Obama and his lack of (you name it)

From THE BOSS:

This man in the White House seems to forget he is living in the "People's" White House.

For him to return the bust of Winston Churchill is a slap to the face of every British subject. The article of justification in the London Telegraph only shows Obama is making this personal and forgetting that the White House and everything in it represents "all the people" of this country. Not just him and his ancestors.

Obama is lacking in Diplomatic Etiquette, to say nothing of his table manners. This man should be ashamed of himself and his staff for not knowing how to handle diplomatic protocol when dealing with foreign dignitaries.

As a citizen of this country I am ashamed as to how Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife were treated while in this country and I apologize to them.

Some may argue that this “is no big deal” but pile onto that his wife’s lack of table manners, his lack of military protocol, his flat out dumbness in the area of gift giving to foreign visitors of the people's White House shows him and his family for what they are, which is Little Leaguers trying to pitch in the majors.

Where I'm from, we'd call someone like this "white trash". -- TiW

It's not Business, it's PERSONAL

Here's what the London Daily Telegraph says about the return of the Churchill bust:

The London Telegraph attempted an explanation: "Churchill has less happy connotations for Mr. Obama than those American politicians who celebrate his wartime leadership. It was during Churchill's second premiership that Britain suppressed Kenya's Mau Mau rebellion. Among Kenyans allegedly tortured by the colonial regime included one Hussein Onyango Obama, the President's grandfather."

And here's what I say...Mr. President, you are the President of the entire USA, not just for yourself. You dishonor all of us when you show a lack of good manners and insult our greatest ally.

How would we react if McCain had been elected and then decided to kick the ambassador from Vietnam out of the country? Or if Hillary had been elected (shudder) and she cut off all financial aid to any family named Lewinsky? We'd call it petty, and we'd be mad as hell that the President put personal feelings ahead of the good of the nation.

I suspect that the President didn't even watch any of the 25 movies he gave to Gordie.

H/T Jawa

Your Tax Dollars At Rest -- House of Representatives

Let's see...on Tuesday of this week, while the Senate was debating the Omnibus Spending Bill, which funds the government until the end of Sept, I wonder what was going on in the House? Were they getting together and trying to figure out how to compromise with the Senate so that the funding would get passed faster? No... Were they trying to figure out ways to lower your taxes and decrease spending? Haha, nope.

Here's what the morons in the House were working on.


If you can't read what I've highlighted, let me give you the summary:

1. Honoring the life and service of Dr William Spoelhof, President Emeritus of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ( I know where it is, thank you.)
2. "Congratulating the University of Mary Washington in Fredricksburg, VA (like I don't know where the school is, duh) for more than 100 years of services and leadership in the United States."
3. Recess from 1.05 to 3.31 (did they go out and play on the swingset at the White House?)
4. Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act.
5. Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2009. (Now THIS I can get behind.)
6. Designating March 2, 2009 as "Read Across America Day". (Hurray! Let's set aside a day to READ THE SPENDING BILL!)
7. Commending the University of Southern California Trojan football team for its victory in the 2009 Rose Bowl. (Hmmm...did the House just get around to watching this on TIVO? Maybe that's what they were doing during recess...)

You get my point, I hope. You think I want them working on the budget? Hell, no, I'm GLAD they're doing this. Just think...the more time they spend watching Trojans, the less time they spend, well, SPENDING MY MONEY!

Morons...the lunatics are running the asylum.

WSJ: Why Golf Is Sacred to Wall Streeters

Well, the Wall Street Journal has its own opinion (and those of others) about why golf is so important to the big boys on Wall Street. There is a slightly different reason that golf is important to middle-America's salespeople.

When else can you get 5 uninterrupted hours with a customer or potential customer? It's hard enough getting on people's calendars for an hour, especially if they are VP level and higher in an organization. If you can get them on the golf course, you can build a relationship and get to know them. Also, you can talk about the politics and process behind solving a customer's problems -- a key way to get to the sale.

This is why golf is approved on expense accounts.

Anyone want to guess what course this pic is from?
I took the picture from the 19th hole.

How much will your bank loan you?

Uncle Sam doesn't worry about borrowing like you and the missus might...

Doesn't look so bad without all the zeros, does it?

H/T CDR Salamander

Jim Calhoun, UConn Coach

I'm thinking he's not a Democrat. Good for him!



I sure wish a few corporate execs would stand up to Congress like this. The idea that the government should set salary caps, for instance, is absolute crap. And Calhoun makes a perfect point...he brings in $12 million in profits to UConn. If you pay $500k for a CEO of a $500 million business, you're gonna get crap leadership. CEO's that can run that size of a business are worth far more than that. But that's my opinion -- and my opinion doesn't count any more than the government's opinion on this subject. The STOCKHOLDERS get to make this decision.

H/T ESPN

Analyze This

Good politicians know when to keep their mouths shut. You know the old saying...better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it.



H/T The Corner

Can I get a seat near the window?

Southwest Airlines has inked a deal with Sports Illustrated and put a picture of their Swimsuit Issue cover model on one of their 737's. Here's a picture:


I think this is good marketing. Unfortunately, some are saying it's "soft porn" and don't appreciate being "forced" to fly on the plane. If they fly on Shamu are they abusing a whale? Don't let PETA know. Hint: here's Shamu:

First of all, give me a break. Second, did we lose all of our sense of humor when we put Obama in the White House? Geez. No one is forcing anyone to fly on that plane. If you don't like it, don't fly on Southwest. Period. The idea that they are being "forced" to fly on that plane is crazy...no one put a gun to their heads and forced them to buy the ticket.

Southwest is based in my hometown - Dallas. They are fantastically successful. Two stories about Southwest for you.

1. When I was in college, we could fly on a student fare from San Antonio to Dallas for $7 each way. Even at 45 cents a gallon for gas, you couldn't drive it for that.

2. Southwest has a long history of great marketing. They cemented their relationship with the travelling salesmen of Texas by offering a free bottle of booze with each flight. Seriously...if you flew during the day, and paid the peak time fare instead of the off-peak fare, you could pick up a bottle of vodka, gin, bourbon, or scotch right in the jetway as you got off the plane. Every businessman in Texas who travelled between Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and Houston flew on those flights. Later they expanded throughout Texas, including Lubbock and Amarillo, and the rest is history.

