Trivia time. To whom did President Bush say, "You're good stewards of the quality of the air"?

• a. The Sierra Club.
• b. The League of Conservation Voters.
• c. A group of high school students who formed a club to take action to protect the environment.
• d. The executives and workers at one of the dirtiest, most polluting power plants in the nation, which would be able to pollute even more under Bush's rollback of Clean Air Act rules.

Is anyone surprised to learn that the answer is "d"? ...

[Kicking Ass]

Um, no.
comment []  trackback []  5:44:51 PM    

Video rental chains are cash cows today. But thanks to developments in technology and marketing, they could become dinosaurs more quickly than many investors believe.

Haven't been to Blockbusters in over two years thanks to movies by mail.

(Meryl) [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]

Short answer: Yes.

We haven't gone into a Blockbuster in years. There used to be two right around the corner: one pretty much right across the street from the other. One of those closed last year. For us, NetFlix just makes Blockbuster seem very inconvenient--particularly given the fact that a NetFlix fulfillment center is in a suburb of Atlanta and we get very fast turnaround.

Of course, NetFlix isn't even as convenient as TiVo could be if we could get current movies. If the pay-per-view selection were better, NetFlix would be out, too. (Maybe we'd keep them around for movies that warrant real concern for quality and/or extras [commentary, etc.])

Blockbuster is reported to be considering a merger with Columbia House. Not sure I see how that is going to help.
comment []  trackback []  5:41:34 PM