How is your civics knowledge? By and large, our collective (American) civics knowledge sucks, to the tune of 49% correct on the 2008 version of the basic civics quiz published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Click here to take the quiz. There are 33 questions, and the whole thing will probably take you eight to … Read more
Maybe it’s time to park the little car and start driving the 5.4L V8 half-ton crew-cab pickup again. Heh. This was Costco today. I filled the Versa up for $15.50: How low can you go? How low can you go? Now can you hand-jive, baby?
Citing a need to prevent catastrophic damage to the U.S. economy, Congress today announced a plan to bail out petroleum and energy services giant ExxonMobil. “The severe decline in gasoline demand and accompanying drop in price has placed tremendous strain on ExxonMobil,” spokesman Benjamin Dover said Sunday. “If we are to continue delivering quarterly profits … Read more