In other news, I found another Ross MBA blogger: Maisie Chan. Interestingly this isn't somebody that I know, but now I know she's in Section 2. My discovery of her blog wasn't all that serendipitous - I'd been searching for other Ross blogs just to see what I could find. There are a buffet of MBA-admit blogs, but invariably these starry eyed folks (of whom I gingerly admit I was a part) stop blogging either when they get in or get ding-ed.

I'm not really sure of what to make of the news today. First big thing I saw was the headlines from President Bush's speach this morning: "More sacrifice needed in war on terror." I want to be clear that I am against terror, but at what point do cross over from external terror to internal terror? My stance on 'fighting terrorism' has been stated before; you don't beat al Qaeda with tanks and guns and HUMVEEs that turn diesel exhaust into potable water. So keep raising the deficit and neglecting other issues, this issue won't go away. My sense is that the fear has gripped a key element of this nation...its leader.

Business news from the Journal today has GM selling its share of Fuji Heavy Industries and, subsequently, its share of half of its worthwhile brands in Subaru. To me, it would make more sense for GM to cut its share in Buick, given that Buick is grinding to an Oldsmobile-esque demise while Subarus fill the garages of happy drivers at record pace. The General needed a cold-weather wagon and a premium (but not super-premium) brand to fill a whole in its lineup you could drive, well, a Buick through, and they chose Saab. I like Saabs just as much as the next Nordic-descended upper-Midwestern male, but the quirks and cost of Saab just didn't pass muster...thus the rebadged Subaru WRX that became the Saab 9-2x. If there was ever a sign for GM, the so-called Saabaru was it, but now even that mild success is over. This is why Jack White is on tour singing "The Big Three Killed My Baby."