- It's two-for-Tuesday
- Speaking of that guy in the picture, he had a movie called Surfer, Dude that opened up in 68 theaters last weekend and made $29,708. I heard him say in an interview that it's a movie "about just living."
- If you were wondering, that was Kat Deluna singing the National Anthem on Monday Night Football last night. Not sure why everyone tries to trick up the National Anthem.
- That was Tony Romo's 12th game of passing for over 300 yards in less than two seasons. Roger Staubach did it six times in his career. Terry Bradshaw did it four times.
- It was the beginning of National Latino Month (or something like that) at Texas Stadium and on the ESPN pre-game show I saw a mariachi band playing under the statue of Tom Landry. Really.
- Wall Street Beating yesterday. But I've truly learned just to roll with it.
- The Rangers played last night in Arlington. How many people would show up on a Monday night, during the school year, and at the same time the Cowboys are playing?: 13,536 according to the box score.
- DeShean Jackson launching the ball before he crossed the goal line last night was funny. The announcing crew mentioned that he did a premature swan dive in a high school all-star game that ended up a tad bit short. Photo here. What a knucklehead.
- John McCain always refers to Obama as "my opponent." Seems odd.
- I discovered tricked up tuna and other kinds of fish in a sealed metallic bag in the supermarket last night. Bought a couple of them. Can't remember the brand name.
- 55 degrees outside. Double sweet.
- Not breaking news: Galveston sounds like a mess.
- I don't understand people wanting O.J. Simpson to get convicted in his Las Vegas robbery trial because he got away with murder in Los Angeles. Yeah, I understand wanting to strike him down with great vengeance and furious anger, but do you really want a justice system like that? (And this robbery case probably wouldn't have even been filed had it not been Simpson involved.)
- Jennifer Tilly's sexy vocal cords are 50 today.
- Just noticed that the Jacksboro paper link on wisecounty.com now requires a paid subscription. I'll take the link down if they don't understand The Internets any better than that.
- Sign your life has gone terribly wrong: "A 40-year-old man walking his dog in the nude was Tasered by police when he refused to follow an officer's commands." Sign #2: "The man was asked what he was doing and told the officer, 'Allah told me to watch a Bruce Willis movie and walk the dog.'"
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What is up with Bridgeport charging $15 to be in the homecoming parade?
BRIDGEPORT HOMECOMING - Applications for the Bridgeport High School Homecoming parade can be found on the Bridgeport ISD Web site or at the high school. Entry fee is $15 payable to the BHS Student Council. Deadline to enter is Friday
so i guess you do understand the people who wanted simpson found not guilty in the murder trial, even though the evidence is beyond overwhelming..if ever a sob should be railroaded any way possible, i am for it...and you can kiss my ass btw..!
Walking in the Nude - $1000.00
Walking the dog in the nude - $100.00
Walking your dog, in the nude, in Florida - $500.00
Bruce Willis Movie - $1.50
Allah speaking to you - $0.00
Getting the man-tool tasered -
Priceless!!
If you think monday was a beating on Wall St., today will be twice as bad..people are just now beginning to realize..it's just paper, but it holds all their hopes and dreams of the future. People are powerless, ready to be sheared and butchered..
HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS....!!!!!!
AIG down another 40% this morning..they are the largest insurer in the US.. that's big...!
If you click on the home button at the top on the Jacksboro Paper, it takes you to the current online readable edition.
i will bet we start hearing about a big stimulus package to bail us all out, this one will be much bigger than the last and quicker..it may be the only way to stop a major panic..!
Shouldn't the beginning of National Latino Month start at the beginning of the month? On second thought, why do we even have one? Can anyone tell me when National Caucasian Month is?
9:19 National Caucasion Month would be racist!!
What was with all the sirens this morning in Decatur about 5:30? Was all of that for Dr. Renfro who lost control of his motorcylce on FM 730 (according to the update).
Deluna singing the National Anthem
S U X
The interest is up and the stock markets down
Your gonna get mugged if you go down town
I can skin a buck and run a trotline
THIS COUNTRY BOY CAN SURVIVE!
If all the "printed paper"
suddenly turned useless are you ready!
Seems like with all these "financial monsters" loaning money they don't have,insuring without money to back it up.We are talking old insitutions not some newly sprung up ibusiness.They dont have money,so its coming from paper.Searching for money,oil, stocks,401k's,its corporate greed.
They screw the other guy and pass the savings on to you!
That Jackson touchdown (not) was funny, but I was wondering why ESPN doesn't have a goal line shot. Most football coverage does.
What was up with the commercial announcment thing in spanish? Written and spoken in spanish. What country are we in?
