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The Super Bowl cometh

Tim May

It’s coming on Sunday. Many watch the event more for the commercials than the football played – remember the Bud-Weis- er frogs?  This year, a 30-second ad will cost $3 million. Even though the economy is on the skids and regular advertisers like a certain overnight delivery courier has elected not to participate this year, good old Miller High Life has pulled off a marketing coup (one humble man’s opinion). They are doing the “one second ad”, saying that’s all they need to “remind viewers that Miller High Life is common sense in a bottle”. Continue reading “The Super Bowl cometh”

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Now here’s a thought

Tim May

As our Government moves towards socialism with unknowing ideas of bailouts, rescue, mortgage ownership, health care, and all other sorts of financial assistance for the stupid and downtrodden, everyone seems to be extending their hand…but not so much in friendship these days.

I received this email forward from a friend several days ago. Even though the pessimist in me says it will never happen and it’s kind of an afterthought now, I like this guy’s idea, style, and reasoning. Maybe he will run for public office sometime soon.

A Modest Plan:   Not to mention $700 Billion to bail out Wall Street, while mortgaging the future of our children and grandchildren!

Hi Pals,
I’m against the $85 BILLION bailout of AIG. Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a “We Deserve It” dividend. To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bona fide U.S. citizens, aged 18+.   

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Financial Times, they be changing

Tim May

In a brilliant display of economic timing during these uncertain times, OFB (I will let you guess which one) sends me this bit of financial advice:

Investment Tips for 2008

With all the turmoil in the market today, and the collaspe of Lehman Brothers and the acquistion of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, this might be some good advice. For all of you with any money left, be aware of the next expected mergers so that you can get in on the ground floor and make some BIG bucks.

Watch out for these consolidations later this year:

  1. Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W.R. Grace Co. will merge and become…Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.
  2. Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Cracker join forces and become…Poly, Warner, Cracker.
  3. 3M will merge with Goodyear and become….MMMGood.
  4. Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will merge and become…ZipAudiDoDa
  5. FedEx is expected to join its competitor UPS and become…FedUP
  6. Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computer will become…Fairwell Honeychild
  7. Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become…Poupon Pants
  8. Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become…Knot NOW!

And finally…….. Continue reading “Financial Times, they be changing”