Labels: It's obviously all our fault, the world was great before USA

Labels: national politics are a joke

Did I actually hear Obama use the phrase "They're gonna hafta" today while referring to the onus of self governance being placed upon the Iraqi people?

Out with the old brain surgeon, in with the new brain surgeon....I guess.

I was not too worried about Obama getting elected because he could make pretty (yet completely meaningless) speeches and could keep the nation's morons pacified (because everybody knows the secret to winning elections is simply to master the art of converting the "brain dead" into the "brainwashed"). However, now he's trying to "do things."

I wish someone (ahem, RINO morons)....and I mean ANYONE (AHEM....RINO MORONS...) would rise to the challenge and kick this administration directly in the proverbial "stones." They sure as hell deserve it.

Labels: legislative bed-shitting, Obamanation, President Obamanation

A Montana cowboy was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Serengetti sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy, 'If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, Will you give me a calf?' The cowboy looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, 'Sure, why not?' The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, Connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA Page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation System to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany . Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel Spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response. Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and says, 'You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves.' 'That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves,' says the Cowboy. He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on amused as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car. Then the cowboy says to the young man, 'Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?' The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, 'Okay, why not?' You're a Congressman for the U.S. Government', says the cowboy. 'Wow! That's correct,' says the yuppie, 'but how did you guess that?' 'No guessing was required.' answered the cowboy. 'You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about cows...this is a herd of sheep. Now give me back my dog.

Labels: congress, legislative bed-shitting

http://www.foxbusiness.com/video-search/m/21910345/non-profit-pickets-for-foreclosure-victims.htm#q=OR+ACORN+OR+%22Association+of+Community+Organizations+for+Reform+Now%22


Absolutely astounding. Our tax dollars originally funded ACORN to literally EXTORT banks into giving poor people, with poor credit histories, low cost (to them) loans to buy homes they couldn't afford. Sweet.

Now that the circle is complete, and the homes that everyone knew would go sideways, do in fact go sideways, who is the champion of the non-foreclosure cause? Why, it's your taxpayer funded friends again at ACORN leading the charge to let these people stay in their homes that they couldn't afford to begin with, much less afford them now.

Welcome to 2009 and The New New Deal. You are no longer responsible for a fucking thing.
The Federal Government and it's Leaders have said so, therefore, it is so.

I'll be honest, I couldn't make it through the entire interview. I would never have believed such a person or such an organization could garner so much support in a country like this.

We are sooooo farked.

Labels: freeloading, moneygrubbing, stealing, sucking off the dole

My guess is they won’t have to file for bankruptcy. Odds are much better they’ll continue to receive gobs of dough from congress which in turn will be mandating what cars they build, where they build them, and who builds them (UAW, duh).
This a democrat congress dream come true, they have the big three (at least Chrysler & GM) by the balls and they will not squander the opportunity to get the cars built THEY know are best for us, and you can bet your ass they’ll still be built by UAW workers, and they will NOT be making any concessions, as they won’t need to, we’ll be subsidizing their wages just a little more directly is all.
What we’ll end up with is a “nationalized” or “subsidized” auto company with subsidized well paid UAW members making little teeny Pelosimobiles. So if you want to buy what you actually like or need in the near future, you’ll need to look to Toyota, BMW, Hyundai, etc. for a good product. (kinda reminds me of the 70’s)
When you need a new car, you’ll get a goverment owned (and taxpayer subsidized) bank loan, on a government manufactured car, and odds are good you’ll insure it with a government owned insurance policy (AIG or similar). While you’re there at the dealership, chances are the F&I guy will be able to access your health records electronically as well.
It’s a damn shame, GM is finally building a real quality product, world class in fact, in my opinion, and the US Congress is gonna turn it back into turd motors. Swell.
Now, that’s not exactly change you can believe in, but it IS change you better get used to.

It sure as hell ain't stimilus. Just billions of dollars thrown down a fricking rat hole for absolutely no reason whatsoever, other than to move us one step closer to socialism. What a fricking shame. Why rely on history when you can rely on fear. Hope-n-Change my ass.




The history of anti-recession efforts is that they are almost always initiated too late to do any good. This chart, based on recession timelines from the National Bureau of Economic Research, shows the enactment of stimulus plans is a fairly accurate indicator that we have hit the bottom of the business cycle, meaning the economy will improve even if the government does nothing.



Courtesy of Reason:

http://www.reason.com/blog/show/131636.html

Labels: The Religion of Peace

Don't watch this if you are faint of heart.