Anyway, that was a ramble. But get over the issue of the swimsuit model. Let's worry about how much Obama is going to take us down the tubes...soon you won't be able to fly without getting a permit from Obama showing that Southwest bought carbon offsets. Now THAT'S scary.

"Cap and Trade" as "Pay & Pay"

This from The Corner:

“Electricity Rates Would Necessarily Skyrocket” [Yuval Levin]

If anyone has any doubt that a cap and trade system will raise the cost of electricity for American consumers, here is a video of Barack Obama (from a conversation with San Francisco Chronicle editors in January of 2008) clearing it up:

Under my plan of a cap and trade system electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket, even, you know, regardless of what I say about whether coal is good or bad, because I'm capping greenhouse gases, coal powered plants, you know, natural gas, you name it, whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers.

Why he understands this for "carbon taxes" and not for any other taxes is beyond me.

But don't take the Obamesiah's word for it...oh, yeah, maybe you should, since it's on tape.

H/T The Corner

Been there, done that

Remain calm, all is well.



Now, I really don't think all is well, but here's my point...we've been here before economically. During the 80's, I had a CD that paid 15%. I also had a loan that I paid 17% on. I'm not talking about a credit card...I'm talking about a bank loan.

We have been through real estate crises before...if you lived in Texas in the 80's, you've seen much worse than what we're seeing now. My roommate from college moved into a house in Houston in 1982, paying $140,000 for that house. 5 years later, his house was worth about $80,000. He lives in that house today, and the value is back over what he paid for it...much higher, even with the recent downturn.

My point is...there is no reason to panic. Concern - yes...panic - no. We should recreate the Resolution Trust Corp (RTC) and put the bad loans in the RTC. I don't like it...but it's better than the billions that Obama wants to throw at it...and the cram-downs he wants to do. At least in an RTC-like entity, the government could hold those homes and make some money on them when the economy turns around.

Let's stop all this caterwauling and just calm down. We'll get through this recession. Sure, some folks will lose their homes to foreclosure...that's what happens when you don't pay your mortgage. They'll move into apartments or rent houses. But we'll get through it.

The administration is scaring the shit out of people in order to push through all of the left's pet projects. Let's take a deep breath, let it half out, take steady aim, and shoot this plan out of the water.

Did you notice that the guy in the video is Kevin Bacon?

Fare Well, Mr. President

God Bless George W. Bush.



I'm glad he's going to be living in Dallas. We have some friends who have a ranch near his. I hope I'm able to meet him one day, either in Dallas or while hunting. Quite a man, whom I respect tremendously. History will show he protected us well...extremely well.

Roots of Freedom and Economic Growth

A few days ago, I wrote a blog entry about ACORN, and I mentioned property rights and the rule of law. I was talking about how these things are fundamental to our freedoms, and we are at risk of losing our freedom if Obama gets many of his policies enacted. If, for instance, the government is allowed to force mortgage companies to accept changes to interest rates or, worse, the total amount of the loan in their mortgage contracts, then we lose freedom. More importantly, we lose faith in our ability to enter into a contract and know that the contract will be enforced in court. If you are a home builder, or a mortgage lender, and you're worried that the government can "declare" an emergency and change the terms of your mortgage contracts, you'll probably raise interest rates for all. Why? Well, that extra profit from the 92% of folks who pay their mortgages will cover the loses in the 8% that you are forced to renegotiate. This leads to higher prices for EVERYONE! This is so fundamentally logical (and true) that the fact that the Obama administration is talking about doing these things is scaring the crap out of the markets.

I watched the video below from the Cato Institute tonight (I promise I didn't watch it before I wrote my original blog post! I have an economics degree, so we studied this -- yes, even 30 years ago). This is one of the best 6 minutes you'll spend to learn where the fundamental support for our economy lies. Property rights, sound money, and the rule of law. Please crack a beer and watch.



I'm a big fan of The Cato Institute, and kudos to them for this video, and others.

Great Bumper Sticker

H/T American Digest and Right Wing News

"Not One Single Dime"

So, my taxes will go up "not one single dime...not a dime". I'll believe it when I see it.

I'm going to scan my March 31 paycheck, and my April 15 paycheck, and we'll see if I get my $13 bucks. Then we'll watch the taxes. I do not for one minute believe this President. He is a liar and a socialist. He can't help himself. To pay for all that crap, he'll have to raise taxes on more than just the $250k+ earners.

Sounded just like "Read my lips" to me...and I voted for GHWB.

Mama Tells Obama

FROM THE BOSS:

Obama needs to man-up. He's pulling a Jimmy Carter, and he needs to be Lincoln. In order to help Obama get the mood, here are the movies that he should have watched growing up. Since he's acting like Jimmy Carter Light, odds are he hasn't seen most of these. My advice: get a Netflix account and watch these movies PRONTO. Hint: Don't order your Chief of Staff to get the movies for you...you need to get in touch with the average American. Repeat: Get your own Netflix account.

Here is a list of movies dealing with Leadership that I suggest you watch.

Patton
Leadership

Field of Dreams
Vision (people will follow it)

Ladder 49
Teamwork and Loyalty

The Patriot
Family, then country, but always Freedom

Return of the King
Prove your worth and you will earn respect

When you are done with these let me know and I will send you the next five you should watch.

ACORN "Political Thugs"

Stuart Varney is a bulldog here...bravo.

(I can't get the flash player link to work, so click here to see the video over at Fox News.)

I knew a guy in college who drank 'shroom tea. He made more sense than this idiot that Varney is interviewing.

As Varney points out, ACORN is occupying homes that are in foreclosure (that means the homeowner hasn't been paying their mortgage, for those of you who don't know it). They are preventing the authorities from evicting the deadbeat homeowner to get the home back. And now our tax dollars are going to be funneled to these deadbeats to bring their mortgages current.

What possible incentive do I have to pay my mortgage? I live up to the terms of my mortgage...I signed the papers, and that contract between us spells out what happens if I don't pay my mortgage. I have a moral (not to mention a legal) obligation to pay that mortgage. If I don't, I can't cry about the consequences. Now Obama is going to take my tax dollars and give them to these morons. I might as well stop paying my mortgage, for then I would get a tax refund in the form of money to pay my mortgage.

