salesmanship

From the respected British publication:

A bit slow. Cluttered. Somewhat confusing. Lack of focus. Really ugly McDonald's ad. Has a lot of potential.

None of the critiques matter much at this point. We're only at day one. The music is free. An ugly ad can be stomached for free music. But the entire experience needs to be improved. And I believe it will. News Corp & Friends are in this for the long haul.

It was announced this morning that retail giant Best Buy will buy Napster for $121 million. Given Napster's $67 million in cash and short term investments, the net price of the acquisition is $54 million. Best Buy will offer $2.65 per share, a 94.8% premium over Friday's close.

As many of my friends have said on numerous occasions "You are cheap!" I prefer the term thrifty or economical. I am big on coupon books and looking for deals. I like to think I am as tight with my own money as I am with taxpayer money. In an effort to spread the savings on to people who read my blog I offer up a few web sites that I frequent for the best deals.

Is this how we will propel our cars in the near future?

Economist Bruce Bartlett (no liberal, by any stretch) comes out with a fourteen page offensive demonstrating the many drawbacks to the Fair Tax. Among the many problems noted by Bartlett, these struck me as the most notable. My summary, in order of importance: