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Hooray for HSAs

Posted by Taylor on March 2nd, 2010 under Uncategorized Tags:  •  3 Comments

I have been a cheerleader for HSAs for a while now and this Op-Ed by Mitch Daniels, govenor of Indiana, is illustrative of the benefits of an HSA plan put in practice.
Here’s a snippet:
When I was elected governor of Indiana five years ago, I asked that a consumer-directed health insurance option, or Health Savings Account [...]

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

Posted by Jason on February 19th, 2010 under Uncategorized Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

Gloria Allred, feminist, representing a porn star who is the mistress of Tiger Woods who is upset that she wasn’t treated fairly by Tiger….  You’re the mistress.  Dont you sorta know that going into an affair?
 

Blame Game

Posted by Taylor on February 11th, 2010 under Uncategorized Tags: ,  •  No Comments

This post from Keith Hennessey is a bit long, but worth reading.  He dissects Obama’s blame game regarding our deficit.  http://keithhennessey.com/2010/02/04/need-future-focus/
“It is strange for a President to complain repeatedly about ten-year old policies and then not propose to change them.”

Social Security Finally Bankrupt?

Posted by Eric on February 4th, 2010 under Uncategorized  •  No Comments

This was an interesting and scary article I just read on Yahoo! Finance.  It says that social security is finally bringing in less money than it’s paying out.  And to add to that, because people’s homes and stock portfolios have depreciated so much, social security has become a much more critical piece of elderly people’s [...]

Citizens United

Posted by Taylor on February 3rd, 2010 under Uncategorized  •  3 Comments

A lot has been made of the exchange between Obama and Alito during the SOTU.  Obama is dead wrong in saying that the court overturned 100 years of precedent.  It is interesting to note that the only reason media outlets, such as newspapers and such, can endorse candidates and make independent political contributions is because McCain-Feingold [...]

I Guess I’m Not the Only One Who Thought This

Posted by Jason on January 28th, 2010 under Uncategorized  •  3 Comments


Business Cliches

Posted by Eric on January 15th, 2010 under Uncategorized  •  8 Comments

This has probably been well-covered in Dilbert, but there are some phrases I am so sick of:

Quickly touch base
Reach out to
Connect
It is what it is
Shoot me an email
Give me a buzz
Get on the horn
Any business motivation phrase like, “Attitude determines altitude”
In the loop
Fill you in
At the end of the day…
Outside the box
Take ownership of
Call it [...]

10 Business New Years Resolutions

Posted by Eric B. on January 14th, 2010 under Uncategorized  •  No Comments

Read an interesting article about a “turn-around expert” named George Cloutier who just released a book called Profits Aren’t Everything, They’re the Only Thing. Naturally, a title like this is going to stir criticism from the same people who will attack the “Greed is Good” theme. But after reading about him more, I like what [...]

Conan O’Brien

Posted by Eric on January 12th, 2010 under Uncategorized  •  3 Comments

I hope this isn’t turning into an entertainment blog, but I think Conan O’Brien is worth writing about, no matter the forum.  Suffice it to say that I think Conan is the greatest person on TV.  In response to all of the recent shuffling of late night television shows on NBC, Conan issued this public statement (it’s [...]

New Year, New Decade

Posted by Eric on January 8th, 2010 under Uncategorized  •  9 Comments

It’s 2010.  I have nothing really to contribute to all the writings/summaries/best of’s on the past year and decade.  I’ll just say that it was an amazing decade of growth for me personally in many ways.  Blurt Daily was one of the ways which helped me mature.  We originally set up Blurt as a spontaneous way [...]