Entries from February 2008 ↓

I think Say What You Will (Requiem for a TV News Career) is an important read about how laughable the idea of “objectivity” or “news” is in television news rooms in the United States.

I was asked to complete self-evaluations which pressed me to describe the ways in which I’d “increased shareholder value.” (For the record, if you’re a rank-and-file member of a newsroom, you should never under any circumstances even hear the word “shareholders,” let alone be reminded that you’re beholden to them.)

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May 22 is the day . . .

Let’s see, we have the subprime mess, the housing crisis, a possible recession, the war in Iraq, health care, Social Security, terrorism and this is what takes up our time – worrying about whether Roger Clemens used steroids a decade ago?

Um. I couldn’t agree more. Let baseball fix baseball.

Sorry. The deadline is past.

It seems there is a reason the Romney campaign used the word “suspend” today when getting out of the race for president.

Making the dramatic announcement [that he was suspending his campaign] at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at a Washington hotel, Romney clearly hoped to preserve the goodwill of his party for another possible bid in 2012. He intends to run again in four years, according to a senior member of his inner circle.

“He should be president. 2012,” the confidant e-mailed after talking to Romney.

Asked if Romney will run again, another close adviser said, “He’ll consider it. He’s keeping his options open.”

via Politico

I have a question.

If you used your blog to follow the example of newspapers in this country by endorsing a Democratic candidate and a Republican candidate, who would those candidates be and why?

This article about the mortgage industry is definitely worth reading.

1- The Market Composite Index of application activity increased 42.4% from July 07 to 01/25/08. MBA states that the current composite index reading is 70.7% higher than January 06. (People are filing mortgage applications like crazy. What the heavens are they filing for?)

2- The home purchase index is relatively flat for the last 6 months. (Doesn’t seem they are applying to buy more new or existing homes. What are they up to?)

3- The refinancing application index is up 66.2% since July. Most change occurred in January 08. (Yowsers! Refinance your home and not buy a new one?! How novel!)

4- The refinance applications “market share” has increased from 39.4% in July to 73% of last week’s applications. That is a 33.6% change or an 85.3% increase in refinancing applications that mortgage bankers are perusing over compared to July 07. (John Q Public is figuring out how to take advantage of the FED cut. “Moral hazard” – you say).

Read: What the Housing ‘Apocalypse’ Prophets Aren’t Revealing