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Updated Highlights of Al Gore's Challenge
"We're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet. Every bit of that's got to change." "We're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet. Every bit of ... more
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Fortune 500 CEOs relative to the average wage in the United States
n recent years, there has been a lot of criticism concerning the salaries of Fortune 500 CEOs. The graph below from The Economist shows how much CEO compensation has grown relative to the average wage in the United States.
As you can see, the compensation for executives in major US corporations was around 30-40 times the wages of the average worker up until the late 1980s. Now, executives make over 100 times the average wage. You could also look at the largest compensation packages for US CEOs on this Forbes site, noting that the highest paid CEOs make a couple hundred million dollars for the year (this of course includes bonuses and stock compensation).
Some are particularly aghast at what CEOs make when their performance is poor. For example -
The Corporate Library, an American corporate-governance consultancy, last year identified 11 large and well known but poorly governed companies, including AT&T, Merck and Time Warner, where the chief executive had been paid at least $15m a year for two successive years even as the company's shares had underperformed. Robert Nardelli received a $210m pay-off when he lost his job earlier this month even though the shares of his company, Home Depot, fell slightly during his six years in charge. Carly Fiorina, ejected from Hewlett-Packard almost $180m better off—including a severance payment of $21.6m—after a lacklustre tenure as chief executive.
What do you think about the increase in executive pay? Is it an outrage or is it fair? Should there be restrictions on how much a CEO can be paid? You may want to remember our discussion of labor markets and how marginal revenue product was the basis for how much someone should be paid.
Posted by Michael Arjona n recent years, there has been a lot of criticism concerning the salaries of Fortune 500 CEOs. The graph below from The Economist show... more -
More honest Caritin D advertisment: "Makes me feel crazy, homocidal & def...
There are 125 ratings for the drug: CLARITIN-D in the Askapatient database.
The average rating for CLARITIN-D is 2.5.
PATIENT RATING #1:
Makes me feel crazy! Angry, moody, even homocidal & defiant. Did I mention very angry. Anxious, sensitive to others. Emotional. I hate it!! Actually works on my allergies. Kills my people skills. Decided the side effects are not worth my sanity.
PATIENT RATING #2
15 yr. old son took it for allergies. Has asthma also. Took it last evening, about 24 hrs ago. Check him at 11:pm and he was very sweaty, hard to get him off the sofa to bed. Slept in very late this am, woke up very moody. Turn into a confrontation later in afternoon. Ended up with swearing and hitting me with an object. Then I looked up what others said, and think these symptoms were drug related as they were the most severe I've ever seen him. Wouldn't recommend this for anyone.
PATIENT RATING #3
I warn anyone from taking this drug. it gave me major panic attacks and i've never had any before. it makes you nervous and feel like you out of it. dizzyness, anxiety, and depression. this drug made me feel like i wanted to die and stay in bed away from people. It should be taken off the shelf!
PATIENT RATING #4
My mouth is SUPER dry despite drinking TONS of water. My stomach feals likes it's going to explode, literally. I thought I was going to kill (not literally) my boyfriend today and after reading everyone else's comments about how it made them anxious and irritated I am relieved to know that I'm not the only one going crazy! These side effects would probably go away if I took it regulary but it's not worth finding out. I'll find something else! There are 125 ratings for the drug: CLARITIN-D in the Askapatient database. The average rating for CLARITIN-D is 2.5. ... more -
Neil Young: Let's impeach the president original vIdeo living with war
The original lyrics and video
NEIL YOUNG LYRICS
"Let's Impeach The President"
Let's impeach the President for lying
And misleading our country into war
Abusing all the power that we gave him
And shipping all our money out the door
Who's the man who hired all the criminals
The White House shadows who hide behind closed doors
They bend the facts to fit with their new stories
Of why we have to send our men to war
Let's impeach the President for spying
On citizens inside their own homes
Breaking every law in the country
By tapping our computers and telephones
What if Al Qaeda blew up the levees
Would New Orleans have been safer that way
Sheltered by our government's protection
Or was someone just not home that day?
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Let's impeach the president for hijacking
Our religion and using it to get elected
Dividing our country into colors
And still leaving black people neglected
Thank god he's cracking down on steroids
Since he sold his old baseball team
There's lots of people looking at big trouble
But of course our president is clean.
Thank God
: The original lyrics and video NEIL YOUNG LYRICS "Let's Impeach The President" ... more -
History of Palestine in Maps.
I hope this gives an historical and geopolitical perspective and puts the situation in context. The Arabs and Islam are the oppressors when discussing the problems of the middle east. The tiny nation of Israel just REFUSES to be oppressed any longer by these hostile nations all around them. Israel liberates themselves from 1500 years of Islamic oppression and suddenly they are the oppressors?!!! Man, you got it twisted.... Have you ever taken a look at the map of the middle east? Israel is definitely not the oppressor... I hope this gives an historical and geopolitical perspective and puts the situation in context. The Arabs and Islam are the oppressors... more
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