Monday, March 16, 2009

Mexico Imposes Santions on U.S., AIG's Money Grab and a Texan Prison's Animal House

Mexico readies to impose sanctions on American imported products to the tune of $2B. This is almost beyond words. I anxiously await the Administration's response. I'm tired of being a consumer nation and having other countries abuse us for our marketplace.

AIG takes $173B in taxpayer money and promptly pays $165M in bonuses. Please explain to me how this whole thing is not a big money grab. They took the commissions on the front end, the bailout in the middle to cover their losses; now they are grabbing a few extra bucks as they flip taxpayers the bird.

Washington D.C. is in the midst of an serious AIDS epidemic. An estimated 3% of the population is infected.

Alberta weather stations witness record low temperatures for March. I guess that's more proof of global warming. According to Al Gore, we only have about 8.5 years left before we burn.

Feds give notice that they are going after Ruth Madoff's assets. They seek an estimated $70M.

Texas prisoners living it up in their own version of Animal House.