Archive for April, 2008

Light Rail Coming To Detroit

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

The Detroit Transit Options for Growth Study (DTOGS) released a press release outlining a plan to secure federal funds to build a light rail transit system along the Woodward corridor in Detroit. The rail system would be a starter line for a more regional transit system. Imagine going from Pontiac to Birmingham, to […]

Life Without Arrogance

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Arrogance might not be such a bad thing afterall…
From Little Bites of Point:

When a person asks if they look fat, the answer is always yes. People who are fit, know they are fit. It’s perhaps unfortunate, but common sense requires that you acknowledge that people who look good know they look good, even if well […]

U.S. Debt

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Jim Jubak writes:
The taxes you paid on your recently filed 1040 included roughly $4,300 to cover your household’s annual share of the interest payments on the $9.4 trillion in public debt owed by the U.S. government.
David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States:
The most serious threat to the United States … is our own fiscal […]

Caller ID: TOLL FREE CALL

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

I actually started to recognize one of the numbers. At 9:00 PM on a Sunday night, the phone rang. “Who could that be”, I thought. The number 877-303-8757 “TOLL FREE CALL” showed up on the second ring. I picked up, but there was nobody on the other side. We’ve been […]