Shameless Self-Promotion: July 18, 2008

SO, I'm putting in an appearance to shamelessly self-promote my blogs. It's what happens when my son isn't in school, my husband messes around with his work schedule and we keep leaving town.

But we did get our fence in. And I wrote some awesome posts this week that could use some love -- not to mention your comments and thoughts:

1. An economic stimulus idea that might actually stimulate the economy: Barack Obama proposes that we fix our infrastructure, creating jobs and improving quality of life right here in the good 'ol U.S.A.
2. President Bush eliminates the executive ban on offshore drilling. Bottom line: Offshore drilling wouldn't help in the short run anyway, and it would divert funds from projects that could make a more viable long term difference in our energy situation. Of course, Congress has to lift its ban for anything to happen.
3. You just bought a car. Let the real costs of buying a car start to pile up.
4. What happens to your money when a bank like IndyMac fails? If you have less than $100,000 in an account, nothing happens to your mine. It's fine.
5. What sort of stock market hijinks have we been treated to this week? Plenty. At least four.

Tags: Barack Obama, Barack Obama economic stimulus, buying a car, stock market,
bank fails, offshore drilling