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• Limits on exec pay cause worries of brain drain

  Thu Oct 22, 2009
  • These "brains" are who helped put us here (which does not abate our responsibility for contributing through our own greed/lazyness/lack of diligence), so what "brains" is it exactly that we are worried about draining? If someone steers the ship aground do you leave them at the wheel? I think it …

• TARP head: Executive pay cuts are 'real'

  Thu Oct 22, 2009
  • Let me see if I get this right. The large banks with the most complexity, ability to harm the economy and the most furtile ground for abuse get to come up with their own compensation/risk taking plan, which if approved by the fed is then applied and "monitored" by the bank.

• Is North Carolina's 'fat tax' necessary or too invasive?

  Wed Oct 7, 2009
  • "Health" care costs are bankrupting this country and we can't compete in the marketplace. We don't have a "health" care system we have a disease care system and we rank lower than many developed nations in our level of health.

• Cops: Student uses sword to kill intruder

  Tue Sep 15, 2009
  • Twice in the past six years I've been quietly attending to my business, once in a bank and once in an auto parts store, when suddenly I'm standing within five feet of an armed robbery.

• Government busts largest-ever ID theft scheme

  Mon Aug 17, 2009
  • What is this guy doing even having access to a computer or the internet while incarcerated for these types of charges? What did they think he ws going to do, just play video games? If our criminal justice system can't do better than this we're all screwed! Those in prison shouldn't even have …

• U.S. withheld data on risks of distracted driving

  Tue Jul 21, 2009
  • Richard: That was one of my points in an earlier post. The ony thing that changes is the name on the door.

• U.S. withheld data on risks of distracted driving

  Tue Jul 21, 2009
  • You folks who don't think that cell phone use while driving, even hands free, is distracting, humor me and try an experiment. Try driving like you should drive, without any distractions, while talking on a cell phone.

• U.S. withheld data on risks of distracted driving

  Tue Jul 21, 2009
  • James Sorrell: Wow, talk about hijacking a thread! Jeeesh.......

• U.S. withheld data on risks of distracted driving

  Tue Jul 21, 2009
  • You think it's scary driving in a car while other drivers around you are multi-tasking, try being on a motorcycle! Someone tries to kill me at least once a week on average and it's almost always because they're not paying attention to their driving.

• U.S. withheld data on risks of distracted driving

  Tue Jul 21, 2009
  • This cell phone issue is just another example of them that has the gold makes the rules. It's always about the money, period. Power, influence, whatever, it all boils down ultimately to money. It doesn't matter which party is in power because the same people "own" both parties.