’re not a golfer.
The Open is set to begin
But much to the players chagrin,
The gorse and the heather
And this year the weather
Will be factors in who takes the win.
July 14, 2010
Filed under: Events — @ 3:00 am
This is a sad article that calls out the lessons unlearned from the Exxon Valdez incident some 21 years ago. This is a major fault with free markets…they are unwilling and unable to police themselves. You need the government to protect us from the damage and destruction they will cause in their dogged pursuit of ’shareholder value’. The real problems occur when these government regulators are ‘in bed’ with the companies they are supposed to regulate. I’m beginning to think that China has the right idea…execute the person in charge! You only have to do it once to get their attention.
Deepwater and Exxon Valdez (Val-deez)
Are cousins that show us that these
Companies don’t care
And rarely prepare
For the damage they cause to our seas.
July 13, 2010
Filed under: Sports — @ 3:00 am
All this fuss over LeBron James is just so much blather from a bunch of hypocrites. The guy has a right to play for any team he wants. He gave Cleveland seven years…that’s plenty. The Cleveland Cavaliers owner had his chance and couldn’t deliver a championship team. From what I can see, his mouth probably got in the way. As for the other teams, they should thank LeBron. Any team who plays Miami this year will see sellout crowds.
LeBron wants to win the whole thing
So he moved to Miami to bring
His talents to bear
With his teammates there
In hopes of a championship ring.
July 12, 2010
Filed under: Sports — @ 3:00 am
Tough game for the World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands. The Dutch were particularly aggressive with a ‘kung-foo’ style kick in the chest by one of their players that should have brought out a red card (automatic game ejection). As it was, their play eventually caught up with them and they lost in the last few minutes while playing a man down. Overall, it was a fun tournament to watch and I’ll miss the daily excitement. Too bad it only happens once every four years.
The Dutch and the Spaniards contended
As the World Cup tournament ended.
With yellow cards flying
And coaches decrying,
In the end it was Spain who ascended.
World Cup Foul
Spain Wins World Cup 2010
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