One of the most fundamental things that makes Americans free is the right to enter into contracts, and to have those contracts enforced in an unbiased way. Our courts make sure (well, most of the time) that both parties to an agreement live up to their side of that agreement. Private property and enforceable contracts are part of the backbone of this country. You would not have a house, car, HDTV, boat, private school for your kids, etc, if you couldn't contract for them and know that the other party had to live up to their end of the contract. You might not like paying 18% on your credit cards, but you signed the agreement. If you don't like it, stop using the card. Pretty simple, yet it's the bedrock that this country is built upon.

Now ACORN wants to interfere with your right to a contract. Make no mistake about it...if contracts aren't enforceable, how long do you think it will be before you won't be able to get a car loan?

Stop paying your mortgage and you'll get a tax refund and you'll get your house for free! Such a deal!

H/T Moonbattery

Google Earth wrongly blamed

Here's the headline from yesterday:

Google Earth Exposes Secret U.S. Drones at Pakistan Base in 2006

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/02/19/google-image-shows-base-pakistan/

Well, I have to take exception to this scare tactic.

I worked for the company that was sold to Google that became Google Earth. We were very, VERY careful about what we put up on our web site available to the public. In 2003, before the Gulf War, we had daily meetings to make sure that nothing in our database of imagery could be of use against US and coalition forces. The President of our company was (and is) a patriot, and security for the US was #1 with him.

Our imagery was never real-time...we provided satellite imagery and aerial photography that was typically 6 months to 2 years old. All our imagery came from the commercial satellite companies and companies that flew planes with stereo cameras...and it was available to anyone who would pay for it. So we were very clear that we wouldn't be the first to put new imagery out there, but we'd follow if it was already in the public domain.

Now, for Fox (or anyone else) to sensationalize this by saying Google Earth (GE) "exposes" anything is downright B.S. Sure, you can see things in GE that are sensitive. But the US Government is asking the satellite companies to clear their data, plus the commercial companies are not giving out the best resolution imagery. We used to talk about 1 meter imagery, and 1 foot imagery. 1 meter resolution means you can see something that is 1 meter in size, but can't see something smaller. The idea that Google is giving away "secret" info is preposterous.

The US Military knows when the commercial satellites are overhead, so my bet is that the Gov't wanted this info out, so they parked the Predators on the tarmac at the right time, knowing that this would come out. If they wanted it hidden, they could keep it hidden -- trust me. Hell, this is a picture from 2006!

I never saw ANY classified imagery while there...we only worked with commercially-available pics. Don't blame the messenger.

Eric Holder, Racist POS

Ok, he's officially a POS.

AP photo

Here's what he said today:

Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards. Though race related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race. (Emphasis mine.) It is an issue we have never been at ease with and given our nation’s history this is in some ways understandable. And yet, if we are to make progress in this area we must feel comfortable enough with one another, and tolerant enough of each other, to have frank conversations about the racial matters that continue to divide us. But we must do more- and we in this room bear a special responsibility. Through its work and through its example this Department of Justice, as long as I am here, must - and will - lead the nation to the "new birth of freedom" so long ago promised by our greatest President. This is our duty and our solemn obligation.

Let me tell you something, you freaking lunatic. One of the reasons we don't talk a lot about race is -- there's not a lot of racism in everyday life! Sure, there is racism out there. And you really don't have to look too far to find it. And we can all do a better job of standing up against it. I'll give you that one, you dope.

But WTF do you want? I'm in a meeting with 5 execs of a billion dollar company, negotiating a multi-million dollar deal, and you want me to ask one or two of them if they got to this position of trust and responsibility by overcoming race in the workplace?

Let's use a better example...let's say I'm a lawyer, and I'm negotiating a plea deal with DOJ staff and attorneys. During our negotiations, do you want me to say, "Hey, while we're here, let's discuss how those of you of color in this room got here and why."? How long would my client stay out of jail? Don't you morons understand inappropriate behavior?

Good God. Can't we talk about business? Can't we talk about saving people's jobs without resorting to race? We all want to solve problems using COLORBLIND rules...why do you want Color-sensitive blinders on?

Are there any adults in this administration?

Porkulus Bill Signing

Here are dumb and dumber at the bill signing.



And here's a copy of the bill. I copied it off of the Congressional web site, and had it printed off. Fits neatly into two 3-inch thick binders.



(And yes, that's an AT&T Home Manager...shameless plug.)

I pledge to read every word so that as I travel the country on business, I can identify where my money is being wasted, er, spent, and promise to yell "stop" wherever possible...like that's going to do a lot of good.

Just a reminder...there is NO ONE who could have read that whole thing before it passed. I call bullshit on anyone who says he did.

"All Luggage Must be Removed from the Area Around your Feet."

Y'all know how much I respect and support our military.

Why do the stewardesses tell me I can't do this?



If it's good enough for our soldiers, it's good enough for me.

H/T Strategy Page

Porky

This is so...so...FUCKING STUPID...that I just can't believe it was said on the floor of the US Senate. Until I saw that it was Shumer, who will say anything to get his pork in a bill.



How dare this moron say this? Can't the voters of NY get rid of him?

Your punishment: wash Barney Fag's balls.

Obama, Congress, Taxes and YOU

From THE BOSS:

ALERT ALERT ALERT - WARNING WARNING WARNING

I was listening to Fox Business News live on my computer this morning and the discussion was about the stimulus package and its cost to the American public.

It struck me that if this stimulus package passes, where is Obama going to get the money to pay for all these items plus the pork? So I sent them a question via email and asked the following: "Because of the state of the economy and the government "spending" billions, will we be seeing a stepped-upped effort by the IRS on collections, to gather as much money as possible for the government?"

Believe it or not they picked my question to ask the panel on the air, and the panel said " Where do you think they are going to get the money to pay for this stimulus bill? Yes, the consumers will see an increase in IRS audit activity…."

Hubby and I had our conference call with our CPA today on our taxes and he mentioned that the IRS is "hiring like crazy" and he said there will be more audits.

Be warned that the IRS will leave no stone unturned to get what they believe is theirs.

Good Luck on staying under the radar !!!!!!

Traitors

This picture from the Fox News website says it all.


Well, not quite. Hang 'em...after a fair trial, of course.

These 3 have just screwed over every American family for the next 2 or 3 generations.

Tyranny of the majority. And by the 3 UGLIEST, too. Damn cadaver contest.

H/T Fox News and AP for the pic.

