Pragmatically inspirational
/ inspirationally pragmatic
The changes needed in this country are straightforward enough, but there are always partisan reasons to take an easy way out. There are always special interests that will fight against any challenge to the status quo. And there are always those who will worry more about their next election than the health of our country.
These [...]
Financial Follies: a tour of Bloomberg, Inc.
One of my favorite parts of this years Financial Follies: a tour of the Bloomberg, Inc. newsroom. Actually, most of the video is pretty hokey, but I do like the part towards the end when they say the modernist helix-like string of lights is a representation of Mike Bloomberg’s DNA.
The Follies are put on annually [...]
Bloomberg 2012
So it has come to my attention that Mayor Mike has switched from the Republican party to the Independents. First off, WAY TO GO MIKE!
Next I would like to respond to every single newspaper and television newscasters claim that Bloomberg is going to now make a run for president.
Bloomberg is a very savvy billionaire [...]
Mayor Mike: Master of Competence
I hope Mike Bloomberg does run for President, because then we’ll get a full accounting of his progress as Mayor. It really just holds academic interest for me, but I don’t think Mike can lay claim to very much in the end. It took a true authoritarian like Rudy Giuliani to turn Times Square into [...]
This is what I am talking about (in a positive light, not the usual way)
So, the Green Movement thing- Today, no rant, instead I pay kudos to NYC and specifically to Bloomberg.
Everyone’s favorite Straphanger Mayor has presented a plan to have all of NYC’s taxis be Hybrids by 2012. That means phasing out all traditional vehicles and introducing almost an entire new fleet of cabs to the city [...]
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As with Anna Karina, we prefer to remember the U.S.A as she was in the 1960s.
Seek and ye shall find
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