Global Economic Crisis
Icelanders knit crafty response to global crisis
"At least there's a silver lining," says Sara Eysosdottir, owner and head designer of the psychedelic clothing store Naked Ape. "Because of the exchange rate, more foreigners are coming here, and they're buying what we've got in the stores: local design.
"And in a sense, the financial collapse has gotten young people busy," Ms. Eysosdottir says. "They have realized that they can't just be on Facebook all day; that if they want to survive, they're going to have to use their creativity and start making things to sell."
The upside to the current economic crisis is that people are getting crafty - not only finding new ways to save money but digging into old skills to make new money. I don't think there fortunes to be made here but some things are more precious than gold.
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Obama: greatest wealth destruction ever
It's been an interesting media week. Rush Limbaugh is being targeted by White House/Democratic insiders and they are, basically, acting like bullying school boys. Limbaugh brought this on himself, but the childishness is reaching new lows. Now Cramer has done an about-face on his Obama-worshipping of last year and has declared that the President has “basically put a level of fear in this country that I have not seen ever in my life.”
Hm. I would argue that was the previous administrations gift to America.
Will the media ever engage in worth-while debate? Are they ever going to get past mud-slinging and deal with real-life issues?
Probably not.
2 comments:
I wish that I could be more mature about this too but those asshats on the right refuse to grow up and they only understand adolescent concepts and forms of communication. They are totally retarded in every sense of the word.
I'm afraid not too. It would be a lot easier if you re-divided your country again..prolly back around the Mason-Dixie line, not much has changed. The followers of Rush Limpdick should lose their right to vote since they have voluntarily aborted their right to think.
The 50% of America who actually believe all that bullsh*t are even scarier than the Iranina Mullahs. They have an excuse. They have seen the 21st Century and they should no better. They choose to remain in the 1700s..granted that is still centuries ahead of the mullahs but still. Come On!
And yes how come everybody isn't marching down to Crawford and givin' Dubya 8 years of terrorism?
Did you see Stone's "W"? I especially enjoyed the portrayal of Dr Rice...hilarious.
I didn't see W... eight years of that nightmare was enough. Destroyed my sense of humor.
I was in the supermarket checkout line on Thursday. The Enquirer had a banner headline that Bush is in a deep depression. I hope he's off his meds and miserable as all hell. Serves him right. Most likely he's just drinkin' beer and watching the Cartoon Network - with the wife explaining the jokes to him.
I'd rather see him (Blair too) goose-stepped into the World Court and stand trials for crimes against humanity. I'm more apt to see the Four Horsemen show up. Bush did invite them afterall.
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