VDH on Obama-panic

On The Corner this afternoon, Victor Davis Hanson sums it up nicely:

When one adds up what Obama himself has said, what the Pelosi/Reid team have said, and what various cabinet members have voiced (farming doomed here in California?), either the USA is about ready to explode, or its leaders have become unhinged (emphasis mine).

As my cousins would say, "This guy is wicked smaaat." (Lame attempt at Massachusetts accent.)

H/T The Corner from National Review

Gibbs smackdown

I don't watch MSNBC, but I think we should make Jake Tapper an offer to move over to Fox. He should at least get a Bulldog Award. Man I like that guy's style.



This is a big-time slapdown. I've seen comments that folks think Gibbs isn't up to this job. I give him 30 more days, then he's done.

H/T The Corner

Verizon and Billing

Ever had a question about your Verizon bill? Don't ask their billing customer service. They flunked 2nd grade math.



This supervisor has worked for SWBell Mobile Systems, AT&T, T-mobile, Cingular and Sprint, because I've spoken to her at each of these companies.

H/T Moonbattery

Quit Picking on Pelosi (not)

She said "every month we do not have an economic recovery package, 500 million Americans lose their jobs". Yowzer...that's almost 2 Americas a month. (In case you didn't know it, there are about 330 million Americans, not counting illegals.)



But if we get rid of Nancy, just think how many plastic surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and hospitals will lose millions on her and be out of work. Check it out:



Just saying...

PS And THE BOSS says, "I think she's just a stupid bitch".
Kinda sums it all up.

Daschle's Done

When the New York Times says a liberal is cooked, I think you get out of the way and let the bird outta the oven.

When President Obama nominated former Senator Tom Daschle to be his secretary of health and human services, it seemed to be a good choice. Mr. Daschle, as the co-author of a book on health care reform, knew a lot about one of the president’s signature issues. As a former Senate majority leader, he also knew a lot about guiding controversial bills through Congress, where he remains liked and respected by former colleagues.

Unfortunately, new facts have come to light — involving his failure to pay substantial taxes that were owed and his sizable income from health-related companies while he worked in the private sector — that call into question his suitability for the job. We believe that Mr. Daschle ought to step aside and let the president choose a less-blemished successor.

No comment from me needed (snicker, snicker). Ok, one comment: I worked for a company that was based in SD, and it was amazing how many decent, hard-working folks liked this moron. He came to our company's office once and I'm glad I was out of town. Ok, one last comment: in that picture above, he's laughing because he knows he hasn't paid his taxes and you have.

H/T The Corner

UPDATE: Yep, see ya later, non-tax-payer.

Obama's Idiocy over Pay

I'm a commissioned salesman. Have been for 28 years. I make over half of my income from commissions. That means I get paid a nice salary, and when I sell a lot of software, I got paid a lot more money. The customer wins, my company wins, and I get to pay my mortgage and car payment. My email address is commissioncheck@gmail.com. I'm damn proud of being a sales professional (I'm in the software business).

Now Obama is screaming about bonuses on Wall Street. These guys got paid $18 billion in bonuses. Sure we bailed them out, and sure, on the surface, you want to say, "No way". But listen:

If you had a contract with your company for pay, and they said "Sorry, we're not going to live up to that contract because the government has bailed us out", you'd be pissed off. And you'd have the legal right to sue for that money. Most importantly, you'd quit that chickensh*t company and go find another job. So your company would be in a world of hurt, because all of their salesmen would quit. And the economy would get worse.

Said Obama about Wall Street leaders: "There will be time for them to make profits, and there will be time for them to get bonuses. Now is not that time."

Not the time to make profits? Not the time to get bonuses?

This is the single dumbest thing Obama has said so far.

If they don't like it, then Congress should have put better conditions on the bailout money. This one is squarely on the heads of the Congress. And, it pains me to say, on W, for signing the bailout.

We told you so. FUBO

H/T FoxNews

Way to go, Mr President

Here's what you may expect by closing GITMO, you f***ing moron.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483764,00.html

As President Obama pushes for the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison, the debate over where to house the terror detainees being held there is heating up.

An exclusive video of a former Gitmo detainee's martyrdom tape, obtained by FOX News, is a reminder of the concerns that terror suspects — who have been held but released from Guantanamo Bay — are increasingly returning to the fight against the United States and its allies.

Abdallah Ali al-Ajmi was transferred back to his home country of Kuwait after his release from Guantanamo in 2005. Last April he blew himself up in a homicide attack that killed 12 people in Mosul, Iraq.

Al-Ajmi, known in Guantanamo as Detainee 220, made his martyrdom tape before the attack.

"In the name of Allah, most compassionate, most merciful and prayers and peace be upon our Prophet," al-Ajmi says in the video. "I thank Allah, Lord of the Worlds, who freed me from Guantanamo prison and, after we were tortured, connected me with the Islamic State of Iraq [ISI]. And it is the gift of Allah to follow the path of this nation, the ISI."

In the video, translated by the NEFA Foundation, a non-profit that tracks terror groups, al-Ajmi mentions Guantanamo Bay right away. For many jihadists, having served time at Guantanamo is seen as a badge of honor.

Click here to visit the NEFA Foundation Web site.

Al-Ajmi's attack is one of the most well known and well documented cases of an ex-Gitmo detainee returning to the battlefield as a homicide bomber. His video renews concerns of many in the intelligence community of the potential consequences by releasing these prisoners.

Sixty-two detainees released from the U.S. Navy base prison in Cuba are believed to have rejoined the fight, said Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell, citing data from December. That's up from 37 as of March 2008, Morrell said.

The new figures come as President-elect Barack Obama issued an executive order last week to close the controversial prison. It's unlikely, however, that the Guantanamo detention facility will be closed anytime soon as Obama weighs what to do with the estimated 250 Al Qaeda, Taliban or other foreign fighter suspects still there.

On My Way to Wanna Be (H/T James Hooker)

If you aren't moved to tears by this...you ain't breathing.



God Bless W.



Also H/T BlackFive

Rush Limbaugh vs Obama

From THE BOSS:

You have got to be kidding me! (A threat from the President)

Obama Tells Republicans to Quit Listening to Limbaugh

President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill today that they need to quit listening to radio king Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with Democrats and the new administration.

"You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," he told top GOP leaders, whom he had invited to the White House to discuss his nearly $1 trillion stimulus package.

