American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

There Will Be Bud

This is one of the finest parodies I have ever seen (via Matt).

Rules of Resumes or Resumes Rule

Being unemployed, you have the ability to watch a lot of television. Whether you watch it via cable, or through that brain gelatinizing service known as Hulu, there are endless choices.
A few weeks ago, I watched an episode of “How I Met Your Mother” from Season 4 (Episode 14) known as “The Possimpible” [...]

Best in penetration

A real email that was just forwarded to me. Hat tip to JJ, who wrote “I wish I could say that on my resume….”

From: xxxx in HR
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:25 AM
To: Everyone; xxxxxxx
Subject: Congratulations Jason XXXX
Please join me in congratulating Jason XXXX on his recent successful completion of the GIAC Certified Penetration Tester [...]

Is the Republican Party headed for extinction?

The Republicans have lost the intelligencia.

SEC Hedge Fund Registration is a Joke

Politicians are continually whining about how hedge funds need to be registered. Many already are because some large investors insist on it. Others don’t register. They don’t need to to raise money and they don’t want the hassle. But it’s not much trouble, really, because the registration reporting requirements, so far as I can tell, [...]

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