[Drum roll please for the very last Rich Asshole of the Year]…..Deep breathe…oh, the suspense is killing me…da da da da da da…deeper breathe…[Five minutes of drum rolling]…December’s Rich Asshole of the Month is…a tie between Tom Monaghan and John Schnatter! [Collective “Who?” from the readers] Otherwise known as the founders of Domino’s Pizza and…
Category: Wednesday
The Fast Food Critic: The Mashed Potato Pizza
Note: This isn’t from a chain, and I can’t really even remember the name of the place I tried it from. Needless to say, it might be hard to find if you actually live in Alabama, although I suspect this pizza would be really popular there, it’s carbs on carbs on carbs. “The Baked Potato…
What Are You Going Do On 12-12-12?
Today is, as I’m sure even the average Tea Party voter knows, 12-12-12. And that means it’s not only one of the very special days that roles around once a century, like 8-8-8 (which is lucky in Chinese culture, and they started the Olympics on that day) or 6-6-6 (a marketing ploy to release The…
Now What? (Life Post-Grad): The Virtual Vicious Cycle
I’ve developed a theory about how online activity (particularly Facebook, but not just that) impacts your real life. It seems like the more time you spend online, the worse your real life gets, and the worse your real life gets, the more time you spend online. I call it the Virtual Vicious Cycle. I can’t…
The Working Class Economist: The U.S. Economy is Back, so Let’s Act Like It
“The sky is falling!” “We’re all gonna die!” “China’s gonna own us by the end of the year!” “Deficit, deficit, deficit!” “And those Goddamn taxes and unemployment numbers!” We’ve heard so much doom and gloom about the U.S. economy, that we may be completely disconnected from the reality of it. And here it is: the…U.S….economy…is…back!…
The Fast Food Critic: Reviewing The Cheesecake Factory’s Fried Macaroni Burger
The long-awaited return of The Fast Food Critic brings out the culinary “style” with an actual sit-down restaurant. But, as with all of Fat Ass America’s favorite sit-down restaurants, you can still eat like obesity’s going out of style. See, The Cheesecake Factory may be a faux-classy chain restaurant with an “upscale” decorum, but it…
Live From New York…Visiting the One-Year Occupy Wall Street Anniversary
This may be a day late and a (billion) dollar(s) short, but I was fortunate enough to be in New York on the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and I made special effort to check out Zuccotti Park, where they had staged their most notable protest in months. [I also went back…
Does 9/11 Still Matter? And, For That Matter, Do Islamic Terrorists?
By asking if 9/11 still matters, I don’t mean in the way a Civil War battle will always be historically noted nor in the way December 7th, 1941 will always live in infamy. I’m asking if it still matters in a major, organic way in people’s lives and the way they make decisions. Yesterday marked…
Working Class Economist: Paul Ryan’s Budget Plan Actually INCREASES The Deficit
While everyone else is discussing Paul Ryan’s black girlfriend from college (I kid you not), I thought it might be a good opportunity to examine the real love of his life: cutting programs for the disenfranchised. See, Ryan’s bread and butter is slashing “government spending” (a bloodless term that means programs for the elderly, sick,…
Working Class Economist: August’s Rich Asshole of the Month is Jamie Dimon
I know, I know, “but the month of August is barely over yet.” And yet I know ultra-big banker Jamie Dimon is the man for the month. I’m that certain there won’t be a better candidate of rich assholishness to come along between now and August 31st. For any doubters out there, let me show…
Libertarian/Career Politician Paul Ryan Advocates “Do As I Say, Not As I Do” Economics
Ever since his announcement as Romney’s VP selection—–which I still maintain as a poor pick, as noted in last Saturday’s editorial about it—–Paul Ryan has been under increased scrutiny in the eyes of “moderates.” “Moderates” being another word for the people that have never heard of him, since Republicans, Democrats, and people that actually follow…
Fast Food Critic: Olympians Shouldn’t Be Sponsored By McDonald’s or Coca-Cola
I’ll keep this article short and (not-so) sweet since it’s a pretty straightforward premise within it. In fact, if you’ve read the title, you pretty much get the gist. If you’ve ever read any Fast Food Critic postings before, you can probably guess my reasoning. You see, I enjoy watching the Olympics (even on NBC’s…
Working Class Economist: Chic-Fil-A…Why a Good Short Term Move Is a Bad Long Term One
Last week, we talked a little bit about why Chic-Fil-A were, to put it bluntly, assholes. Why Dan Cathy runs the company more like an evangelical prosperity-preacher than a real businessman. Why their corporate culture is rotten with retrograde social prejudice (not just homophobia, but religious discrimination and telling female managers their place is in…