What nerve, what arrogance. Does he really think he can threaten the Republicans in Congress?

Last time I looked these elected officials are citizens of the United States of America and can listen to anyone they want on radio. Obama is acting like a school yard bully towards these officials. Is this his idea of how Republicans and Democrats should work together?

Is Obama so insecure that he has to use threats to manipulate Congress in order to get his way? Is he so unsure of his position he has to use tactics we have not seen since WWII in Germany?

Heil Hilter…ooppppss……Heil Obama

Racism Alive and Well in America

From The Boss:

NOTE:

· Racism - the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races

· Racism - discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race

Source: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

It is now January 22, 2009, two days after Obama took the oath which put him into the highest political position in this county.

If you have watched TV at all in the past two days you have seen the clips from some of the supporters of Obama. Jay Z and his rap song "My President is Black" is tantamount to racism.

This rapper was front and center during the inauguration as Obama took the oath. Has Obama given up one racist (Reverend Wright) for a younger, more visible racist who has the attention of every black young adult? Is this the music he lets his young daughters listen too? Are these the people who will be spending the night in the Lincoln bedroom?

What happened to Obama and his verbal spewing that we "all" have to get along and move this country forward?

If these are people he "hangs" with on the weekends then I say to you that the summer of 2009 will be a replay of the summer of 1968 that I saw in Detroit.

Let's not hurt their feelings

From The Boss:

Official: Guantanamo Detainee Was Tortured

Susan J. Crawford says the techniques used on a man allegedly planning to participate in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were "overly aggressive and too persistent".

What a crock of shit . Is this friggin' woman trying to get a job with the Obama administration?

"The techniques they used were all authorized, but the manner in which they applied them was overly aggressive and too persistent. . . . You think of torture, you think of some horrendous physical act done to an individual," she told the Post. "This was not any one particular act; this was just a combination of things that had a medical impact on him, that hurt his health. It was abusive and uncalled for."

Just because Ms. Crawford feels the use of these methods was over the top doesn't mean that this was wrong. This is her opinion and I bet NOT the opinion of those that lost loved ones on 9/11.

Honestly, I could care less what it took to get info from this less-than-human animal they have at Guantanamo. Hang him upside down by his toes, let the dogs lick him to death, blast Heavy Metal 24 -7. This piece of shit deserves no consideration at all.

We can only hope that the next time we are attacked Susan Crawford is front and center to see what this scum will do to innocent Americans. I hope she can sleep at night knowing she helped release another terrorist.

Change? Not so much...

H/T Our Country PAC

Sing Around the Campfire

I feel that I've gotten my tax money's worth with these shots.

H/T Moonbattery

PIZZA for the IDF

Great idea...send a pizza and sodas to the IDF troops as they kick some Hamas ass.

http://pizzaidf.org/

H/T Can't remember where I saw this, but I'll h/t as soon as I find it.

Barney Frank, Banking Queen

Barney Frank is the Chairfag of the House Financial Services Committee. He perpetrated the largest fraud ever on the American taxpayer...and he won't take responsibility for it.

And his bootie-bumper was a Fannie Mae employee.

Why do the voters return this moron to Congress?

Here's a great screen shot:



Watch the entire video below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCEF-dNdeXo

H/T Moonbattery

NYTimes and Norks

This is pretty good. The Times thinks the Norks should not have their fuel oil cut off.

If the shipments stop, North Korea would be within its rights to stop disabling its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon and resume producing plutonium for weapons.

And the Norks should test their first one on the NYTimes. Well, not in New York. Maybe at an off-site. In, like, Pyongyang.

Read all of the idiocy here.

H/T Weekly Standard

More Evidence that Rubble Doesn't Make Trouble

Your tax dollars at work.



If that's not a US-made JDAM, then it's an IDF version. And we send a bunch of money to Israel each year. Not a dollar of it is wasted. I wish our politicians would turn a few more of these loose on the Taliban.

H/T John Derbyshire over at The Corner

The Best Terrorist is a Dead Terrorist

Remember this video the next time someone complains about mistreatment in GITMO, or bitches about waterboarding. I don't see teenagers in this country driving their SUV's around with car bombs. 14 of those innocent kids walking along that wall were murdered.



Bastards.

Hug your kid tonight and say a prayer for the safety of our soldiers.

H/T CDR Salamander

One Democrat Has It RIGHT

Here's Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee:

Israel has a right, indeed a duty, to defend itself in response to the hundreds of rockets and mortars fired from Gaza over the past week. No government in the world would sit by and allow its citizens to be subjected to this kind of indiscriminate bombardment. The loss of innocent life is a terrible tragedy, and the blame for that tragedy lies with Hamas.

You're goddamn right it's Hamas' fault, and Israel should bomb 'em back to the stone age (not very far, to be sure).

You lob a rocket at my house, and if the police and US Army don't respond, I'd be kicking some politician's ass. And I'm sick and tired of seeing the wailing Palestinians. If they don't like it, they should have elected someone other than Hamas.

Rubble doesn't make trouble, as Derb said.

H/T Commentary, pictures from FoxNews.com

Union Work Rules -- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

I read a great article on Pajamas Media about the damage that union work rules are causing in Detroit. Rand Simberg is right in his article. These work rules are stifling productivity.

When I graduated from high school, the president of our local bank called me one day and asked if I had a job for the summer. Nope, said I. Mike then told me about the job that got him through college...working on a freight dock. He arranged for me to have an interview for a summer job as a "casual" -- union-speak for a temporary worker. I got the job and kept it for 4 years. That union money put me through college, along with Social Security Survivors Benefits. In 1976 I made $9.02 an hour (I still have the paystubs!). That was an enormous sum for an unskilled college kid. I got paid time-and-a-half for any day over 8 hours. Friday nights I would come on at 2pm and work until 1 or 2am. That's 8 hours at $9.02, and 4 hours at $13.53, so in one day I could make $125 or so.

Mr. Simberg's article reminds me of a confrontation I had once with the dock foreman. We had two of them. One was an old grizzled veteran, and the other a 25-year-old hard charger. I liked them both, for they made sure I got enough hours to pay for college.

One night the younger of the dock foremen came out to me on the dock and asked me to open a trailer's doors so that he could see if there was anything inside. We would always sweep out trailers before loading them (pretty good money for sweeping). I thought to myself, "WTF, why don't you open the damn doors yourself?". But I held my tongue and opened the trailer doors. Empty.