For what it's worth, I hear it's a religion of peace.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gWf_l4N9m0&eurl=&feature=player_embedded

Hope, Change, Gee....I wonder how this will all work out. I know, if we have a "dialogue" with them they won't kill innocent children (of their own village no less), or raise their anger toward us. Rest easy, it's new era.

Labels: Xmas

Labels: cars and companies we can all do without, UAW

I ran across this analogy on a Town Hall Blog, and I just had to pass it on as I found it to be priceless!

A Modern Parable: Ford vs. Toyota
A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (Ford Motors) decided to have a canoe race on a river. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.

On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.

The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action.

Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 7 people steering and 2 people rowing.

Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion.They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 2 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager.They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 2 people rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the 'Rowing Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, dinners and free pens for the rowers. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses. The pension program was trimmed to 'equal the competition' and some of the resultant savings were channeled into morale-boosting programs and teamwork posters.The next year the Japanese won by two miles.Humiliated, the American management laid off one rower, halted development of a new canoe, sold all the paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses. The next year, try as he might, the lone designated rower was unable to even finish the race (having no paddles,) so he was laid off for unacceptable performance, all canoe equipment was sold and the next year's racing team was out-sourced to India.Sadly, the End.Here's something else to think about: Ford has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the US, claiming they can't make money paying American wages.TOYOTA has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the US. The last quarter's results:TOYOTA makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in losses.Ford folks are still scratching their heads, and collecting bonuses...

DOES'NT GET MUCH SIMPLER THAN THAT, NOW DOES IT??
H/T to impact at Town Hall.

http://impact.blogtownhall.com/

Labels: funny shite, true shite

As most readers of this blog know, I am dead set against any bailouts, for ANY industry, period. There comes a time when you (as an industry) must bite the bullet and move on. Bankruptcy is a viable and sensible solution designed specifically for situations just like these.

The problem with GM, Ford and Chrysler is no longer an inferior product, that particular problem has pretty much been solved. The problems they face now are two-fold.

Firstly, the legacy, retirement, and UAW costs are untenable and cannot be sustained any longer. It's simple math, if you have a Malibu sitting next to a Camry and the Malibu costs $3000 more to produce than what it sells for, and the Camry costs $3000 LESS to produce than it sells for it shouldn't take long to figure out who's going down the tubes first.

Secondly, just like the Fannie & Freddie housing industry, and the "no payments for 2 years" retail industry, and of course the car industry, we have relied on a completely "made up" market. Years and years of "no money down, we'll finance the tax, no payments til spring, bad credit no credit no problem" has finally caught up with all of us. GMAC and all the rest will still loan you money for a new car, it's just that now, you have to be credit worthy. Good Lord, FMCC put more deadbeats on the road with Red Carpet Leases than anybody. If you were breathin' you were drivin'! Even though loss ratios climbed, the new car sales made up for it, but everybody knew it couldn't last forever.

Most of us in the car biz 15 to 20 years ago knew 17 million new cars & trucks sold per year was unsustainable forever. We were just robbing sales from the next month or the next year with goofy incentives and marginal credit customers.

What is kind of funny to watch now, is dealerships scrambling to change their advertising campaigns from attracting credit criminals they can hose, to attracting good old regular people with money and good credit. That and retraining their sales people to stop selling "payments" and start selling cars again. Credit is not, was not, and will not be frozen for people with good credit, that is bullshit, ask a banker.

It's not very often I get to say "I Told You So" on such a grand scale.

UPDATE!!! STATS OF THE DAY ADDED!!
December 10, 2008 Stat of the Day
In 2007, Toyota sold 9.37 million vehicles.

In 2007, General Motors sold 9.37 million vehicles.

In 2007, Toyota made $17.1 billion.

In 2007, General Motors lost $38.7 billion.

H/T Courtesy of Crossing Wall Street
http://www.crossingwallstreet.com/archives/2008/12/stat_of_the_day_1.html

I have always been perfectly straight with my kids regarding the exact nature of "the Santa Claus." More specifically, I've always emphasized to them that Santa is a load of BS.

Every child in my son's preschool class apparently believes in the complete and utter real-ness of Santa, so now my son is emphatically arguing the merits of the falsehood to me.

Yes, you read that right. I've always been perfectly honest with my kids, and they don't believe me. How am I supposed to feel confident about the "Hey, Whitney, here's why you shouldn't be a teenage slut...." or "hey, Alexander....it's probably best to steer clear of drugs..." conversations if they think I'm full of shit about such a frivolous topic?

Faaaaahk.

Labels: Axl, bad ideas, Santa is fake, War on Drugs

Labels: we are some stoopid mother fuckers ain't we??