Obama losing Wall Street money

I know folks who work on The Street and the word has been for months that President Barack Obama (D- Beltway) has lost their support – not just their votes – but their money as well. In the latest fundraising report, employees at Goldman Sachs (I know, boo hiss) have contributed a mere $45,000 USD to the president’s re-election committee. Those same employees contributed more than $1 million USD in 2008. At the same time, Mitt Romney (R-MA) has raised more than $350,000. While it’s still early, things are not looking so good for the incumbent.

Dept. of Just Desserts

Looks like Lindsay Lohan is going to jail, again, this time for violating her probation. While the management of Davespeak has zero opinion of her guilt or innocence, there is a sense that laws should apply to everyone equally. Lohan broke the law, was convicted, and now must pay the price. Like all those butt-heads that speed through run red lights just after turn yellow to red, methinks Ms. Lohan thinks laws are just for other people.

Enjoy your new roommate, Ms. Lohan.

In God We Trust, all other have to pay with plastic

A little noticed law in Louisiana passed during the busy legislative session banned the use of cash for transactions of second hand goods.

The law states those who buy or sell second hand goods are prohibited from using cash. State representative Rickey Hardy co-authored the bill.

Hardy says, "they give a check or a cashiers money order, or electronic one of those three mechanisms is used."

Hardy says the bill is targeted at criminals who steal anything from copper to televisions, and sell them for a quick buck. Having a paper trail will make it easier for law enforcement.

"It's a mechanism to be used so the police department has something to go on and have a lead," explains Hardy.

Guidry feels his store shouldn't have to change it's ways of doing business, because he may possibly buy or sell stolen goods. Something he says has happened once in his eight years.

"We are being targeted for something we shouldn't be."

Besides non-profit resellers like Goodwill, and garage sales, the language of the bill encompasses stores like the Pioneer Trading Post and flea markets.

Paying by check at a yard sale? Nah, I’ll just keep my stuff in the attic. Forever.

Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my!

The owner of a “private zoo” apparently freed all this animals then killed himself in Zanesville, Ohio. Officials from the Muskingum County Sheriff’s office reported that the owner of the “zoo” let all the animals out of their cages, then killed himself with a gunshot to the head. The animals that were killed included 18 tigers, nine male lions, eight female lions, six black bears, three mountain lions, two grizzly bears, one baboon and two wolves. Some additional animals including three leopards, two monkeys and a grizzly bear were captured and taken to the Columbus Zoo.

Question: As a libertarian / conservative, please defend the practice of private citizens keeping dangerous, non-indigenous animals on their property. Discuss amongst yourselves.

Euro in trouble; watch your 401K turn back into a 201K

French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned that meetings this weekend could spell the end of the Euro. His Prime Minister, Francois Fillon echoed the need for some sort of end to the crisis saying “If we don’t succeed, Europe will be a great risk.”

All this is not a really a surprise, given that our Articles of Confederation – a lot less complicated but not a whole lot stronger – failed miserably. But I guess the Europeans could pull off a quasi-nation thingee that us dumb American’s couldn’t, because, well, they’re Europeans and so much more sophisticated that us.

Prediction: Germany pulls out; France vacillates, China rushes in, pretending to be America and Southern Europe (read “Portugal”, “Italy”, “Greece”, and “Spain”) sink like a stone. The big loser will really be China, who’s only been semi-Capitalistic for a few decades and will get burned because they think they smarter than everybody else.

GM to bankroll new Guy Ritchie remake of Cannonball Run?

While I loved the original in all its beloved campiness, the reports that government owned General Motors is in discussions to fund a new version of Cannonball Run will probably create yet another hearing in the House of Representatives. NO wonder they went Chapter 11 the first time. Stoopid.

Some Things Never Change Dept.

Dateline, Pyongyang North Korea -- The South Headquarters of the Pan-national Alliance for Korea's Reunification made public a statement in denunciation of the fascist oppression by the puppet group on Oct. 14.

The statement accused the authorities of inflicting heavy punishment on the former member of the National Reunification Committee of the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils on charges of the violation of the "National Security Law".

Thank God, somebody’s keeping an eye on those evil capitalist puppets in South Korea. Now, I can rest easy.