About a half-hour later, he came back out and took me to another trailer and told me to open it up so he could look. Again, I held my tongue, but I thought this guy was pretty damn lazy to make me walk all the way down the dock just to open a trailer that he could easily open.

A bit later, here he is again, asking me to open up a trailer. I knew him pretty well, and we were out of earshot of the other workers, so I said "F*** you, dock foreman, open the damn trailer yourself." Well, he kinda grinned at me and said, "You don't get it, do you? Since I'm a foreman, if I touch that trailer, I have to pay the union steward (usually the guy with the most seniority) a full day's pay, since that's a job you guys do. The union rules forbid me to touch it."

Well, since I was a snot-nosed college kid, what did I know? The light bulb came on for me, and I apologized immediately. From that day forward I never complained when asked to do a menial task that someone else could do. But I also formed a terrible opinion of the union on that day. Being introduced to work rules that are assinine will do that to you.

Don't get me wrong...union work rules started out as a way to make sure that the company didn't mess with your job. But they have become a way for the union to prevent the company from innovating.

By the time I was a senior in college I was making over $12 an hour. I thought this was an outrageous sum...until I got my tuition bill every fall. Then I was glad to have the job.

Work rules killed the freight business (my old company, Illinois-California Express, or ICX) is still around, but as a shell of its former self. They're killing the auto industry, too.

Obama: A Real Leader

The island of Oahu is without power because of a thunderstorm.
From Fox News:

Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann told KSSK radio that Obama is in one of the "most secure places, so he'll be OK." The mayor said he talked to Obama at 9:30 p.m., and that Obama said he was fine and planned to go to bed and sleep through the blackout, The Honolulu Advertiser reported on its Web site. (Emphasis mine.)

Ya gotcha a real leader there, America. If he had any real sense of service he'd volunteer during the blackout.
Oh, wait...blackout. That would be a racist term. Sorry (not).

Well, at least if he's asleep he can't do any real harm.

Moron.

Brit Hume (semi) retires

If you turn to your dictionary and look up "class act", there's a picture of Brit. Here's his goodbye.



I met Brit one evening at Dulles airport. He and I were on the same flight to Chicago, and I walked up and introduced myself to him, offering my hand and my thanks for his professionalism. We spoke for about an hour about current events (a little) and golf (a lot). I gave him my card and offered to host him on a round of golf either in Texas or Wisconsin.

If he is half as passionate about golf as he is as a newsman, he's gonna be a tough competitor on the links!

Fare well, friend. I watched you EVERY night these last 10 years. Walter Cronkite for the fair and balanced.

H/T Blackfive

Tax ROI by State

Sigh.

The John Locke Foundation is out with a table of the ROI (return on investment) of your tax dollars, listed by state. The states are graded based on the tax rate and overall state services returned to the taxpayer. The results are exhilarating or depressing, depending on whether you're from Texas or Wisconsin. (Hint: I'm from Texas, but pay taxes in Wisconsin, so don't know whether to sh** or go blind).

Let's see...Texas ranks 3rd...




Wisconsin ranks, well, er, last. That's 50th, in case you listen to the other moron, Barack Obama, and think there are 56 states.



No real surprise, given that our school tax dollars are going up in smoke. Can't we fire the morons, starting with the head moron, Russ Feingold?

Harrumph.

The Cowgirls

From The Boss:

The Cowboys

……………………………..what a bunch of girls !!!!!!!!!!.

Evil Forces at Work

From THE BOSS. She's pissed off...and says Sarah Palin should be a good role model for these punks in Congress (see previous post).



Evil Forces at Work

What happens to a person when elected to Congress? He (or she) arrives on the steps of the Capitol with the intentions of making changes that will improve the lives of those who elected him. He promises to be the new voice of the people; he promises to reduce spending, and he promises to make a difference.

After a few years, when the elected official is questioned about his promises, he dodges the questions. He's learned how to deliver an answer without really answering the question. When a news crew follows him through the halls of the Capitol building, he's always in a hurry to get to a meeting and does not have time to speak with anyone. He has forgotten where he came from.

I believe there is an Evil Force that hides in the nooks and crannies of the Capitol Building and only elected officials are affected by the Evil Force. This evil force slides along the hallway walls, moving from office to office like the plague. The Evil Force turns elected officials into greedy, selfish, self-centered zombies of the Evil Force.

It is no longer about those who elected him, it is all about him. The economy is slowing down, the stock market is dropping like a rock and thousands of people are losing their jobs, savings, and retirements.

The zombies of the Evil Force have voted themselves a raise.

They are calling it a "cost of living" raise that will increase the annual salary of zombies of the Evil Force by $3,400 to a total of $158,103 per year.

I ask you, how could a person in his right mind sit there and vote "Yea" on giving himself a raise? The Evil Force makes idiots out of what might otherwise be sane, normal people. I can think of no justification they could make that I would accept or believe. Their pictures should hang on a Wall of Shame in the halls of Congress.

And for the record, I say "throw the bastards out". -- Texan in Wisconsin

Cat Fight at the Puzzle Palace

OK, that's oversimplifying it a bit, but -- dayum.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ plan to deploy three additional combat brigades to Afghanistan by the summer has superseded a contentious debate that pitted the Bush administration’s “war czar” against the special operations hierarchy over a proposed near-term “surge” of spec ops forces to Afghanistan, a Pentagon military official said.

The National Security Council’s surge proposal, which grew out of its Afghan strategy review, recommended an increase of “about another battalion’s worth” of troops to the Combined and Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, or CJSOTF-A, said a field-grade Special Forces officer, who added that this would enlarge the task force by about a third.

Several sources said that the “SOF surge” proposal originated with Lt. Gen. Doug Lute, the so-called “war czar”...

...the proposal sparked a fierce high-level debate, with special operations officers charging that Lute and his colleagues were trying to micromanage the movement of individual Special Forces A-teams from inside the Beltway, and countercharges that Special Forces has strayed from its traditional mission of raising and training indigenous forces and become too focused on direct-action missions to kill or capture enemies. (Emphasis mine)

My buddy COB6 will tell ya that soldiers, especially SOF, are meant to be used to take it to the enemy -- quickly, violently, and overwhelmingly. His actual words about SOF are "with surgical, extreme violence". Let's quit arguing about the role, and start thinking about the GOAL.

