A New Day
November 18th, 2008 by Vihar Sheth | Posted in Corporations, Economy, GovernmentMy high from the election is waning, but my hope is doing anything but, even as evidence against a bright short-term future mounts. My only complaint from the regional election is that two public transportation propositions failed in Missouri. Sucks. Does doing something that’s the exact opposite of right justify stupidity? What next, bailing out poorly managed companies that signed bad labor deals and put out junky products for the last few decades? Oh wait . . .
Obama & Co. seems to be doing as promised thus far. His team seems qualified, though not as new to Washington as I had hoped. Perhaps the Clintonites will add the experience Obama’s detractors thinks he lacks. We’ll see. Their task is monumental.
So, last week, the Oxford English Dictionary awarded ”hypermiling” its word of the year award, 15+ months after yours truly posted “A Mile Case of Hypermiling” on this very site. Check out both links, and kudos to the OED for finally getting its stuff together. I’m kidding of course.
Anheuser-Busch is no more. Half a victim of a crappy US Dollar and half a victim of a crappy foreign growth strategy, the All American Beer is now Belzilian (Belgian + Brazilian). Oh well. While it’s a sad day in STL, the future of this city hangs on so much more than one company. Let’s get over it and kick some ass.
I’m all over the place today. Woo hoo!
