Cry me a river

The Fed is cranking up the printing presses to smooth over the rough edges in our economy. Meantime, prices go higher and higher. Gasoline is pegged to the dollar and that goes up along with everything else we buy. In 1920s Germany they took shopping bags full of money to the market to buy stuff. Is that where we're headed?

Oil reached more record highs last week. Hopefully, that gave pause to the folks who drive to their jobs at the U.S. Commerce Department, where they are enjoined to ignore the spiraling price of gas when calculating inflation.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080517/ap_on_go_co/kennedy

Seems that one person's smut is another person's morning latte.

A Christian group based in San Diego found grounds for outrage over the new retro-style logo for Starbucks Coffee.

I wanted to post this before the uproar, but I think it is an honest, legitimate question....

Any of you toledoans try the new Mario Kart for the Wii?

I know this is a silly posting, but I was wondering what you thought.....do you like the wii wheel??? What do you think about the tracks???

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http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/12081...

« Municipalities in Northeast Ohio are in serious trouble as what one area mayor calls "a perfect storm" of fiscal crises sinks city workers' jobs, blows away amenities and threatens to swamp residents with new taxes and fees.

Why does Toledo always fear change?

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Since many of you say you refuse to read The Blade, I thought you might miss out one yet another HILARIOUS opinion cartoon. Enjoy!

I have come to the conclusion, Toledeons love their taxes. Where the city and TPS screwed up is that they left money on the table. With the wide margins, they should have asked to raise the taxes even higher. Should have gone for the 1.25% and a 10 mil.

I'm no longer going to listen to anyone from Toledo complain about taxes, TPS, police, city council, or Carty.

Brian Schwartz, spokesman for Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, has been suspended for 15 workdays for vulgar and negative comments

Read full story... http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080213/NEWS16/85... Hey Brian, look on the bright side. Now you can BLOG for 15 days straight off the clock!

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California foreclosures, mortgage defaults soar

Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:05pm EST
By Jim Christie

Subprime mortgages roiling Toledo area, broker, lender say

D'ya think County Treasurer Kapszukiewicz will reduce property taxes after hearing this news? Not likely, but he should because many of our homes are overvalued for the property taxes we're paying.

NEW YORK -- Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era, died Sunday at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56.

Reuters reports that the US economy will slip into a shallow recession next year. They must not have been to NW Ohio where we have been in a downturn for months. Every retailer and owner I talk to around here says that they haven't seen things this bad in many years. Also, I saw on the news tonight that Tiffin in losing that manufacturing plant. How bad can things get?