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http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=457882 Can't wait to see one of these on EBAY. Proof not just concept. So why are we not building these in America?? Hmmm. oooh can you say $10 of diesel per week for me at least. Nice.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/06/real_estate/walking_away/index.htm?postversion=2008020610 Walk away from your home there should be laws against it. You should have to claim bankruptcy to walk away. There should be huge reasons required and circumstances that basically equal life or death. Not that oops your gamble did not work out. Why should the rest of us have to suffer for deviant misguided leeches of society. If you gambled your paycheck away or took a line of credit out on your house to gamble at a casino. Would that casino let you walk. Heck no. Banks should be putting new guidelines that state if you walk away from your home you will not be able to qualify for one for so many more years. If you walk away from your home after buying another at a lower price you default to a higher rate. What the heck is wrong with the financial institutions. Is no one accountable.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2008/02/01/102902034/index.htm?postversion=2008012510 Now this is a very interesting read. A little long. But there is some realism here. If you are lucky enough to do what this couple has done. More power to you. 20 years in service with a family. That's dedication..... Not only to a financial plan. Dedication to family. Dedication to each other. Living the American Dream. Too bad St. Louis is not like the rest of America, or would we really want that any way. Nice thought to think about the thoughts that this could be a reality. I wonder how many people already could retire but choose not too. So many what if's in this world. One thing is that they did not say if they paid their house off or not. Now that would be interesting. You have to wonder about interest earned versus interest paid in some respect. But compounding does have it's merits. Kudo's for these people and it for one inspires me to keep doin...

5 wonderful qoutes of wisdom!!!! “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” “Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.” “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” "If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves." All qoutes from Thomas A. Edison a great pioneer and a man of great acheivment and history.

The new year is here and thankfully I am here as well to enjoy the new year or at least try to make it through it to next year. The new year does not look bright though. However optimistic you want to be. A lot of uneasiness in the air. Nothing that is not in the media constantly. It is amazing how hum drum the world is right now. High oil prices, high gas prices, and a sagging housing market to say the least. The political race is on and what promises we will hear. Who will it be, only the future knows. However, it does not look bright no matter who makes it to office. Can you say the big A word if who should be in office makes it to the office. And do we really need another Clinton in office. The billions spent on a war that cannot be won. Still trying to instate democracy in country's that don't want it and still trying to help the worlds hunger and poverty while AMERICANS go hungry and starving without shelter in our own country. Not a lot of technological advance that wil...

http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/19/real_estate/foreclosure_fix_Stutzmans/index.htm?postversion=2007112112 Seriously, I feel for the story and the situation life offered for this family. But now that they are back on their feet. I want to know what happens to them in a year. Do they get further in to debt again. Now can they afford that new plasma TV and new car they have been dieing to get. I hope they save their money and choose better options next go around. Yah Countrywide only re-negoatiated the loan and forgave this poor family's debt for their own good. But come on, it just steams me. Why should I have to make more conservative decisions and be held accountable for my actions. Why can't I default, keep my home and be forgiven for my debt and go on my merry way. Gimminie Crickets. This is ridiculous. Call me crass or brash. But these people shouldn't have been in the home in the first place with the way they stretched themselves. They took the risk for the adjustable vari...

http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/30/magazines/fortune/Oil_from_stone.fortune/index.htm So if shale is to slate, then what is oil shale to gold. Black gold that's it. So there it is again big oil holding down their investments. We can't afford to go to zero emission vehicles. Big oil has too much investment in oil and refining in general. All be it, it will be a great thing to get away from the oil cartels themselves. All hail oil the big king!!! NOT....