Interesting survey from Money

Saw in a Time Magazine blog that Money Magazine did a survey on ethics and money that will be appearing in the June issue. One of the things they found in polling workers is:

• When asked what they’d be willing to do to advance in their career, 6% of survey respondents said they’d be willing to sleep with their boss or someone else who can help them get ahead. Of this 6%, respondents tended to be young, single and 10 times more likely to be men than women.

Somehow I have to guess that the men in that 6% would also sleep with their boss or someone else even if they didn't think it would help them get ahead. We guys are kinda funny that way.

Gasoline conspiracy theory

Ok, stay with me on this one. I think I've figured out what's going on with the price of gas here in the good ol' USA. It has all the intrigue of a Robert Ludlum novel.

It all goes back to Al Gore and his movie "A Convenient Truth." When that movie first came out, gas prices were as low as they'd been in a long time. Then Gore starts stumping against global warming and how we're killing the planet with hydrocarbon emissions. He begins calling for stricter controls, reductions in consumption, and other things that threaten the ready supply of cash enjoyed by the oil companies.

If these changes are instituted they will eat into oil company profits. They will also cause the price of gasoline to go up. So the smart guys at the oil companies say hey, let's give the people a little taste of what all this will cost. See how they like putting $4/gallon gas in their oversized SUVs for a while. A few months of pain and perhaps they'll see the light. They'll tell Al Gore that they wish there was something that could be done, but it's just too darned expensive. At that point we'll be happy to let them do what they want as long as the price stabilizes around $2.50.

Paranoid? Maybe. But crazier things have happened.

New Mark Prior jersey available

Just heard the news today that the Chicago Cubs are going to sell a new Mark Prior jersey. They will be charging more for it this year than last, despite the fact that only one of the arms works.