The shape our economy is in at this time has nothing to do with whose in the White House. It has everything to do with Coporate greed. Only in America can a person be terminated from their job as a CEO and walk out the door with millions. The mortgage business is a scam and always has been, another reason we are in the shape we are. Again, that was nothing but greed as well. Even though people took loans to buy homes they truly had no idea what an A.R.M. was. All they new is it would allow them to own a home. Now they (we all) are eating it and the mortgage companies have made out like a bandit. A.R.M.'s were pushed on people, encouraged by the mortgage broker and now we all suffer from it in one fashion or the other. I don't have a problem with people being rich as long as they get their wealth honestly. In our "it's all about me society" there needs to be more changes than just Washington.
BREAKING NEWS..FED BAILOUT ON THE WAY..more to follow..
9:24, That's exactly why we need one.
is Mzchief dead..or what..?
Great quote from the naked man/dog story... "McCranie said using the Taser was the only way to subdue the man without having to hurt him."
Since when does a Taser not hurt?
Obama is having a fund raising dinner in Hollywood, $28,000.00 a plate. I find it hard to believe he's concerned about change in Washington, our economy and other bullsh-t taking place at this time. The chronies are calling and he's going to eat and talk trash. I hope Matt Damon is there and chokes on a damn chicken bone.
BREAKING..FED SAYS NO BAILOUT..MARKET REVERSES..LOSES GAINS, NOW HEADED SOUTH..mtf...
who is yoko romo ?
9:55, that's my point!! Maybe I should have written the word sarcasim in there somewhere.
Didn't see too much wrong with her version of the National Anthem.
Is that a picture of Brook Hogan, Hulk Hogan's daughter?
Wasn't Yoko Romo married to John Lemmon?
I agree that greed is part of the problem, but the recent failure in our banking industry IS due to irresponsible financial policies by Republicans and the Bush Administration because of total 'hands off' no regulation approach to the market. Unregulated use of Derivatives, CDOs and Credit Default Swaps were totally out of control. Warning alarms were going off but no action was taken, no common sense was used, no throttle was applied. In 2002, Warren Buffet called complex derivatives 'Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction'.
This will have a ripple affect around the world. We have already lost credibility because of our reckless Middle East war and now we have lost credibility because of our reckless financial policies. Wait! Not bad enough? Republicans are insisting on a reckless energy policy. These are all ""well, it sounded really good at the time"" policies.
My guess is that conservative voters who are brain washed by Hate Radio Talk Shows never read a major newspaper (except for the sports of course). They are told not to read or listen to any other media, so they don't. They will follow orders and continue to vote Republican and believe a sharp shootin' hockey mom is just what the good ole' USA needs. Yup, Yup.
1023 jessica simpson dummy...!
we're all doomed to repeat history.
lenders don't want any part of AIG, they are claiming AIG's assetts are totally worthless derivatives and AIG's balance sheet has almost no tangible value whatsoever..AIG is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy with debts/losses of over $440 BILLION DOLLARS...WOW..that's just 1 corporation..! thousands of other companies are bound to suffer even more because of all this.
Yes we are repeating a doomed history.Our grandparents history!The only difference our parents had retirement and an economy that would allow them to live on social security,and money to put back into the till.Just think if we had a great depression today? With the population of legal and illegal people in this country.Already crime is on the rise from just a "recession". at 6.5% "documented" unemployment.I'm not a doomsdayer but i am a little worried about my kids future? I know GOD will take care of them but what quality of life will they have if "we the people" dont take care of ourselves.
yes that is a picture of brooke hogan.
9:53 says
"The shape our economy is in at this time has nothing to do with whose in the White House. It has everything to do with Coporate greed. Only in America can a person be terminated from their job as a CEO and walk out the door with millions. The mortgage business is a scam and always has been, another reason we are in the shape we are. Again, that was nothing but greed as well. Even though people took loans to buy homes they truly had no idea what an A.R.M. was. All they new is it would allow them to own a home. Now they (we all) are eating it and the mortgage companies have made out like a bandit. A.R.M.'s were pushed on people, encouraged by the mortgage broker and now we all suffer from it in one fashion or the other. I don't have a problem with people being rich as long as they get their wealth honestly. In our "it's all about me society" there needs to be more changes than just Washington."
They had no clue what an Adjustable Rate Mortgage might entail? Um, if a person could not comprehend that might involve oh I don't know, a Mortgage Rate that might- Adjust at some point they don't deserve a home and would have figured out some spectacular way to lose it regardless- smoking in bed, cramming crayons,feces and Hustler Magazines in a toaster etc.
Tear that link down!!
We're all doomed.
