The 3 major national bond/debt rating agencies, Moody's and Standard & Poor's and Fitch, all falsifed their paid ratings to failed Lehman Brothers,etc

Then why have there not been legal repercussions, like the filing of civil and criminal charges of fraud by the Republican led Federal Government ??? Is white collar crime not important to the Republicans in power now ?

Circuit City only lowered its price by $100 on a '$1400 lcd tv' on Black Friday; Now that does not sound like a sale for a company in "trouble"

This 42" lcd tv was actually marked up to "$1800, but on sale for $1300" on Black Friday the day after Thanksgiving , when just a few days before Thanksgiving it was priced at the only price of "$1400". That is not much of a whoop-di-do Black Friday sale.

Maybe prices will go down signifigantly after the Super Bowl,,,

A big "Boo" to all those supposed financial experts that are saying this 2008 is just a normal "cycle" or "bubble"

Mr. Madoff and his $ 50 BILLION, not million, ponzi scheme and the reports now that some in the SEC knew as long as 2001 and 1999 about his corrupt fraud but ,typical Wall Street, did nothing about it make these so called experts of finance look like lousy mere propagandists.

Madoff's family probably knew. And Madoff's employees probably knew. And lots of other shameful people probably knew but did not care enough to turn this bum in. Or maybe they did , like it did to the SEC on another criminal, and the supposedly trusted SEC shockingly did nothing.

If Wall Street can not police it self and it does not seem willing, then the United States Federal government MUST be more regulatory and vigilant ,,,or we will all feel like we should expect to be robbed in every public aspect of U.S. culture.

Sunday 21 December 2008, and at least 18 channels on Comcast did not work,,,AS USUAL !!

It happens all the time,,,with either a "one moment please" that means hours and days without that paid for channel,,,or "to be announced" for CSPAN !? and for DAYS !!

So today is a typical Sunday and i thought i would list all the Comcast cable television channels that do not work today at 1:30pm PCT in Silicon Valley, San Jose, California. Not out in the sticks or rural, but big city and supposed big tech expertise.

1 -channel 22-CSPAN,,,says instead "to be announced"
2 -channel 31- HSN ,,,says instead "one moment plea
3 -channel 34-QVC ,,,says "one moment please"
4 -channel 35-FOOD ,,,says "one moment please"
5 -channel 36-FX ,,,says "one moment please"
6 -channel 42-USA ,,,says"one moment please"
7 - 46-LIFE "one moment please"
8 - 47-A+E
9 - 49-AMC
10- 51-APL,,,(animal planet)
11- 52-FAM
12- 55-DISC
13- 56-CNN
14- 57-HLN
15- 59-FNC
16- 60-MSNBC
17- 71-TRAV
18- 75-CMT
19th channel is #82-GOLF CHANNEL, of just the first 100 channels !!

The station numbers that are not used are 23, 30,44, 78,79,80,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, and 98,,,or 21 station numbers/channels.

So out of 100 channels, 21% are unused and annoying SO SLOW to skip over,,,and 19% do NOT work ,for either hours or days or weeks,,,that means that only 60% of the channels are used and working,,,and of the 79 of the first hundred that are suppose to work, only 76% work as they are suppose to and 24% of the first 100 channels that are suppose to work, DO NOT !!

Comcast is known for terrible service in this family. We call and they say they will send "a stronger signal" ,,,so for three days we tried that ,,,every day calling the same careless Comcast phone tree. Then they said they would send out a free repair call, but did not.

So i am going to try and talk the family into Dish for tv and Comcast just for high speed internet.

President Bush43 keeps digging a deeper grave for the Republican Party

President Bush43 just can't seem to do enough to bury the Republicans for decades and decades, like his last gasp attempt to weaken the Endangered Species Act. And then there is the Treasury Secretary Paulson who can't enunciate what he wants to do about the worsening national economy,,,and keeps rewarding the same excess-profit bankers and Wall Streeters who knowingly got us into this mess with exotic derivatives and CDSs, not to mention the totally illogical A.R.M.s that you would have to be a fraud to sell and a fool to buy !! More trickle down ,voodoo economics that profit the already too fat rich,,,and leaves thousands and thousands of home owners hanging, when the lady at the FDIC's plan to buy up all the sick mortgages makes much more sense ,,,and would cost less taxpayers dollars,,,especially if you count in all the elite's lavish waste on private jets and useless junkets, golden parachutes /handshakes.

Yep, the Liberals, Democrats, and Green Party members can just sit back and watch the "Grand Old Party" implode from corruption, lies and more lies, incompetence, choosing the obscenely rich over everybody else, and being anarchistic here in California by blocking every possible tax increase while favoring monumentally wastefully spending like Reagan on the Military and wars ,,,that are sooo profitable to a few corporations. Let's do a study to see which corporations and individuals profited the most from the folly of Iraq and the Gulf Wars.

Good riddance !, Republicans !! ha ha ha ,,,
it only hurts that they have spiritually ruined the Nation and the U.S. economy in the process, and besmirched the Office of the President,,,hopefully for the very last time.

Fleeing Teflon non-stick cookware? Recommend "Swiss Diamond" brand at Domus, in Willow Glen, San Jose, Ca.

If you read about the smothered settlement by President Bush and DuPont over the health secrecy around Teflon and maybe watched the Today Show recommend to get rid of all Teflon non-stick cookware recently, you too may be looking for a good alternative besides stainless steel and enamelware like Le Crueset.

I found "Swiss Diamond" frypans and pots at the Domus store in Willow Glen, San Jose, California,1395 Lincoln Avenue,zip of 95125. And i looked all over; at Bed Bath and Beyond i was given the runaround about this or that or those frypans being "anodized" and then asked is that both the outside and inside/cooking surface to learn they were only advertising /talking about the outside surface ! Pretty cagey, eh. And no exact description of what the inside /cooking surface is other than 'it is a non-stick',,,

I phoned the frequented Crate and Barrel and their very pleasant staff but they had no good alternative to Teflon non-stick for those of us very concerned about our health in these dangerous times. Also called Williams Sonoma and they seemed to be only selling and promoting non-stick,,,whatever that exactly means or is.

So far i have bought a small and large fry pan for my parents and my self,,,and 2 large glass covered deep frypans for friends as Christmas presents at about $139 each. The large frypan was about $85-90. My Dad uses metal forks and metal spatulas in it and it still looks like new after almost a year of almost daily use !!

Domus's website is 'www.domusonline.com' and the sales staff are very accomodating with free gift wrapping and quality advice. Phone number is 408.279.4787 and fax is 408.279.4729. Good luck ! and Good Health !!