Back in America for a Moment.

The Auto Industry is getting their bailout but I have no idea if it is a good thing. What do you think? I think these articles give some good insights. Please share your thoughts with all of us in a comment. Thanks!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/business/20auto.html?_r=1&hp

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/19/news/companies/auto_crisis/index.htm?cnn=yes

CNN has an interesting interactive map that allows you to see how each state is effected by the auto makers problems.
edition.cnn.com/2008/US/12/12/map.us.auto/index.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aHrcSXzA83iw&refer=home

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/19/usa

Fox news fact sheet:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470027,00.html

I think we all feel the same about the executives and their bonuses.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/business/18pay.html?em

I am always trying to get telephone lines and cables out of my pictures. Finally accepting there is no escape I decided to simply embrace them. If you want authentic Japanese pictures then you have some cables. Postcards just brush them but hey how real is that?!

Click on the picture and you can see why I love my wide angle lens.

Yes, times are hard in Japan too but the market is up and down.

I have some Brazilian friends that are going back to Brazil because a factory is closing outside Nagoya. I am just lucky that the public schools always need native English Speakers.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=a3FVKzbFZQcE&refer=japan