Hey, there's a slogan in there.

IT'S NOT THE ROLE, IT'S THE GOAL.


H/T Small Wars Journal Blog

SEIU -- Bad-apple Union

The Governator has ordered budget cuts and layoffs in California in order to address a $42 billion budget deficit. Think of that number for a moment -- $42 billion. And that's just the deficit.

So Arnold is cutting budgets and proposing layoffs. He's also said he'll force all government employees to take 2 days per month off without pay until the budget turns around. But here's the thing. You'd think everyone would pitch in and try to help out. You know, to preserve jobs around the holiday time. But noooo. Here's the money quote from the SEIU:

Labor officials said they were considering filing a lawsuit to prevent job losses.

"We definitely think we have grounds for filing an unfair labor charge," said Jim Herron Zamora, a spokesman for the Service Employees International Union, Local 1000, the largest state employee union. "Our contract doesn't allow him to do this."

That's the same union that Blago was trying to extort money from.

Gee, take a 10% paycut or lose my job entirely -- which one do I chose?

How are those union dues working for ya?

No Handouts for Sarah

Why Sarah will win in 2012:


No hand-out by Sarah for mo money.

She's just turned down a payraise that was recommended by a commission she appointed. You don't think she's won points across the nation with this? Damn right.

Next stop: The White House, and she'll do it for 200 grand a year!

H/T Hot Air
Photo by Erik Hill / Anchorage Daily News

Success in Iraq

If you have any doubt that we've won, take a look at this.


Think back to when you were in grade school, and you went to the local Army Reserve weekend to meet -- SOLDIERS! YEA! Let's play ARMY!

You can see it in this kid's eyes...he is in awe, and he respects this soldier. BZ to our men and women in Iraq. Major Scott just returned from there last week. Welcome home.

H/T Blackfive. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Todd Frantom

OnStar and Bad Guys

There's a new technology that OnStar is going to roll out which allows the cops to ask OnStar to stop a fleeing vehicle. I heard the story on FoxNews this weekend while driving from Dallas to Wisconsin. Here's a link to the story on ABC News.

The gist of the story is that GM can program the computer in the car to respond to a request from OnStar to set the engine speed to idle, regardless of the inputs from inside the car. Pretty cool.

I like OnStar. I've used it to unlock the truck when I've locked the keys inside (yep, I did that once; no, twice). I even had a weird backfire on the Interstate in the middle of Nebraska once. I called OnStar and they downloaded the engine diagnostics and told me that it was no big deal.

In Dallas some years back, the Dallas PD started a program in which you put a sticker on your car, and that sticker allowed the cops to stop the car and search it if seen on the road between 1am and 5am. If you're a regular 9-5er, and you come home from the bars before closing time, it seems like a good idea to allow the cops to stop that guy that stole your car at 3am. I supported the program, and I think the OnStar feature is a good one...

except...


Hey, I've been in the computer business for 28 years. I've seen a lot of bad code, and a lot of hackers. I guarantee you that if OnStar turns this on, then the carjackers and the code hackers are going to get together and hack this system. I can see it now: You're out on a back road headed home one night, a car comes up behind you, you hit the gas, and...nothing. The bad guys have hacked OnStar and you're lucky to be walking home (if you're not shot). I think this is a bad idea...but that's not going to stop it. Besides, we need a good car chase now and then to distract us from bailouts, corrupt governors, and shoe-throwers.

You heard it here first...how long will it take the bad guys to hack OnStar? I give it 6 months.

An Equal Opportunity...for Santa Claus via NPR

From THE BOSS.

I cannot believe what I just heard on the radio. It is crap and I mean crap listening to them discuss Santa Claus on this NPR program.

It seems that some people have taken it upon themselves to create a program to endorse Santa Claus as black for black children. They are trying to get me to believe that without Santa Claus being black, these children are somehow deprived of the true meaning of Christmas and Santa Claus.

I can hear it now, “Judge, my client is not guilty of this armed robbery because he was denied his constitutional rights as a black child by the local mall not providing a black Santa for him to sit on his lap and express his wishes.”

Are we now to have a numerous lines at the malls for those wishing to see a black Santa Claus, Chinese Santa Claus, White Santa Claus, Hispanic Santa Claus? And hey, what about a Santa Claus for Gay and Lesbians? Why stop there?

To all the people reading this email, give me a break. Go to your local library, get on the internet and look up the cultural history of Santa Claus. Facts are facts, he was white.

I have one last question:

If your Santa Claus can be black, can my Martin Luther King be white?

NOW

From THE BOSS.

Now that we will have a black man as president in the White House, what are the chances that Affirmative Action will be removed and it constraints on businesses, colleges and universities be forever a thing of the past?

Barack Obama has proven that a minority can rise to the highest position in this country. This should prove to every black person, no matter what their means, that they too can succeed if they work at it.

They should no longer be allowed to enter our universities with lower scores just to fill an Affirmative Action quota. A black male should no longer have an advantage over black females and none of them should have an advantage over anyone else just because of the color of his skin.

Remember what the Declaration of Independence says ….”that all men are created equal.”

Second Thoughts

From THE BOSS.

Sitting on the couch these past two weeks, recovering from surgery, got me to thinking about Barack Obama.

After listening to hours of news on the bailout, discussions on Iran and Iraqi, pirates off the coast of Africa, recession, and the final episode of Boston Legal, I was wondering if Barack Obama is having second thoughts on winning the election. Does he ever sit there at night, alone in his bathroom and look at himself in the mirror and think, “what the F--- did I do, what the F--- did I get myself into?” (Hey, this is how they talk in Chicago and the governor’s mansion in Illinois).

Can you imagine what he thought after he got his first security briefing? I am sure he had to make a dash to the men’s room. Here is a guy who thought he was on top of the world by pushing Hillary aside for the Democratic nomination and then beating McCain. How he feels today must pale in comparison to what he felt the night he won the election. Even though he might like to run and hide and tell the American public, “I’ve changed my mind”, he is stuck for at least the next four years.

Most of the black community who voted for him are counting on him to make their house payments, help with gas for their cars and educate them for free. For them he is their savior. Like I said, he is stuck. He did it to himself and he has no one to blame but himself. I hope he has broad shoulders, is ready for many sleepless nights, and likes eating airplane food.

Godspeed Barack Obama.

