Ladies, gentlemen, and politicians, let me introduce you to the 2009 Toyota Venza.

The Venza is the exact reason the Big 3 of Detroit deserve nothing.  Toyota introduced the Venza to the automotive community earlier this year.  When I first saw it this summer, I thought it was a hideous and ugly thing.  That may have [...]

As long promised, I have finally decided which candidate to endorse.  Let’s look at the issues and then tomorrow I’ll tell you who I picked and why.  This isn’t me forcing my political views, merely an informed citizen walking you through the process of picking a candidate.  Again, I’m not forcing my views on you, [...]

If you want to talk about lipstick on a bulldog just take one look at the California Raisin House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi.  Every once in a while she wakes up from a puddle of drool and barks at the neighbors.  By now no one notices because she never bites anyone.  Back to sleep Pelosi…
Remember when [...]

GM has one of the largest advertising budgets on the planet.  When your cars are crappier than the competition in quality, appearance, reliability, and brand image, there is only one thing left for them to do to sell cars.  Push the MPGs.  While the news I’m about to share with you generally received a warm [...]

This was a Weakonomics week for the ages.
First we hear about Fannie and Freddie basically being nationalized. A post is coming next week
Then the middle of the weak Lehmen Brothers goes up in flames.
The week ended with Ike hitting Texas, with the media claiming damage at first at $100 billion. This morning [...]

With half of the country being fully energized by “hope” and “change”, no wonder our demand for gasoline is down almost 9% from last year.  On Thursday, August 28th, 2008, Barack Obama accepted the nomination for president from the Democratic Party.  Still a relatively young and strapping gent, Obama worked hard to get his name [...]

As June came to a close, I decided to put together a timeline of the first 6 months of this year.  It includes events for this website, economic news, and random commentary.  There are a ton of links so there’s plenty for you to read today.

January 14 - National average price for a gallon of [...]

Congress is a never ending battle of words.  Thankfully one party usually has a majority and legislation gets passed.  Sadly, our current majority is more like Pop-eye without his spinach.  The Democrats are lead by Speaker Pelosi, the mascot and perfect case study for weakness.  If the Republicans, lead by Gilligan George Bush (AKA Bluto), [...]