Day: December 31, 2008

Info Ink’s 2008 Person Of The Year

Not an original idea but a take off on Time’s “Man Of The Year”.

There were many candidates for the Person of the Year.  Obama for being the first African-American to become president or Clinton as the first serious female candidate for president or Palin as the first Republican woman to be on a major ticket.  Or Madoff for stealing billions and then McCain was considered also.

The advisers and staff sat around in a tether trying to be original and not follow along the same lines as others in the past.  We talked about all sorts of things that would represent the year people, objects, etc and after a month of argument the decisions was made.

The first annual Info Ink’s “Person Of The Year” will not be a person but instead will be an object or a thing.  The object symbolizes all the troubles that the country is having economically.  It also symbolizes the people of the country which have become spoiled and pampered to the point of a economic collapse.

Drum roll please–And the WINNER IS!

THE CREDIT CARD–it stands for everything that has gone wrong.  The lack of manufacturing because the country has become a consumer nation, not a manufacturing one.  It stands for the problem of EASY CREDIT which has taken the country to the brink of disaster.  It stands for the 60% of the nation’s families that are living above their income and that are paying for their lives on credit.

So we want to say congrats to the CREDIT CARD which is just over 50 years of age and has done a 100 years worth of damage to the country.  Where would we be without it?

Info Ink’s Top Posts Of 2008

All in all it has been a particularly great year for Info Ink.  Readership has steadily gone up until mid-December when the reads went down, but that was expected because of the holiday season.  I wish to thank all my readers and commenters for help make Info Ink a success.  Hope to see you guys in the coming year.

These were the top hits on Info Ink

1–Post on the American Axel strike got a total of over 2000 hits.

2–Next was “What the Bailout Means” with a total of  566 hits

3–The next one was a post about the fighting for the delegates from Michigan entitled, “Is The Michigan Question Settled?” with 558 hits.

4–This one surprised the hell outta me, “Watermelon makes You Horny” with a total of 522 hits.

5–And lastly, the post about “Palin’s Alaskan Rape Kit Policy” received 460 hits.

That is my five most popular destinations for my readers.  I am looking forward to the posts for 2009 and hope they are as popular as those of 2008.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my visitors a very Happy New Years–enjoy the fun, family and football and I will see all on the 2nd.  Peace.  Out.

War Comes To Gaza–Day 5

Israeli leaders decided to reject an immediate 48-hour pause in fighting and push ahead with the devastating air offensive against Hamas, sending jets and assault helicopters to pound targets in the Gaza Strip for a fifth day Wednesday.

Israel is facing growing international pressure to halt the assault and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert discussed a cease-fire proposal — floated by France’s foreigno minister — with his foreign and defense ministers overnight. The meeting ended with a decision to continue operations, government officials said, and a top forum of Cabinet ministers entrusted with security matters will discuss the continued offensive Wednesday.

Israel has been massing troops and armor along the Gaza border in an indication the air campaign could morph into a ground operation if no cease-fire is reached. The government approved a plan to call up another 2,500 reserve soldiers late Tuesday, following a decision earlier this week to authorize a call-up of 6,700 soldiers. The call-up has yet to be carried out.

Gaza militants kept up their fire and continued to expand their range. Two missiles hit Wednesday in and around the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, 28 miles from Gaza, causing no casualties. The city was targeted for the first time on Tuesday when a missile slammed into an empty kindergarten. More than a tenth of Israel’s population is now in range of Hamas rockets and four Israelis have been killed since the offensive began Saturday.