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I do not think there was ever a time when I thought Rush Limbaugh would ease off or back down from a statement he has made regarding political candidates, so it is no surprise his public “battle” with John McCain continues. MSNBC today has an article stating that Limbaugh will not reconcile with McCain and though the article itself is somewhat anti-Rush (of course), in this case the “drive-by” media as Rush calls them, is correct. This is a sensitive issue for Rush of course as his entire career has been spent either trashing political candidates or endorsing them, however regarding McCain Rush is spot on when he says - “If I were to endorse McCain based on the current circumstances, I’d be looked at as a party hack”. Rush is right here - he cannot endorse McCain now after so many years of not agreeing with the man, and he is also right when he states that the party in office has nothing to do with his success. His show has been successful for many years and the party holding office does not impact that success.

Voice of Reason Greenspan Ex-Chairman Greenspan came out of hiding today to state the opposite of what our current chairman stated yesterday - that the chances of a recession are good (50% or better). Thank you for being the voice of reason, as our current chairman does not appear to be making believable and reasonable statements about the economic state of our country.

Greenspan also spoke on energy speaking up on behalf of nuclear energy (which I have always been on the fence about but never against putting at least some money into it), but the most interesting thing he said was that the full extent of the recession will not be clear until banks figure out how much money has been lost and housing prices begin to rise again. At this point it will probably be 2010 before these situations occur so if you are in a situation where you are willing to wait to sell your house, things could be worse - if you need to sell immediately, good luck my friends.

What in the Hell Was She Thinking?

Through the advice of a certain Radkesite reader I have decided to make an attempt to end the blog regularly with an interesting story that does not fit in with my regular topics, so without further delay …

I have had days where I left work feeling I should have stayed a little longer to finish things up, but this leaving work before the job is done incident is simply insane. Part of me almost wishes that the passengers of the bus were all extremely dangerous criminals that held up the gas station they were left at making it a much more interesting story, but it is what it is. They all acted “exemplary” so all in all everything turned out fine - unless you take into consideration this worker’s job which is likely to be lost over this idiotic move.

For the Record…

… I will not be mentioning Britney Spears on this website - after this of course. In fact, I think my new tag line should be “Radkesite.com - No Britney News!”. For interested readers, here is the latest Britney story I could find. I refuse to read it, but I am quite sure it is fascinating.