Danny Gallagher
12 Outrageous Steps Congress Can Take to Improve Its Approval Rating
Recently, a poll of their Congressional approval rating found that only nine percent of the American people had a favorable rating of their senators and representatives. So the congressmen buckled down and got to work and got their rating up to…17 percent. If they want to keep up this white hot pace, they should try some of these ideas.
Reports: Spammers Flooded Cell Phones with a Staggering 4.5 Billion Texts in 2011
There are few things more frustrating than learning that some spammer has wasted a few megabytes of your data plan with advertisements for male enhancement pills or cash for gold schemes.
Illinois Mayor Asks His Citizens to Attempt the Impossible – Boycott Gas Stations
It’s no secret that gas prices have reached astronomical levels, but one town’s gas prices have apparently gotten so high that its mayor has gotten fed up with pumping money into the pumps.
That mayor is Tim Baldermann of New Lenox, Illinois, and he’s called for a boycott of the gas stations in his suburban town.
Canada’s Money May Be on the Verge of Becoming Digital with the ‘MintChip’ — Dollars and Sense [VIDEO]
Canada has been making some interesting changes to its currency from ditching its penny to pushing pretty, plastic pesos. The latest may become one of the coolest forms of cash on the continent.
Could Gas Prices Have Reached Their High Point?
Gas prices have been a sour footnote in the public’s budget for awhile. However, there may actually be some hope in sight.
10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Titanic
The sinking of the infamous RMS Titanic in 1912 has gone down (no pun intended) as the most famous ocean liner disaster in history, thanks in part to popular culture’s take on the topic from the 1958 Roy Ward Baker film ‘A Night to Remember’ to James Cameron’s legendary blockbuster ‘Titanic.’ And yet the legend surrounding this infamous boat (and the 1,500-plus people it took down with it) has sur
Huge Blunder Drops Price at Gas Station to One Dollar Per Gallon — Dollars and Sense
A lot of people are hurting these days because of the slow turn of the global economy. Few places are making them feel the pain of painfully slow growth more than the gas pump.
But that doesn’t mean relief can’t unexpectedly happen.
Massive Recall for Ford Focus Could Have an Impact on 140,000 Cars
Ford Motor Co. may have been able to weather the total collapse of the economy and struggling American car market. Can it weather a massive recall on one of their signature cars?