RNC Ad about Blogo

Here's the new ad:



A lot of folks think the RNC is going to far, too fast. B.S. Blogo is going to take Obama down with him. At the very least, Rahm Emanuel is toast.

What? You don't think Blogo is going to sing? Just like Resko, Blogo is going to sing about the real estate deal that Obama got from Resko. Between Resko and Blogo, Obama is going down.

You heard it here first...

UPDATE: Round one, Emanuel and Blogo aides discussed Obama successor; FBI has it on tape.

Ditka for Governor!

Everyone's arguing about the "how": How do we pick the new Senator? Should we have a special election? Should the Lt Gov get the choice? How do we pay for it? I even saw one mention online of Mike Ditka running as a Republican for the seat. (My guess is -- he'd win!)

Let's go one better. Let's have Ditka run for Governor! He would do well to announce the following:

1. All conversations in the Governor's office would be recorded and streamed live on the internet. (Ok, maybe a 24-hour delay.)
2. The Gov's appointment calendar would be published on the web, live.
3. All of the Gov's emails would be published on the web, live.

I know, I know, there are times when the governor of any state needs to talk about classified matters. So he goes into a secure conference room...and that time shows up on the calendar as "classified".

The only way to restore confidence in this office is to be completely transparent...and this would do it.

I guarantee you that Ditka could do this and he'd win! Go Mike!

Just imagine how pissed-off Harry Reid and Dick-less Durbin would be!
It would be worth it just to see Reid's, Durbin's, and Pelosi's faces at the announcement.

Obama Reprises Clinton

I DID NOT HAVE CONTACT WITH THAT MAN, MR. BLAGO.



H/T Moonbattery

What the Auto Bailout Means to You

Can I at least get a new Suburban outta this deal?

Unions of Today a Far Cry...

From THE BOSS:

The unions of today are a far cry from what my grandfather and others fought for many years ago. I am sure my grandfather is turning in his grave at what the UAW has become and what it represents in the minds of most people.

I was born into a Union family in Detroit. My grandfather fought in the Battle of the Overpass. I listened to many stories from my grandmother about how grandpa would come home bruised and bloody on numerous occasions and how she would doctor his wounds and care for him, only to have him go right back to work and fight for the union again.

He fought to protect the workers' safety on the job and he fought for the rights of the workers to be financially taken care of if hurt on the job. He fought for what each one of us expect today from our employers; it wasn't always so.

There is a government agency called OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration) this agency was formed in 1970 as part of the Department of Labor. In 1970, the United States Congress passed the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act. As a result, OSHA was formed.

The Act required that "every employer under the Act furnish to his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees" (29 CFR 1903.1). This passage is commonly known as the General Duty Clause.

Prior to OSHA, it was the Unions that made the employers provide a safe workplace for the employees.

So where and when did the Unions go wrong? Who is at fault for the union mess we are in today? Where should I begin? It was not one person but one thing that cascaded into this dismal mess we see today: greed. Greed on the part of those that formed the administration of the union, those men that left the factory floor to run and manage the UAW. Could I name names? You bet; I knew them all. I am glad to say that my grandfather was not one of them. When given the opportunity to leave the factory assembly line and become part of management of the UAW my grandfather said "no", he wanted to stay in the factory as a UAW representative to make sure the employers followed through on their promises to the workers and to make sure the safety changes were made. He spent the rest of his life doing just that.

During these past weeks, it has pissed me off to no end to listen to Congress belittle and chastise the heads of the big three auto makers. Is there fault on their part for the financial mess they are in? The obvious answer is "yes" but to what degree?

Why isn't Congress bringing the UAW executives to the hill? Why are they not tearing them up and spitting them out like they did to the big three CEO's? There is enough blame to go around and in my mind the bulk of it belongs at the feet of the UAW. These men should be forced to resign their positions and the government should put a Union Czar in place just like the Car Czar who will oversee the big three.

Do I still believe that Unions are a good thing for the American work force? My answer is "yes"? I still believe in protection for the workers, and now with the government stepping in I believe it is more important. I can only hope that those at the helm of the UAW will go back to their roots and help lead the car companies out of this mess instead of creating more. This is no longer about them (UAW), it is about the survival of the American auto industry.

As I said at the beginning of this post, my grandfather is turning in his grave as to what has become a once highly respected part of the auto industry.

Pearl Harbor Day

Say a prayer for those who were lost on that fateful day.

Opie Never Grew Up

Ron Howard went on CSPAN and said this about his new film:

"Well, it’s a great drama. It doesn’t have a political axe to grind, and yet you know, it speaks to democracy, the media, the way it all works in the modern era. The only thing that’s kind of quaint about the story at all is the fact that, you know, uh, that the Nixon crimes pale by comparison, with uh, with uh, um, um, [picks up pen] you know, what we’ve been reading about and hearing about in the last few years. Uh, and yet, it also reminds us that abuse of power at any level cannot be accepted, and, so if there’s a political point to be made, you know, I’d say it’s nonpartisan, but that’s the point."

Opie, STFU, will ya? Bush can waterboard all he wants, and listen in on international phone calls, and he's broken no laws. You bumbled and stumbled through trying to say that he has committed crimes, yet you couldn't even bring yourself to say it directly when asked. That's because you know it's not true, you freaking moron.

Why don't you just make films and go smoke dope somewhere. Assclown.

BizJets and Bailouts

Many of you saw Rep. Brad Sherman ask the CEO's of the Big Three if they would sell their jets and fly home commercially. No takers.

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/media/play/wmv/6821/24169

I really would have liked one of the CEO's to have stood and said, "Rep Sherman, I'll make you a deal. If you'll give up using the government's fleet of private jets and fly commercial as you travel around the world on the taxpayer's dime, I'll give mine up, too. Except, you know, my jet is leased. Have you ever tried to break a car lease? Well, Gulfstream frowns upon my company breaking its lease on the jet, too. We don't own it -- we lease it."

None of these guys has the balls to say it. Too bad...I might even support giving them the money if they'd said it.

It's seems incredible that not one of the marketing folks at an automaker said, "What a great marketing opportunity. Let's put our CEO in the last row of coach on United or Delta, have him roll up his sleeves, and let's get a picture of him on the way to Washington." Would have won a Pulitzer.

As it is, screw em. Chapter 11 is designed for the problems GM, Ford, and Chrysler have.