Phew, so a ton of you(78!) voted on our Poll from last week concerning the Green Dragon mugs. Sadly for OAS an astounding 50% of you said that you've never used it, while most people said "Sometimes" and "If I remember to." Perhaps they should try harder to push this "Go Green" stuff..Anyways it's time for a new Poll of the Week.(hopefully up soon after I'm done typing this post out) Hopefully all of you have heard of this crazy Financial Crisis going on right now. Banks are failing, and watching CNN is making me nervous. The Government came up with this c$700 Billion Dollar plan to try and use tax payer money to bail out all of the bad loans and crap that's bringin' these banks down.
Today, that plan failed to pass through the House of Representatives and people are freaking the fuck out. The stock market dropped today it's lowest point total literally EVER. So I want to use this week's poll to gauge how you are all feeling about this nutty stuff. Don't forget to answer it!
Don't fret too much, the stock market has dropped -by the dollar- very low, but percentage wise (considering the price of that dollar etc), it's only the 14th lowest its ever been! Didn't even make it to the top 10! Not worry worthy to me.
ReplyDeleteThe not-to-secret consensus from some is that the failure of the bailout is the best thing to happen since axe-shower gel, and not for the taxpayer reason...Why? Because it will expedite the collapse of our economic system. Not for the same reasons as your garden variety V for Vendetta anarchist however, but because the United State's economic policy is so broken that this bailout has been compared to giving a dead horse shock therapy. The hope is that we'll build it better next time once it's gone...Phoenix theory.
ReplyDeleteToo radical? Unrealistic? Correct? Hell if I know.
Yeah, those mugs suck. If you put them in your backpack or bag they predictably leak every time. Wilsbach or Hulbert usage are acceptable I suppose, but Jazzmans is meh.
ReplyDeletePlus you can get a card at Jazzmans for "Buy 9 coffees, get 1 free" so "Saving 10% on a coffee" amounts to about the same.