The End of Excess: Is This Crisis Good for America?

The popular culture tried to warn us. For 20 years, we've had Homer Simpson's spot-on caricature of the quintessential American: childish, irresponsible, willfully oblivious, fat and happy. And more recently we winced at the ultra-Homerized former earthlings of WALL•E. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Tags Help
Subjects: U.S., Business
Topics: U.S. Economy, Retail
Editorial Help
Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Mar 28, 2009 - 12:58 AM PDT
Content Type: Article
Edit Lock: This story can be edited
Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Mar 28, 2009 - 12:58 AM PDT

To:


Separate email addresses with commas.
25 recipients max.

Note:

P1000885-2_thumb
4.0
by Patricia L'Herrou - Mar. 28, 2009

a comprehensive view of what could be the future which is different from our recent past. the writer points out that the nexus of two cyclic waves, one for political, the other for economics status which play upon each other in non-predictable conclusions. he offers a look at a positive future for this country.

an inspiring opinion. we may need the patience to wait a little, since, as implied in this piece, the generational shift of this election and the ... More »

See Full Review » (11 answers)
N628474479_7734_thumb
4.2
by Joel Kulenkamp - Mar. 28, 2009

I just love the juxtaposition of the pictures of Presidents Obama & Reagan (alpha & omega?), as well as the timely headings that break down this story.

“The popular culture tried to warn us. For 20 years, we’ve had Homer Simpson’s spot-on caricature of the quintessential American: childish, irresponsible, ... More »

See Full Review » (12 answers)
N714333_9981_thumb
4.0
by Richard Soenneker - Apr. 5, 2009
See Full Review » (4 answers)
N1812091_2834_thumb
3.4
by Derek Hawkins - Mar. 28, 2009
See Full Review » (5 answers)
Fabportrait_smallsquare_180x180_thumb
3.9
by Fabrice Florin - Mar. 28, 2009
See Full Review » (3 answers)
Silhouette_sml
5.0
by William Hughes-Games - Mar. 28, 2009

Very well said and right on the money but overly optomistic.

After the 30's depression, our parents who where children at the time saved, grew vegetables, canned and bottled and darned socks rather than ... More »

See Full Review » (7 answers)

Comments on this story Help (BETA)

NT Rating | My Rating

Ratings

4.1

Good
from 6 reviews (50% confidence)
Quality
4.1
Facts
3.8
Fairness
4.0
Information
4.0
Sourcing
4.0
Style
5.0
Context
4.0
Depth
4.3
Enterprise
4.5
Popularity
4.0
Recommendation
4.2
Credibility
4.2
# Reviews
3.0
# Views
5.0
# Likes
1.0
# Emails
1.0
More
How our ratings work »
(See these related stories.)

Links Help

  • Thoughts: Lets get our economy growing

    President Obama will probably succeed in getting our economy growing again and it scares the socks off me.
    2.8
  • Thoughts: Arctic melting - no problem

    The melting of the arctic sea ice is proceeding at least 2 decades ahead of the predictions of the most extreme models. It is most likely that we will see a virtually ice free ...
    2.8
  • Thoughts: Commercial Salmon Fishing - what a wasted effort (Pending)

  • Thoughts: The Canadian Beaver - pest or benefactor (Pending)