The 2008 Election is behind the recent Interest rate cut. The administration doesn't want a bad economy in an election year. It depresses the Party in Power (President's Party) votes!
Source: networkworld.com
This is the kind of news that your HR folks don't want to hear, but researchers today said letting workers swear at will in the workplace can benefit employees and employers.
There is a myth that Internet dating is primarily for weirdos, losers or frustrated housewives but when we are afraid of change, we endow it with demonic qualities. The Internet is likely to be the the ultimate dating vehicle of the future.
Source: allamericanpatriots.com
Ron Paul's message on freedom. He notes that we are headed for a government that will be more and more in control if we do not act right away.
Source: Bangkokpost.com
A taxi driver from Bangkok was applauded as a good Samaritan yesterday as he sought police assistance for his 70-year-old female passenger who appeared to have symptoms of Alzheimer's disease as she carried around cash and valuables worth more than one million baht in her bag.
This essay was originally submitted to The Nation's Student Writing Contest a couple months ago. It seems that I didn't win, so I can now publish it here. Major thanks to Viki for editing this for me; sorry I didn't win. ;)
I think we associate 'No' with negative as in negative feelings and negative consequences. I know I used to. As a child, being told 'No" was usually accompanied by a look or a tone.
Source: The New York Times
No big deal: everybody knows that whatever you want to believe comes first. From the article, as if anybody cares:
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What are the really hard issues that can tear apart the best relationships over time? Love, Money, and Sex. At the core of it, that's it. Sure, there are lots of little issues, but ultimately most of them come down to Love, Money, and Sex.
You can't be more Honest than that, can you!!
Source: Raw Story
Alberto Gonzales's difficult relationship with the truth has led to calls for a special prosecutor to investigate claims that the attorney general perjured himself during Senate testimony.
Last week I was working out with my buddy Matt.
Source: english.chosun.com
Very cool - I like what Reader's Digest did here Seoul scored high marks in an informal test to measure just how honest people are around the world.
Source: incharacter.org
In moral terms, honesty is without doubt a virtue, and dishonesty is a vice. But in social terms, absolute honesty can lead to trouble, risking causing offense to others who may not want or need to hear the complete truth. White lies may be desirable.
Source: idigyoursoul.blogspot.com
Learning to forgive and also be completely honest with yourself is a great gift.
Source: t r u t h o u t
The Bush administration has no love for unions anywhere, but in Iraq it has a special reason for hating them. They are the main opposition to the occupation's economic agenda, and the biggest obstacle to that agenda's centerpiece - the privatization of Iraq's oil.
Source: angeleyesdevilsmile.com
If you have to be dishonest to pull women, it doesn't make you a "player", it makes you a LIAR
Source: The Huffington Post
And what will you see? A gleaming presidential medal, the $4 million from your lucrative book deal or just 30 pieces of dirty silver? Your soul is worth more than these things so please stop selling it.
I don't know about honesty being the best policy, but it would certainly be a general rule of thumb, though not necessarily the golden rule.
Source: city-journal.org
The thing I like best about being a conservative is that I don't have to lie. I don't have to pretend that men and women are the same. I don't have to declare that failed or oppressive cultures are as good as mine.
Source: The New York Times
Six years later, the New York Times Editorial Board has finally begun, in earnest, the campaign to regain its soul.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Whatever their sins, the neocons were right about one thing: it is impossible to tell the truth to the public about things that really matter.
Source: Telegraph
Britons failed an honesty test yesterday when items were left in city centre streets. A team of researchers left mobile phones, keys and wallets on the ground to find out how many would be returned.
Source: Fast Company
Are you an honest leader? Take the test and learn how to cultivate your leadership integrity.
The most important thing, I think, is that everyone be as insincere as possible. If no one is ever serious then no one ever gets hurt. Remember Hitler? Yeah, he was really serious, so we shouldn't be.