A conservative voice crying in the liberal wilderness of Greater Binghamton, NY
Category: BusinessBy Jim Willis on Nov 13, 2007 in Business, Reviews, Stores | 7 Comments
In a word–yes! We do need another Wal-Mart. Not that it will make much of a difference to me personally. I shop at Wal-Mart only occasionally. I avoid it when I can. Why? Small isles…always crowded day or night…getting mugged for a donation by kids on the way in…90% of the items for sale are [...]
By Jim Willis on Nov 12, 2007 in Business, Environment, Transportation | 2 Comments
In typical and predictable fashion, the leftists at the Press & Sun-Bulletin have written an editorial blaming Detroit for not producing fuel-efficient automobiles. The implied message is, high prices for gas would be just fine if we were driving cars and vans and SUVs that got 100 miles/gallon. In part, the editorial reads:
[I]t still doesn’t [...]
By Jim Willis on Nov 6, 2007 in Business, Energy | 3 Comments
I don’t have anything against other countries per se. But I have a big problem when companies from other countries own pieces of the America’s infrastructure–like gas & electric companies. Energy East, the parent company of New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG), will have a meeting in a few weeks in Manhattan to get [...]
By Jim Willis on Oct 3, 2007 in Business | 2 Comments
Another great day for capitalism. Bigger fish gobble up smaller fish and the fallout is 101 families in Greater Binghamton who will be without a steady source of income once M&T gets done with their buyout of Partners Trust Bank (Press & Sun-Bulletin story). No, I’m not a bleeding-heart liberal as you will no doubt [...]