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A buddy of mine who is one of the masterminds behind a major technology blog just launched a nifty little Web service called Twishlist.

Twishlist is basically a community wish list on Twitter. Just include @wants somewhere in your tweet and your tweet, which hopefully you worded in such a way it would makes sense on a wish list, appears. One of those fun little things that you can do with Twitter.

There are a bunch of cool Twitter Web apps out there, and now we have another to add to the list. Speaking of lists, stay tuned for a top five favorite Twitter related tools / sites list here on JustinSpeak.

Okay, today’s post is a little lazy. Sorry about that.

I removed the gas mileage page due to my frustration with keeping receipts, writing down mileage totals, and my frustration with FuelFrog. They simply did not deliver the best way to keep track of your gas mileage. I’m going to edit this post later tonight with some sites to track your gas mileage, but fuelfrog couldn’t keep me happy.

I think Peter Schiff is an idiot, but not because of his economic views. He is way more qualified to an advanced opinion of our current economic woes than I am. However, he is doing more harm than good with his constant negativity and crankiness. People need optimism to move forward and get things done. Going out on countless radio shows and trumpeting your prediction of the economic meltdown and constantly saying the worst is yet to come is simply irresponsible. Yes, he has been pretty accurate with a lot of what he says, but that doesn’t give him the green light to fear monger.

Peter Schiff’s Agenda

Watch some of his videos on youtube. The guy never has anything positive to stay! All he wants to do is scare people into buying into his firm, buying his books, and making commissions. If John McCain won the election, then he’d be barking up his tree too. If he was really interested in helping people out, he’d be proactive and positive, not scaring people to death.

Treat what he says with a grain of salt. He is no doubt a highly intelligent man and has some very interesting things to say about the current state of the world economy. However, his negativity does more damage than his economic advice can help. He’s riding high in the middle of his fifteen minutes. Ron Paul liked him, so the Digg community likes him. He made a spot on prediction of the housing collapse, so he’s got more attention there too. He’s a perfect guest for cable news shows since he’s so doom and gloom, so he’s got even more attention. Peter, use this new found opportunity to say something positive.

That’s right my dearest readers, it may only be for today, but I am now ranking number one for “justin schmidt” in Google. Justin O. Schmidt can now feel my “Sting Pain Index.” Beeotch!