My Two Cents
Worth Less in Canada
Later this fall, General Motors is releasing new, more fuel-efficient versions of its full-size pickup trucks and SUVs. Finally, a Hummer that gets eight miles to the gallon.
China is set to overtake the US next year as the world’s largest producer of manufactured goods as a result of the rapidly weakening US economy and apparently strong demand for poison toys.
A Vancouver woman says that she was asked to cover up while breast-feeding during a recent flight on WestJet when the flight attendant told her some men find the sight of a bare breast offensive. When most men see a woman breastfeeding, they’re not offended, -they want to get in line. And given the cutbacks on in-flight service, this might be the only way to get a beverage.
John Edwards is now admitting he had an affair, a story that was broken by the National Enquirer – a true story in the National Enquirer. Next week, look for some actual facts on Fox News.
Two-thirds of U.S. corporations and foreign corporations doing business in the U.S. paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005, according to a new report from Congress. “It’s shameful that so many corporations make big profits and pay nothing to support our country,” said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., who asked for the study. “Only Congress is supposed to cheat the American people.”
