CeeLo Say FU

It can't be a hit, or can it?
Catchiest song of 2010 and pure pop genius.
WARNING: Extensive profanity.
Not for the kids, unfortunately, or the radio for that matter, but I can't get this song out of my head and I figure some folks might appreciate a f*fun song ;-).

Jim Cramer is and Idiot

I'm sure I'm not the first blogger to use that headline, and for good reason. I like the guy, seems like he'd be fun to hang out with at a party, but is he really one of the brightest beams of light we should look to when it comes to investments? And his grasp on politics and the power of the presidency seems outta whack, too. Today's column, "Cramer: No Rally Until Obama Steps Up":

“With the right push from the president of the United States, virtually all the negatives we're fretting about today could partially be fixed,” said Cramer. “The president has enough firepower to blast aside the obstacles standing in the way of higher stock prices ... and a stronger economy. We just don't know if he has the will or the inclination.”

How does Cramer suggest the president fix this whole mess?

1. Convince American people it's a good time to buy a house now (by giving a speech or something)
2. Keep taxes low (i.e. extend Bush tax cuts for the top 2%)
3. "compromise" on fossil fuel/ "endorse" natural gas
4. Clean out economic team (except Geithner)
5. "Announce" that private industry is not the enemy
6. Ask business what they need to start hiring, and give it to them. He says "Would it hurt to ask?"

Wow. So, by fooling the American people into buying a house, extending tax cuts for the wealthiest 2%, going whole hog on unsustainable resources, emptying the economic team of people in the know, giving lip-service to businessmen, and eventually just ask business what they want and give it to them. Simple as that really!

Every Breaking Wave (on the shore)

It's a bit rough and the sound could be better, but here's a peak at a new U2 song they debuted live in Helsinki over the weekend. This chune has good bones.



Every breaking wave
On the shore
Til the next one there’ll be one more

Every gambler knows
That to lose
Is what you’re really there for

Somewhere else, fearlessness
Now I’m speaking to an answer phone
Every falling leaf
On the breeze
Winter wouldn’t leave her alone

Ay hey now
Ay hey now

I don’t know if I’m that strong
I don’t know if I’m that strong
Don’t know if I’m that strong
To be somebody
To need someone

Every sailor knows that the sea
Is a friend made enemy
Every shipwrecked soul
Knows what it is
To live without intimacy
I thought I heard the master’s voice
It’s hard to listen while you preach

Like every broken wave
On the shore
This is as far as I can reach

Ay hey now
Ay hey now

I don’t know if I’m that strong
I don’t know if I’m that strong
Don’t know if I’m that strong
Got to be somebody
To need someone

The waves know
We’re on the rocks
Drowning is no sin

You know
That my heart
Is the same place yours has been

We know
Here with
The end before it begins

The waves know
We’re on the rocks
Drowning is no sin

You know
That my heart
Is the same place yours has been

We know
Here with
The end before it begins

(lyrics via nolineonthehorizonlyricsu2)

10% of Billionaires Are Worthy...

...and the other 90% are.... greeeeedy bastards ;-)

Thank you Gates/Buffet and the rest of you respectable 10%, your charity will do more good than you will ever know. 40 out of 400+ US Billionaires agreed to the challenge and I salute them!