Other day, stumbled across THOMAS, the web site for the Library of Congress. Someone had sent me a link about something that had been voted on and wanted me to read the bill. Checked out the issue, and then did not even bother to bookmark the link. Got an email today about the "new" Hate Crime bill being considered by the Senate – turns out the House has already passed it, so…off to find "THOMAS" [http://thomas.loc.gov/] to check out SB909. Seems to me that a crime against a person is a crime. Will this new law mean that a person…
What Did I Do?
Job's friends are at it again, as they start the third round of accusations. Here is this poor guy who has lost everything, getting the third degree from his old and wise friends, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar. They probably figured a couple of times around the issue and Job would spill his guts. After all, in their view, as in the view of many today, bad things happen to bad people! You oughta get what you deserve! So there! But poor old Job, with sores all over his body wasn't taking their tirade laying down. Eliphaz even goes so far…
Cooking The Books and Ponzi Schemes
Big corporations are famous for "Cooking The Books", or maintaining a separate set of books. The CEO and CFO fudge a little to make the company look better. Their efforts help to drive up the price of the company's stock. With higher stock values, people in the know sell off blocks of that stock. Meantime, all the little people get hurt by the actions of scrupulous heads of companies like Enron, Worldcom, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, AIG. Don't forget the fact that there were other companies and pension plans that went down the tubes with or because of the bad…