10:59 You idiot,stay away from huffingtonpost if you're going to be so critical of news sources.
Goofball
Sheesh
10:59, you just stated exactly what the liberals do. They listen to the Michael Moores, Al Gores, Hillary Clinton's, Babs Streisands, Obamas, Bidens, Kennedy's, Al Frankens, John Stewarts, Jimmy Carters, Oprahs, and Matt Damons of the world and believe their trash. On top of that, you get your information from the biggest B.S.er's of all, the damn paper!! This is exactly why the liberals have problems, they listen to everyone else's B.S. and take it for gospel. I see where Lindsey Lohan has made comments about Gov. Palin. Why don't you go see what she said about her. I am sure it's very, intellligent, first hand information because she's so smart and "in the know" about politics. Jeez, you people need to get real, God help us all.
12:42, what your telling me is everyone who signed up for the A.R.M. knew the gamble and took it?
I don't know where your from but I give people more credit than that and I live in the real world.
Nuff said!!
Instead of marrying sam ronson I think it would be better if Lindsay married me and Jennifer Tilly.
Then we'd buy Ross Simpsons house on BP Lake, build a big slide all the way from the rear balcony down to the water where the fastest boat in North Texas would be waiting.
Then we'd roar around the lake smoking weed and drinking El Presidente Brandy while they fought over me.
That would be cool.
12:49 are you living on the same planet as the rest of us? You need to get out of Wise County and visit some other states to get a real picture.
Hey ... Why dont you and Word Bile take a road trip with the windows open. The whole world is wrong ... all of America is Wrong ...and the planet you live on (Planet YOUR ~ Anus) everything is rosie !!!
"The sky is falling."
Octuple Fake Chicken Little
THE BEATLES-Hard Days Night was on recently and I still get chills from some of their songs.
Looking through my beer goggles things are great, I can make airplanes out of the useless paper...oh and wait the sky seems much farther away also.
Backwards Forwards Paperjockey
If we don't watch it, apes really will be smarter than man!
12:13, you're right. We've become a "what about me" society, people have become too dumb to take care of themselves and always thinking something is owed them. Wake up from lala land people and do something for yourself and stop thinking the government should take care of your lazy fat asses!
So the stock market is headed south. So what, you greedy people get what you deserve with your McMansions built by illegal labor and values inflated by fake mortgages insured by Fannie Mae. Looks like the beginning of the 1980's crash to me. Just another chapter in the same book. Oh, by the way, do you know who is at the top of the list of politicians receiving campaign donations from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Try the holly man Obama and his buddy Kerry. Yep, bought and paid for. Do your own research on these two guys'connection to Fannie Mae and you might reconsider who you want to vote for.
1:18, who-who-who-you-so-funny!!
First time I heard the "planet thing" I rolled over and crapped yellow in my diaper. See you people aren't original. You take what you've been told and run with it. You obviously don't think everything is right in America and in some respect you are correct, nothing is perfect. However, you can move if you would like say, France, Cambodia, Canada, somewhere!! And yes, my anus is rosie thank you very much.
"John McCain always refers to Obama as "my opponent." Seems odd."
Do you ever refer to prosecutors as "Bob" or "Ted" when you're in court?
An ARM is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage. You can get a very low interest rate, but the rate will fluctuate with the market. Google it, dummies!
So...are we saying that people have NO responsibility to make their own choices? Many of us are tired of taking responsibility for those who will not.
Has this blog been sanitized for our protection?
I loves me some BROOKE HOGAN!!!!!!
I was gonna lay off you guys for a while, then you haveta go and drag my name into it...
The Clinton Administration strengthened the Community Reinvenstment Act, making it harder for mortgage lenders not to lend to minorities, who are -- as a group -- a bigger credit risk. With not only government's tacit approval, but almost a mandate, the lenders found any way possible to bolster their lending to minorities, including ARMs.
Credit reports mean something -- many of these borrowers couldn't handle the loans, and began to default. The dominoes began to fall, and we are where we are.
One Fannie Mae report singled out one "paragon of nondiscriminatory lending" -- Countrywide. Meanwhile two Democrat Senators -- Dodd and Conrad -- received preferential interest rate loans from Countrywide. Who was one of the CRA's biggest supporters? Democrat Chris Dodd. Who is the biggest recipient of political donations from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Barack Obama.
Where do the footprints lead for this mess? Straight to the Democrats.
Best stimulus deal for the American people would be to "excuse" us all from paying ANY income tax at all for the next 3 years. Force the gov't to work on a budget, and tell the banks they must do the same. Most people would be thrown in jail if they robbed people the way these banks/mortgage co. have done.
