Welcome to part 3 of my series on Social Media & Your Job Search. Social Media is here to stay, just in case you missed my first two posts. And resistance is futile. I believe that was a line in a movie, but it applies to Social Media & Your Job Search. Rather than start a new topic today, I thought I would share a few links from my colleagues here at bizzia.com and others around the blogosphere. I was shocked on Thursday when I began my series how many others around bizzia.com were writing about the same topic. Resistance …read more

Go figure. Just when all reports show that American consumers are holding tightly onto their purse strings and eliminating all non-essential expenses, Carnival Cruise Lines reports their best ever booking week. Now, historically, the first quarter is the best of the year for cruise bookings as families set their travel plans for the year. Still, who would have thought that 2009 would bring a record for what is basically a luxury item.

According to Gerry Cahill, Carnival’s president and CEO, bookings are up 10 percent from the same period in 2008. Says Cahill, “This record booking activity, while at lower …read more

We’ve got just a few days before the general election, and I wanted to get this carnival up before we know — one way or the other — who will be the next president of the United States. Thanks for all the great entries!
Alli presents Silver Lining in Economic Collapse – Abolish the Federal Reserve posted at The Smoking Argus.
jdixson presents Oh Thank Heaven. Obama vs. McCain at 7-Eleven posted at Paunchiness – Lose Weight, Get Fit.
Allison Bricker presents Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF) – WTF? posted at The Smoking Argus.
DWSUWF presents Barack buys an election? posted at Divided We …read more

Well, fall is here and the last month of the 2008 Presidential campaign is upon us. Here’s a whole bunch of great posts that may help you focus in just a little more on the decision we’ll all be making at the beginning of November. Please remember to submit your October posts on the intersection of politics and money to our 11th edition, through Blog Carnival.
Phil for Humanity presents Inflation is a Tax << Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity.
John Phillips presents Presidential Politics?Predictions for the Workplace?Biden posted at The Word On Employment Law.
John Phillips presents Presidential Politics?Predictions …read more

August was a relatively quiet month — at least up until the last week, when we got vice presidential candidates and the Democratic National Convention. The carnival is a little on the light side because of the fact, but these posts are still worth a read.
Please remember to submit your September posts on the intersection of politics and money to our 10th edition, through Blog Carnival.
Dick Morris presents Barack Obama?s Plans Spell Economic Doom posted at Barack Obama.
Phil for Humanity presents Companies are Taking Over the World posted at Phil for Humanity.
Jeffrey Stingerstein presents Four of the Top Five 527s …read more

July has been a wild month, politically-speaking. Both major candidates have been campaigning in earnest. Congress has been keeping pretty busy as well. And both the Democrats and the Republicans are in the middle of planning for their conventions.
Please remember to submit your August posts on the intersection of politics and money to our 9th edition, through Blog Carnival.
TwoGun presents Poker And The 2008 US Election posted at Poker Tips.
John Phillips presents New States? Rights Movement posted at The Word On Employment Law.
Jose DeJesus MD presents Declare Your Financial Independence! posted at Physician Entrepreneur.
John Phillips presents Immigration: McCain vs. Obama …read more

In June, we saw the shift from the primary races to the race for the general election. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a wide variety of opinions and I hope you’ll check them out. Please remember to submit your July posts on the intersection of politics and money to our 8th edition, through Blog Carnival.
John Phillips presents Florida, Michigan and Rules posted at The Word On Employment Law.
Collin Williams presents Vote for sale | RejectSociety.com posted at RejectSociety.com.
Collin Williams presents Stimulus spending fun | RejectSociety.com posted at RejectSociety.com.
The Whited Sepulchre presents Let’s Starve Some More Children posted at …read more

May was full of political shakeups and we have some great posts from the last month that we want to share with you. Please remember to submit your June posts on the intersection of politics and money to our 7th edition, through Blog Carnival.
Michael Bass presents Why Americans Can’t Escape Gasoline posted at Debt Prison.
Phil for Humanity presents Subsidies and Tariffs are Anti-Capitalism << Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity.
Cancerkitty presents What?s up with this ?Health Care is a Human Right? Nonsense? posted at DelSquacho.
hank@myinvestingblog.com presents What Do You Say About Dumping Our National Income Tax And Switching …read more

We’d like to present the 5th edition of the Politics and Money Carnival. April was full of amazing political and business posts across many blogs. Please remember to submit your May posts on the intersection of politics and money to our 6th edition, through Blog Carnival.
Edith presents Obama, Clinton and Web 2.0 posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..
Allan Wallace presents Something evil is about to fall posted at – The BFU Journal -
documenting the creation of a new type of college.
Huck Finn presents PutinToon 26 – How Our Money is Sucked Out of the U.S. posted at Putin For …read more

Tomorrow is the 5th Politics and Money Carnival, and there are many amazing blog posts in the carnival. But one last minute entry really caught my eye, and I think it will catch yours as well. The Dough Roller, a personal finance blog, put together one of the clearest explanations of the tax plans of the three main presidential candidates that I’ve seen. Even better, there’s no partisanship, just a simple explanation of what each candidate wants to do to your wallet. There’s even a brief over view of President Bush’s tax cuts — and what may happen with them.