June, 2010

Second Amendment ruling on the last day of Supreme Court session

The constitutionality of gun control laws have been clarified by the Supreme Court. To a point, the ban on ownership of handguns has been struck down. In 2008, the Supreme Court struck down a law banning handguns in Washington D.C. – and McDonald v. Chicago clarifies that ruling. The Supreme Court gun decision Within the last three ...

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Even with the increasing incomes, consumer spending is staying the same

United States financial numbers for May 2010 are in, and according to Bloomberg Business, individual incomes outpaced consumer spending quite a bit. This reportedly made it much a lot more possible for households to boost all of their savings and support the economic recovery, although how slower spending boosts the nation's economic recovery is in ...

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Engine belts and the power of the engine

The major parts of your engine are usually run by belts. Engine belts could be easy to ignore until something goes wrong. Knowing how to care for your engines is incredibly significant – so how do you do it? Belting out the basics Most belts in autos are made from rubber or a combination of rubber and ...

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Congressional committee gives green light to auto dealer exemption

An auto dealer exemption appears to be the result of National Automobile Dealers Association lobbying against the prospect of lending oversight by the newly formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Bailey Woods, spokesman for NADA, told Automotive News that Congress is headed within the right direction if their aim is to save dealers administrative headaches and ...

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Should the US Navy just blow up the Macondo oil well?

In a recent New York Times op-ed piece entitled "Blow Up the Well to Save the Gulf," Christopher Brownfield draws our attention to what could be a better alternative for dealing with the BP oil spill. BP CEO Tony Hayward admitted to Congress that his company has no intention of plugging the ruptured Macondo oil ...

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