I bought a home during the ARM heyday.
About 5 minutes worth of research would give you ALL the info. you could ever dream of regarding the pratfalls of same.
My qualifying numbers came in easily 100,000 dollars over what a person in my income range would need to spend on a house.
I bought down and with a fair fixed rate.
I'm sorry money doesn't come with instructions and there are so many people in the world who want to separate others from their money, sometimes with no humane consideration toward them.
Money magazine is still a good, simple place to start learning personal finance.
MSN money also has very solid articles on investing with smaller amounts.
It IS harder I believe to make it today than when I got out on my own in the early 80s but, principles are the same.
People see my house and say "You are lucky!"
The harder I work and the more I sacrifice (in some ways) the luckier I get.
They are forgiven, I live in the same country that rotted their hearts and minds so I can understand.
Instead of hating rich people learn from them. I mowed a retired bankers lawn for extra money on my days off from another job and spent as much time on the porch with my ears open and mouth shut than mowing visiting with him.
Take an investments class, the Weatherford campus of WCC used to always have continuing ed classes of some type.
Credit card debt? Cut those things up, get an extra job, find some stuff to buy and sell on craigslist, have a yard sale whatever, to get them payed off. I have 2 cards but, haven't used either in years.
Tarrant County Elections office is hiring right now. The pay is fair for an entry level job and no surprise, this time of year you can get all the hours you want.
Want health insurance? TCs is very good and you'd be surprised how many people turn that temp. job into a good full time one.
There's plenty of seasonal work for the holidays coming up. UPS and Fed Ex are examples that pay well and could become full time if that is needed.
But, that will take time away from my family you say? What if they're homeless because of the "housing fiasco"? How will your time be then? This is what I mean by sacrifice- reasonable ones are made now for a brighter tommorrow.
When I first started out I lived in a car to finish college. Worked 2 full time jobs in the summer and 1 part time, 1 full time during the school year. Bought, repaired and resold pickups (always a market especially at tax rebate time)and other stuff while spending money on what I needed not wanted.
Got a talent for something that interests you? Turn it into a side business...
I'll quit, my point is trying to help people understand the basics of personal finance today is too often like trying to help an overweight person lose weight "Eat LESS, move MORE." they could be correctly told. "Isn't there a shot, or a surgery or a bizarre diet I have no intention of sticking with anyway that I can do instead?" or "Isn't there someone or something else I can find to blame for my problem?"
I guess I'm ranting a bit but, I also hope I might have given somebody, somewhere some ideas and encouragement to help you make it this world.
3:07, That sounds too hard. That's why liberal weenies would rather wait on the government to support them and in their own words keep them down.
1:58
Undoubtedly. Quite observant of you, I must say.
Members of my species were here living on Mother Earth long before you skinny, hairless wonders and we will be here eating Her fruit long after the last of you are gone.
Can't happen soon enough if you ask me.
Excuse me for now, it's time to pick bugs from my harem of beauties and have some tea.
Ciao.
Double Fake King Kong
Remember what happened to the dinosuars? They got too big and numerous to feed themselves in lean times!
More Extinction coming to a stock market near you!
Caveman
I thought global warmism killed the dinosaurs. I also heard that cavemen with internet access invented by Al Gore created global warmism.
The Simpson lakehouse is for sale? party on.
3:07
G R E A T N E S S, goes into the book of greatness with Jarheads' only worthwhile comment...the Alvoid chronicle.
Wordkyle - I normally don't agree with you but....ditto, I buy your agrument. People (who were not financially capable) were buying houses like we used to rent apartments in college. Drive up and buy. The financial community, given the incentive of loan or die, hung themselves once we had the pronounced economic downturn. You can only continue to bury bad deals when suckers have money.
Judgement guru
5:44 That warmism your feeling is someone standing next to you smiling filling your boot full!
The only problem with A.R.M. is they tried to sink it all the way to the shoulder!
All the silver spooners are going to get a new word in their isms {struggle}!
Wow were in a vacuum more greed than wealth!
Sell your birthright for a dollar to foriegners and wonder why bread is scarce!
Keep buyin that cheap chinese crap,keep sending our work across the border,keep sending our money oversees to take care of people who dont help take care of us,and we still havn't cleaned katrina up!
I could go on education,elderly,but let's pluck our own beam out before we pick the splinter out of our brother!
Triple fake least likely to survive
From a story on H. Ike-
"Texans are very frustrated" by the slow pace of recovery..."
Are you kidding ME?
When was that thing , yesterday?
Jennifer Tilly was pure HOT.
Haven't seen her in some time, but her bod and voice are STRONG in my mind.......uufff...whew
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