Comments for The Brooks File

Comment on Going Rouge by Bill

Bill — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:13:14 +0000

Watching TV screens in a restaurant tonight…Sarah was on one and the Geico cave man was on the other. Unfortunately the Geico commercial on ESPN was followed by last night’s Colts-Patriots ending.

Comment on Going Rouge by Gerry

Gerry — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:46:32 +0000

OK, that’s pretty damn funny. (And I used to love Caldor.)

Comment on Going Rouge by Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:34:55 +0000

I always wondered what ever became of the Caldor Sunday flyer photographer, now I know.

Comment on Going Rouge by Gerry

Gerry — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:22:18 +0000

(My eyes and ears are covered and am yelling “la la la la” so I can’t see or hear that last line.)

Comment on Going Rouge by Terrence McCarthy

Terrence McCarthy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:11:42 +0000

Oh my. A couple of things come to mind. The Sound of Muzak being one. I cannot stand her. But her story has legs. And not bad ones at that. There. I said something positive about her.

At least Jodi didn’t pull out in mid term. Oops. There I go again.

Comment on Double The Digits by Gerry

Gerry — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:52:28 +0000

Nice! Old school.

Comment on Double The Digits by Cat Summers

Cat Summers — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:49:45 +0000

My folks still have a rotary dial phone in their home,
What can I say…………… : (

Comment on And I Almost Flunked Economics? by Kathryn D.

Kathryn D. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:24:01 +0000

Oops , to exceed “$300 billion this year.

Comment on And I Almost Flunked Economics? by Kathryn D.

Kathryn D. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:23:13 +0000

I picked up the hardcopy of the NYT on front steps of our office building this morning…..I thought I was seeing things! Incidently, it was directly next to the story about drug companies raising their wholesale prices: from page 1,

“in the last year, the industry has raised the wholesale prices of brand-name prescription drugs by about 9 percent, according to industry analysts. That will add more than $10 billion to the nation’s drug bill, which is on track to exceed $00 billion this year. By at least one analysis, it is the highest annual rate of inflation for drug prices since 1992.”

That was the year Clinton was elected and the drug manufacturers feared controls back then.

Perhaps they can use the money to acquire more property via “eminent domain”.

Comment on And I Almost Flunked Economics? by Gerry

Gerry — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:01:56 +0000

Terrence, I was so glad I even thought I passed my econ final I ran back to the dorm and swilled a quart of Tango. (Kids, don’t try that at home.)

And Terry, sounds like our “grasp” of economics is about the same.