Comments on: We’re all Lucky Duckies now

By: Ruthie

Ruthie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:44:22 +0000

[CUE MUSIC]”We’re runnng off the rails of the gra-avy trai-ain!”
(With abject apologies to Ozzie Osbourne)

By: randiego

randiego — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:56:11 +0000

nah, I figured you weren’t - it just sounded good.

think Pete Carroll is bored at USC and might come coach State?

By: warrenterrah

warrenterrah — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:53:07 +0000

This is like the supposed 70 bucks an hour average that the autoworkers make. Does it occur to any of these reporters to ask the CEOs how they could be so stupid as to negotiate 70 bucks an hour for a salary. Ofcourse they aren’t that stupid. But god forbid that this should occur to any of these stupid reporters.

By: moistenedbink

moistenedbink — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:30:05 +0000

Gee, yeah, try living on $12,000 per year or maybe the $250,000 that ABC Anchor Charlie Gibson insisted was a middle class income (if it is I’ll take it!).

I take home a little over $1500 a month (in my full time job which provides me with health care) after federal and state taxes, co-pays on health, mandatory 6% to a retirement fund, etc. In my northeastern state average rent for a 2 bedroom apartment requires an income of $43,000. I work freelance jobs and anything I can get to add to my income but I am a divorced 50 year old with college age kids at home. I am tired and I have been pedaling furiously backwards for the past 5 years. I am furious at how far the corporate/government culture has beat us down while handing out billions to the already haves.

I was brought up to pay my bills and meet my responsibilities but I to say that I have been tempted to bail on my credit card bills when I watch what is going on. My card are not run up on frivolous things but expenses like a $750 car repair and oil when it went out of sight and I was running empty. I am running out of options and I don’t like what I see for the future.

By: neurophius

neurophius — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:24:37 +0000

Digg it

By: edub

edub — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:57:55 +0000

Not an Aztec hater at all. I’m a graduate!

They are terrible, and it’s extremely disappointing. Losing 70-7 to New Mexico?

Beyond belief if you saw the Aztecs I grew up watching.

By: BillCinSD

BillCinSD — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:56:30 +0000

love the Utes win in the Holy War. Woo hoo. I was at the 1988 game where Utah won for the first time in like 10 years 57-28

By: MrTentacle

MrTentacle — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:49:35 +0000

Gee, Bernacke says it would be counterproductive to reveal how much and to whom.

Counterproductive indeed - it would be hard for the recipients to spend the money while dodging the angry mob armed with farm implements.

Not to fear though, King Henry the Paulsen wants the REST of the $700B to shovel out the door to more of his friends before his reign is brought to an end.

Surely there will be a detailed accounting of that…

By: heydave

heydave — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:11:54 +0000

Shirley, you jest.

$12K a year would force one to drink really rather vulgar wine.

By: StringonaStickformerlyMakeItStop

StringonaStickformerlyMakeItStop — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:42:19 +0000

Gee, Bernacke says it would be counterproductive to reveal how much and to whom. Here are some other things that are counterproductive according to those of us on this side of reality:

1. Spending $10 billion per month in the Iraq war
2. Spending more on defense than the next 44 countries combined
3. Corporate tax policy that rewards sending US jobs to other countries

I could go on, but that might be interpretted as shrill on my part, and as one of those lucky duckies, I don’t want to make the massa upset wid me.