Here ... Take This Fifteen Billion Dollars of Our Money and Enjoy The Holiday's

What's up with the current administration pushing to give the auto industry $15-Billion, with (although stated differently) almost no strings attached?

For openers, GM currently owes about $60-Billion to creditors. Next, GM has stated they are "burning through" about $2-Billion per WEEK! Although adamantly denied by the UAW (United Auto Workers union) many line workers reportedly are "earning" in the $50/hour range.

What will the $15-Billion gift to GM buy them? Not much, except the ability to pay workers through Christmas and maybe even until Obama takes office.

Does this make ANY sense? If you are the outgoing President, it does: Bush might be able to say that he did what GM asked for and GM did not go down the tubes during his watch. (But it most likely will during the Obama/Democrat watch, unless a massive influx of OUR DOLLARS bails out all the unimaginative, conniving management and unionized overpaid workers!)

I see the "logic" as this: We handed $350-Billion to the banks and they simply gobbled it up with little accountability. So, $15-Billion to the auto industry is simply "Chump Change" and will give the administration a Gold Star (Well, maybe a Silver Star) for "Doing The Right Thing."

Make sense?

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"Obama Said This ... Obama Said That ..."

It's time - actually well past time - to drop all the tiring "Obama said this ... Obama said that ... " rhetoric and useless emails.

It's no surprise to me that I'm still getting many emails pointing out real and phony, truthful and untruthful statements and actions concerning Barack Obama: That's all history now and has no useful purpose in resurrecting a broken government.

Now is the time to support our new President-elect. It's going to be a near super-human task for Obama to run this government, never mind all the usual and customary over-the-top promises he (and the other candidate) made. A right thinking individual, hopefully, never voted on the "pie-in-the-sky" talk. (I wish that were true, but I know far too many never saw through the wool.)

So, save the electrons and just delete all the "new discoveries (fill in the blank) regarding Obama."

Now IS the time to report on what the new President actually does and how those action relate to the betterment of our country. Some folks will agree with those actions ... and some will not. That IS what we should be discussing, not: "What Obama is trying to cover up."

Wish Obama Great Luck ... he's going to need all he can get.

Big Pink Elephant

Looks like there is a "Big Pink Elephant" right in the middle of the current Presidential "Debates and Dialogs" ... and no one wants to see it!

What ever happened to all the talk about illegal immigration, the rush across our southern border and all the associated problems? Has that problem gone away ... I don't think so!

Not a word about it!

Can it be that no candidate wants to "offend" a possible voter ... likely!

So here we have two potential US and world leaders babbling back and forth about nonsense items and promising the silly and impossible. All the while, the masses are streaming into our country, virtually at will.

This morning, I watched one of the few TV shows I like: "CBS News Sunday Morning." There was a very "interesting" segment on health care in the US and other countries. It raved over what a great medical system the French have. It seems in France, any legal French citizen can have care for free ... the government pays all the bills. (Note the word "legal!")

Near the end of the French Connection, it very quickly pointed out the the French system was running an annual deficit of over TEN BILLION US dollars and the "some changes were going to have to be made!" So much for the enviable French medical system.

In pointing out the financial problems with US health care and, in particular, US hospitals, it was NEVER mentioned EVEN ONCE that much of the problem was due to illegal aliens using our health care system for free. One doctor did, however, admit that people with health insurance "probably" were being charged more to offset those that didn't pay.

Great: Income Redistribution at work! (Like ... we need more of this?)

Maybe Obama Is Right

An Exercise in "Wealth Redistribution."

Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money." I laughed. Once in the restaurant my server had on a "Obama 08" tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference -- just imagine the coincidence.

When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need, like the homeless guy outside.

The server angrily stormed from my sight. I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the server inside as I've decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful.

At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though the actual recipient "deserved" money more. I guess distribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application.

Idea: Employers could announce the consideration of employee raises, then withhold those raises and give the proceeds to a worthy cause, preferably one involving non-workers ...

I think the jury is still out on Obama's plan. What say you?

Why This Election Is In Trouble

Depending on your viewpoint, this Howard Stern clip is either very funny or a sad commentary on how this election is going.

http://www.bpmdeejays.com/upload/hs_sal_in_Harlem_100108.mp3

(The above Howard Stern clip is "G Rated" ... suitable for even little children.")

As mentioned in an earlier post:

"Go Team!"

(Otherwise known as the "OJ Syndrome.")

Suggestion For Your Presidential Vote

Realistically, anyway you look at it you have your choice of two candidates for President.

We're all hoping that whom ever wins will make America a better place to live and conserve all the benefits we have fought for since 1776.

We know that America is under attack, either overtly or covertly. Many that wish us harm are always looking for a "Window of Opportunity" to inflict grievous damage upon our nation ... hopefully, in their minds, damage so sever that it would bring the nation down.

May I suggest this when deciding who you are going to vote for: Ask yourself this simple question:

"Who would the terrorists most like to be the next President?"

If you think the radically inclined mischievous makers would prefer McCain ... vote for Obama.

If you think the radically inclined mischievous makers would prefer Obama ... vote for McCain.

Whomever you vote for, don't put in office a person that will appease the terrorists!

For me, at least, the answer is clear: It's between a fighting military man or a soft and fuzzy orator.