The old business adage is to cut the middleman out.
People always want to raise margins by cutting out the “middleman”.
Sometimes it’s that same middleman that can gain you customers, and revenue. Sometimes they have the irreplacable knowledge of the market that you need. A middle man can be an incredibly efficient thing.
Business
I think it would be kind of unique to send out wedding invitations by Evite. It’s something different, and no one would expect it. Surely your friends would be talking, and you would probably get responses a lot faster.
Or maybe someone could start a service similar to Evite, specifically for wedding invitations. The invite could link directly to your registries, and easily link people to local hotels.
Just one easy solution to show that we really don’t need the post office anymore. The USPS is planning on closing down several hundred branch offices, and I really don’t see why we would need them anyway. Fed-Ex and UPS are solvent. I can get a post box at several other places, and stamps are easy to sell automatically. Drop off boxes work just fine for me, but I mostly email and work electronically anyway.
So get rid of those post offices. They are just a burden on the national budget anyway.
Business, Society
If you want to see something truly astounding, just check out the US Debt Clock. It constantly ticks up a number of vitals and variables, most notably our debt and the amount of it which is shared on a per capita basis. I note though that the per citizen amount is based on the total population of the country. In my opinion it should be based on only the working population. So instead of using a denominator of about 300 million people, it should really be divided by about 200 million people. That would mean that we each owe about $50,000.00. Pretty terrible huh? I know I didn’t ask to be that far in debt.
Society
Because people liked the Bumper Sticker so much we thought, why not make a Right Wing Extremist T Shirt to go along with it.
So get one for yourself, and show the world what a true “Right Wing Radical” Looks like.
Society
The Twilight Starlet supposedly had some naughty photos leaked. Perez Hilton had them up on his site, but her attorneys requested that he remove them. I have to admit that I have never known much about the show, but Ashley is pretty dang good looking. I have known Rathbone for quite some time, in fact that’s the only reason I am even aware of the show at all.
Of course, I am still not going to watch the show. I don’t like silly crap.
Law
Apparently a study suggested that we ban all tobacco usage by anyone in a U.S. military uniform.
This is completly rediculous. Anyone who supports this is simply out of their minds. Of course, one arguement in favor indicates the health care costs associated. I don’t give a shit about health care costs. If you are going to ask someone to fight under a government flag, then I think that they can smoke a cigarette.
The study also has some blah blah blah about military readiness in the short term. Well I don’t think it affected those soldiers in WWII to negatively. This is just extreme crap. If your life is on egde daily, smoke if you want to.
I swear. It won’t ever end. And you know what is even worse about this. The extreme liberals support this, and the extreme conservatives (Christian Conservatives) support it as well. It’s total crap. Neither party recognizes the baby steps to lost freedoms. Lost individuality. Lost right-to-do-whatever-the-hell-I-want-while-being-shot-at-in-a-combat-zone.
Society