GM makes some good quality cars which Americans  seem to ignore and then buy forieign cars.  The purchase of a foreign car returns  foreign capital to the home country and does not help the American Worker. Everytime I see an American driving a foreign car, I wonder if he is serving our country or some other one. Ford ...more

Been out of the game, but we used to call these expensive Exploration Costs Elephants.  Don't know what they would call a venture that is occurring in Offshore and Onshore Brazil which will eventually run in to a trillion or more.  Wonder what the future cost for a BBL of Oil will be as cars get better mileage and alte...more

During my lifetime of 78 years so far, started driving at age 16, my ownership of cars has been three GM cars (Chevy, Pontiac and Olds) Pontiac Lemans being the best,  one Chrysler product (DeSota Firesweep) Twelve Ford Products starting with Ford 500's, LTD's, Mercury Grand Marquis, and Lincoln Town Car. Nor drive a F...more

Shadowhawk4 gave one of the best reasons why we are in this mess.  This started along time ago with George Walker Bush who wanted to separate his presidency from Ronald Reagan and NAFTA became the starting point of the major economic decline of the United States because the greedy got greedier and sold out the american...more

Plenty of proven oil or oil sands.  The question is why  refining are running at record lows.  Why are they not building new refineries? Exploration and Production Divisions are hunting for elephants that might not be needed in the future.  My belief is that O&G companies are in a quandary as to what business  decision...more

Quit taking Consumer Reports Magazine after reading the last Car Edition.  Even filled out the questionnaire that they sent out to rate cars, appliances etc.  In my opinion, I believe that some supposed experts might be filling their back pockets.  Many of the people I talk to have lost a lot of respect for their recom...more

Have a 2004 Focus SE that I truly love. Haven't had one iota of trouble with this car although I did have to buy a new battery.

Not enough of these crooks have been prosecuted.  The great Florida land swindles of the late twenties and early thirties are miniscule compared to the theft of money on wall street brought on by de-regulation by our beloved senators and congressmen.

Agree GP1000; Her loan should be for $87,000 rather than the $260K.  The problem is in finding an honest judge with scruples that hasn't already been bought by the Bank Corporates.