GOLIATH DOESN’T NEED HELPDecember 18, 2008If after David beat Goliath the government decreed that henceforth whenpeople fight giants, they must do so with six-inch sling shots and pebblesinstead of rocks, there would be a huge outcry of protest. However, the changesthat are being imbedded in our legal system in the name of tort reform areattempting to do the same thing.There have been efforts (some successful) in...
Anyone who watches television has seen a comedy show where someone fakes a“whiplash” injury and tries to collect money that they don’t deserve. JackLemon did a movie called “The Fortune Cookie” where he hires an attorneynicknamed “whiplash Willie” because he knows all sorts of tricks to help fakean injury. “Whiplash injuries” may actually be diagnosed as back or neck“sprains” or “strains.”...
How often have you heard something like this? “Sure, we would love totravel, but we don’t have the time or the money to travel now. We’ll do thatlater, when the kids are raised or when Dad retires.” Suddenly the kids haveflown the nest and we look back with some misgivings. Should we have taken moretime with the kids and done something really special as a family? Did we missout on something genuinely valuab...
“I have no idea where to start. If only I had the money…” This is thepainful sigh of bitter frustration among aspiring entrepreneurs who long toopen their own restaurant. The moan of regret is quickly followed by: “Thereare so many obstacles. A small business is bound to fail in this economy.” Avalid point, but a challenge that’s undoubtedly possible to overcome. Openingup a restaurant is no small task,...
Not very many people win the lottery, but of those who win, many lose alltheir winnings and end up with less money than before they won. Some winnerswere simply foolish, some were greedy, some had greedy relatives and friends,and some fell prey to thieves and crooks. Here are the stories of 10 people whowon the lottery then lost it all.#1 Evelyn AdamsIn 1985 AND 1986, Evelyn Adams won the lottery – equaling a tot...
The US Army offers exciting and rewarding career openings for heavyconstruction equipment operators with relevant skills and experience. The keyduties of heavy construction equipment operators in the US military are tooperate various machineries such as crawler and wheeled tractors with dozerattachments, scoop loader, motorized grader and towed or self propelledscraper. The job requires skills to interpret informat...
Written by ayubs.weebly.comHere is a list of the world’s most ridiculous laws… no wonder lawyers earnso much!- In Victoria Australia, only a licensed electrician is allowed to change alightbulb.- In Victoria Australia it is forbidden to wear pink hot pants after mid-dayon a Sunday.- It England, it is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabiddogs or corpses.- It England, it is illegal to die in the ...
Who’s Firing is a weekly survey of organizations announcing (or rumoring)layoffs. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts,corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financialadvisers, and others who are interested in companies that are contracting.Inclusion on this listing doesn’t mean the entire industry is down, as manyfrom the same sector appeared on the ...
President Roosevelt and his committee drafted the Social Security Act aspart of the New Deal in 1935. The act was created to limit the dangers ofmodern American life including elderly, poverty, problems faced by widows,fatherless children, and unemployment. The SSI benefits help those who fallunder these categories get monetary aid. For the elderly, the SSI benefits willallocate money to assist the aged from the st...
My dad described families who received surplus commodities, distributed bythe Federal Government, as being “on relief.” He assigned them to the lowestrung on society’s ladder. He did not know that the depression would continue toaffect everyone and that the year 1934, the hottest summer on record forMissouri, would be followed in 1936 by the driest summer for the state. Inaddition to feeding his family, he ha...