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There’s little debate that the country has embraced our new President with open arms.  If there was any doubt about the love of our 44th President all you need to do is watch a rerun of the inaugural celebration that took place across the country.  Recently I heard that his approval ratings are approaching 80%, [...]

Talk about a complete turn around story.  The Arizona Cardinals are heading to the Superbowl after being one of the NFL’s laughing stocks for years.  This is a great example of a group of individuals that never lost faith in themselves and despite loads of adversity have found a way to win.  Perhaps we can [...]

I often wonder if the constant blaming of the Bush administration will come to an end on January 20th when O’bama is sworn in as President of The United States of America.  There’s no doubt that things have gone terribly wrong under Bush’s tenure, but is he really the one to blame?
I’m not going to [...]

It appears that traditional newspapers are going the way of the dinosaur.  Over the past couple of weeks there’s been a wave of newspapers laying off employees and filing for bankruptcy.  It appears that the days of print are about to become extinct.
If you’re like me then you get the majority of your news online.  [...]

The barrage of poor economic news continue to flow across the headlines like water over Niagra Falls.  In an effort to try and slow the rampit flood overwhelming our economy, Presedient Elect O’bama expressed today his desire to urgently pass an economic stimulus bill.  While the intend of the bill is to bring us out [...]

There seems to be a growing sentiment throughout the world that America is headed down a path of certain failure.  How many times have you heard a foreign leader lean on the recent financial uncertainty and basically point the finger at the U.S.?  More then likely you’ve heard this more times then you’d like to [...]

I recently read an article that highlighted the dramatic slump in charitable giving this year.  It appears non-profits are struggling during the current economic recession and many are going to fall well short of budget projections for 2008 and 2009.  I couldn’t help but wonder if we as Americans have lost sight of the less [...]

It’s time for another round of “The Weekend Fix”.  Each week I like to highlight some of interesting reads that I came across on the web and share them with my readers.  Hope you enjoy this weeks list;  Have a great weekend!

Who Invests in 0% Interest T’s? - by Gen X Finance
I heard this headline [...]

I’m the last one to say I told you so, but professional sports is now starting to feel the pain of this economic recession.  Being a huge sports fan I truly hope the impact on professional sports is limited and short lived.  With big corporate sponsors cutting budgets and looking for ways to save money [...]