Buh bye latino boy

Obama and his administration need to officially and immediately say goodbye to one Gov. Bill Richardson.

Richardson is now embroiled in a growing scandal where he's being accused of "Pay to Play" dealings with state contracts and contributions to his campaign. Perhaps, the whiff of this caught Obama, and this is why Richardson was snubbed for both the VP slot and the Secretary of State position, and only given the silly Commerce Secretary position. Then again, I have to think Obama should have/would have been smart enough to offer Richardson nothing but a rubber duckie if they had such a whiff of impropriety.

No matter, Richardson needs to go, and he needs to go now. No matter his guilt or innocence, this situation stinks to high heaven.

With the Illinois scandal just starting to get behind them, Obama and his team do not need another problem clogging up political capital and eating up news cycles of bad stories.

Dump Richardson and dump him immediately.

Auto-Bailout Redux

As I listen to the chatter on both sides of this argument, the UAW vs the Management Teams, I find it increasingly difficult to believe ANY of them.

As I listen to each pundit or even serious news-person state the so-called "facts," I am finding it hard to believe ANY of them.

One group says the Union wage is $28 per hour, some say mid-teens. Does this factor in health care? Some say the Union has made concession after concession, including agreeing to wage freezes (no standard 3% pay-raise yearly). Some call the union greedy for not willing to give up their big fat wages and retirement packages.

Some say the foreign automakers actually make more money per hour than Union earners. Some say the earn far less and are doing just fine.

Some say the foreign automakers are getting help from their home countries during this tough time (apparently Volkswagen is getting financial help from Germany), AND they were given large incentives to bring their plants to the state they chose ($500 million payments) without ever needing to pay those back or even pay taxes on them.

There are so many number, so many people trying to spin this thing, it's difficult to believe who is really telling any truth here. However, it does seem clear that the Union management fucked the automakers, but the CEOs and Management of the big 3, REALLY fucked themselves.

Not just by letting the Union get over on them, but by purposefully lobbying Congress and stalling, fighting ANY attempt to improve cars fuel-efficiency and also by building shitty cars.

And even NOW they're doing it. GM has just announced they are delaying their Volt engine factory building project which would build engines for an electric car. HOW DOES THIS HELP?!?!?!

Again, the Management showing that THEY JUST DON'T GET IT!

While I don't think an electric car is a feasible alternative in the long run (how many rolling blackouts are there every summer in LA and then there was that big shut down in NYC during one summer because people use A/C too much???)...this just sends the wrong message.

This shows that the government should take over the Big 3 and literally force the CEOs to stay on for 10 years at the rate of $100,000.00 per year.

Been meaning to make this point

For approx. the past week or so, basically ever since this Gov. Blagojevich scandal broke, I have had one consistent, clear thought and I haven't found to write the sucker down because it's so simple, so pure, and soooo correct.

Doesn't this Gov. Blagojevich thing make going after and taking down a Governor who was fucking an escort seem REALLY pathetic, and petty?

The sexual puritanism of this country ceases to amaze me, yet I am never disappointed because I don't expect any better of the knuckleheads that abound.

Two final notes: 1. Blagojevich in my view is legally free to do as he will with that Senate seat. He earned that right by being elected, and the Democratic party in Illinois really should be careful about getting too all high and mighty about this. And this Illinois Supreme Court challenge to Blagojevich is a joke...a total joke. The man may be a crook of epic proportions, but he was elected into that office and until he resigns or is replaced via an election...he can do whatever the rights as Governor he has earned allow him to do. Even if that means appointing himself to the Senate, or Kermit the Frog.

2. The LGBT community in California should be ashamed of themselves by letting Proposition 8 even get on the ballot, much less not fighting hard enough to stop it's passage. You were asleep at the wheel and you deserve this punishment. Let this be a lesson, never fall asleep on the job of fighting for a minorities rights!

Scandal simmers

According to the great site by Nate Silver, Obama's favorability rating hasn't been hurt by the Gov. Blagojevich scandal...yet.

I think Obama is in the clear, but if he continues to play word games much like Bill Clinton did during Monica-gate, he'll find himself in deep trouble.

It seems clear SOMEONE on his staff contacted Blagojevich and had talks with him about the seat. My guess it was either Alexrod, or Rahm Emanuel who took over Blagojevich's seat in the House when he became Governor.

It is also clear that Jesse Jackson Jr. is fucked, and he either fucked himself or his dad did it to him.

In any case, this all stinks. And it annoys me that yet again, there's a Democrat getting into the White House and not having shit following him into the office. Let's hope this isn't a Clinton-Whitewater redux that goes on for years on end slowly eroding any effectiveness Obama can have and assassinating his approval rating.

Thank You Captain Obvious!!

Dubya today, "I think I was unprepared for war," Bush told ABC News' Charlie Gibson in an interview airing today on "World News."

"In other words, I didn't campaign and say, 'Please vote for me, I'll be able to handle an attack,'" he said. "In other words, I didn't anticipate war. Presidents -- one of the things about the modern presidency is that the unexpected will happen."

Bold emphasis added, and thus my comment: THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IS ALL ABOUT YOU NUMBSKULL. Your the "Commander in Chief"...hint...hint...

Geeeee....really???!!! And here I though it went SO well.

Another stunning revelation from the orifice...errr....oracle.