2009 April 27 « Frugal Café Blog Zone

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FOX Says ‘No’ – First to Decline Obama’s Request to Hog All Major TV Networks during Prime-time for 100th-Day Address

| April 27, 2009

By Vicki McClure Davidson * Frugal Café Blog Zone Enough was enough. It’s about time someone said “no.” President Barack Obama and his teleprompters have hogged the limelight in prime-time television well past his welcome, at least on the FOX network. An airing of the still-kinda-new drama Lie to Me should have a hefty surge [...]

UPDATED: Napolitano Retracts ‘Passive Surveillance’ Term, 1st Death in US">Swine Flu News Conflict: Obama Golfing, All Other World Leaders Alarmed over Deaths, Have Started Banning Import of US & Mexico Goods, Stocks Drop, UPDATED: Napolitano Retracts ‘Passive Surveillance’ Term, 1st Death in US

| April 27, 2009

By Vicki McClure Davidson * Frugal Café Blog Zone UPDATE Associated Press, Wed Apr 29, 11:07 am ET WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is asserting that the description she initially gave of the border swine-flu monitoring effort no longer applies. Appearing Wednesday before a Senate panel, Napolitano said that “passive surveillance” is “not [...]

Beatles ‘I’ll Tax the Heat, I’ll Tax Your Feet’: Britain’s a Mess with Its Punishing Taxes, We’re Not Far Behind

| April 27, 2009

By Vicki McClure Davidson * Frugal Café Blog Zone Remember the song “Taxman” on the Beatles’ Revolver album? Feels like it could have been written in 2009 rather than 1966. Prophetic. Selected lyrics from “Taxman”: Let me tell you how it will be; There’s one for you, nineteen for me. ‘Cause I’m the taxman, Yeah, [...]

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