I find it interesting……

that Wachovia calls my money market account “Small Business  High Performance Money Market”, yet I earn a staggering .05% yield on my money.  That’s like me calling the Mercury Comet I drove in high school a “High Performance Sports Car”.

I find it interesting…..

that Commercial Banks, Investment Banks, AIG, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have all requested and received bailout assistance from the government.  Now the Big 3 automakers are sitting in front of congress with their hands out looking for help to “rescue” their companies from bankruptcy.  If the collapse of the real estate market is what started this financial meltdown, wouldn’t you think homebuilders would be first in line for bailout money???

I find it interesting…..

that I can spend thousands of dollars in fancy advertising for my business and get no customers, yet spend no money advertising our yard sale this morning and get carloads of people come by our house and spend money because we laid some used “stuff” out in our driveway……

Maybe I should just hold yard sales every month and sit outside with a “Bookkeeping Services Available” sign???

I find it interesting……

that OPEC held an emergency meeting recently, out of which they decided to cut back oil production by 1.5 million barrels.  They figure by taking oil out of the supply chain, they can drive the price back up to where it was back in the summer (around $150/barrel).  Is there any doubt now that we’ve been the victim of price fixing/manipulation from these oil rich countries??

Sure, the global economic slowdown is causing demand to soften; but that’s the shortsighted observation.  What’s OPEC’s reaction going to be once they realize their greed has empowered a movement in this country to eliminate dependence on foreign oil completely by investing in alternative fuel sources?  They better reserve another meeting room in about 10 years…….