I was listening to the radio (92.5FM) while driving the other day. As everybody has to make a living at some point the commercials started. Normally I wouldn’t pay attention to them, but since I was waiting at a rather long red light (http://www.bellevuewa.gov/trafficcam/cctv004.asp) I found myself listening. Wait, it gets better The first commercial [...]
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25 Mar 10
The Health Care Reform – A Tale of Despair
Lots of talks and controversy on the long awaited Health Care Reform. By many people this is regarded as a victory for the ‘American People’, while other see this as a big mistake. The usual controversy associated with an ‘important’ law is everywhere. It is, in the end, the American way, right? It’s funny and [...]
5 Jan 10
‘Experts’
I like people who know what they are talking about. People who can teach you a thing or two if you have the time and can read between the lines. On the other hand, I don’t like people who can do one thing right in their area of expertise and think that this entitles them [...]
6 Dec 09
The Uber Auto Insurance
These are some tough times we’re going through. At least that’s what the media is telling us, constantly fueling the panic. In this sea of bad things and unhappy people, saving money seems like the only logical thing you can try to do to survive. One of the big expenses you have each month is [...]
21 Nov 09
To Vote Or Not To Vote
Tomorrow there will be Presidential Elections in Romania. A big occasion for everyone to discuss who would be better fitted “job” and to throw arrow passionate arguments on why it matters to vote – your vote can take us out of the shit we’re in, bla bla. And from an economic point of view the [...]
17 Oct 09
Modern Poverty
Here is a blog I came across by some sort of twitter magic: http://modernpoverty.wordpress.com/ Basically chilling stories about some poverty in today’s US. About what you have to put up if you’re unfortunate enough I hope that things turn up okay for the author.
13 Oct 09
The American Dream (George Carlin)
It’s called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it… Ahahaha
8 Oct 09
Taboo – American Cars
Introduction here: http://theromaniandream.com/blog/2009/07/17/taboo/ Today’s topic: American Cars So, we all heard about American cars. What’s the deal with them, how do the Americans feel about them? Scene1: A shift is just ended at an American car factory somewhere. People are leaving home. They’ve done the job they are payed to do, the benefits are good. [...]
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24 Sep 09
Calculation of The United States Credit Score
Here is a very nice infographic about what the almighty credit score would be if it were to be calculated for all of US: http://www.loansandcredit.com/calculation-of-the-united-states-credit-score/ So, the credit score is 620 (almost a poor credit score!) Now come the question: would you trust a person that has this kind of score? long term? would you [...]
23 Sep 09
Getting Well: It’s About Time
As I was idle yesterday, waiting for something I happened to find a Wall Street Journal near by. I started browsing it and one article caught my attention. It was called: “Getting Well: It’s About Time”. Here is an on-line version of it: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204488304574427111102858016.html It caught my attention because the health care here in the [...]
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