Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

I don’t know about you, but I am sick and tired of the blather from Washington that the government can “create jobs.” How on earth did this myth ever get started? Everyone assumes that the federal government can wave their magic wand, pull out billions of printed money and magically “create” private sector jobs. It [...]

Google’s invasive Street View mobile, a small car that drives along roads worldwide, snapping photos and soaking up wireless data, is coming under increasing hostility. South Korea has recently raided Google’s files. Bloomberg News reports: South Korean police raided Google Inc.’s Seoul office as part of an investigation into possible breaches of privacy laws resulting [...]

One of the biggest complaints I have with search engines is that a LOT of the material I get is dated. I am constantly searching for news, current events, and forum help postings, and it is SO frustrating to get stories from 2007, 2008, and even earlier. And there doesn’t seem to be any way [...]

It’s not a done deal YET, but it looks extremely probable: California is set to ban those high-energy consuming televisions. On Tuesday, executives and consultants for the Arlington, Va., trade group asked members of the California Energy Commission to instead let consumers use their wallets to decide whether they want to buy the most energy-saving [...]

LOL. Pretty ironic, isn’t it?

As fun as it is to use Google Earth and look at their Street View setting, people are getting fed up with the Google intrusion. According to a Times Online news report, a group of residents in a small village in Britain formed a small mob to resist the Google rv vehicle. A spate of [...]