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September 18th, 2007

Fed Cuts Benchmark Rate Half Point, Seeking to Forestall Recession in U.S. - "The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a half point to 4.75 percent, the first cut in four years, to protect the U.S. from sinking into a recession sparked by fallout from the housing-market collapse. 'Today's action is intended to help forestall some of the adverse effects on the broader economy that might otherwise arise from the disruptions in financial markets,' the Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement after meeting today in Washington. The central bank will 'act as needed to foster price stability and sustainable economic growth.' Stocks surged, two-year Treasury notes rose and the dollar fell to a record low against the euro. The larger-than-forecast reduction suggests Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is prepared to leave himself open to criticism that he's rescuing investors from bad decisions for the sake of saving the six-year expansion."
U.S. Producer Prices Drop More Than Forecast; Foreclosures on Homes Double - "The 1.4 percent decrease, the biggest since October, followed a 0.6 percent increase in July, the Labor Department said today in Washington. So-called core prices, which exclude fuel and food costs, rose 0.2 percent after a 0.1 percent gain the month before. Slower inflation gave policy makers room to cut their benchmark rate today in an effort to sustain the expansion in the face of a housing recession. A drop in fuel expenses pushed prices down in August and cooling economic growth will continue to restrain raw-material costs, economists said."

September 14th, 2007

U.S. Retail Sales, Output Rise Less Than Forecast, Adding to Rate-Cut Case - "The 0.3 percent increase in sales during August followed a revised 0.5 percent gain in July, the Commerce Department said today in Washington. Purchases excluding automobiles unexpectedly fell 0.4 percent. Production gained 0.2 percent, with factory output declining for the first time since February. While a report from the University of Michigan and Reuters Group Plc showed consumer confidence increased, their sentiment index remained near the lowest level in a year. Treasury notes rallied after the retail sales and production reports, before losing the gains."

September 13th, 2007

Greenspan Says He Didn't Foresee Credit Rout, Endorses Bernanke, CBS Says - "Current Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke 'is doing an excellent job,' Greenspan said in an interview on the 60 Minutes program, according to excerpts e-mailed by CBS today. The show is scheduled to air on Sept. 16, a day before the publication of Greenspan's book, 'The Age of Turbulence.' The remarks come amid criticism among some investors that Bernanke has failed to be as forceful as his predecessor in responding to financial turmoil. Greenspan in 1998 cut interest rates three times after a Russian debt default rippled through global markets. Bernanke's Fed has refrained from lowering its benchmark so far, relying on other tools to provide liquidity."
Commercial-Paper Market Decline in U.S. Slows as Concerns Over Credit Ease - "U.S. stocks rose and Treasuries fell after the Federal Reserve reported short-term debt dropped by $8.2 billion, compared with a decline of $31.3 billion a week earlier. That coincided with Countrywide Financial Corp. obtaining new financing and banks finding buyers for loans to fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s buyout of Alliance Boots. Issuers with the biggest chance of default had stopped trying to sell commercial paper, rekindling appetite for short- term debt, said Tony Crescenzi, chief bond market strategist at Miller Tabak & Co. in New York. 'Investors have already pushed out the weakest issuers,' Crescenzi said in an e-mail. 'The commercial paper that remains is a relatively more respected crop.'"

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Friday, March 18, 2005

A tribute to the Dukes of Hazzard

With Warner Brothers releasing the Dukes of Hazzard movie this summer, the old TV show has come into the spotlight again. Just so you know my official position, I loved that show as a kid. I loved it when I got to stay home from school so I could watch the reruns during the day. I thought I was Bo Duke.

I finally got around to watching one of those "Behind the Music" type shows called CMT Inside Fame I had TiVo'd that the Country Music Channel had done on the Dukes of Hazzard. What I didn't understand as a kid was how much the Hollywood critics and elite hated the show, thought it was beneath the industry. In fact the cast members said that if the CBS president hadn't been on an extended vacation in Europe at the time he'd have never put the show on the air. As it turned out by the time he came back, the show was a top five show. The cast members said that they felt that the executives didn't like it because it was a "Southern show." Go figure... the elitist know-it-alls didn't understand "red states" and their values back then and they still don't 25 years later.

The special also touched on the season where Bo and Luke held out to get their due cut of the merchandising and Bo (John Schneider) said that he and Luke (Tom Wopat) went about it the wrong way even though the cast understood and forgave them for holding out:

We were wrong... we did the wrong thing for the right reason. Shame on me.

So rarely do you hear someone admit they're wrong that one took me by surprise. But as Dennis says being liberal means never having to say you're sorry.

And who new Roscoe was a serious actor? He started his own movie company under the philosophy that people want shows like the Dukes, like Andy Griffith. People want shows for the whole family "with no body parts flopping out and no four letter words."

And who let Cooter be a Congressman? Apparently Georgia elected him, so who knew.

So the real reason I went into all this is that the Dukes of Hazzard is a metaphor for the Red State/Blue State conflict of our times, and Jessica Simpson is hot and is going to look great in Daisy Duke's shorts.

Jessica as Daisy Duke

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