{Who snipped this from YouTube}
Not to say that I think the auto companies have been doing the right thing all these years; but again, who would suffer the most if the big three went down the drain - CEOs? Executives? The Boardmembers? No, it would be the working folk on the line.
And note - when the Fox anchor says he wasn't asking about health care but pay cuts, the hourly figure he quotes includes such things as health care and pension. Ask any part-time WalMart worker if they'd like health care and a pension.
I'd certainly vote for this guy if he were running for mayor of Seattle.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Quote from Frank Rich
From today's New York Times:
The piece is nice in pointing out the delusional quality of far-right Republican thinking. And Michael Steele's comment is about as stupid as they get.
But the mention of Michael Steele also brings back memories of the 2004 Republican Convention, and this stirring minority report, if you will, by Stephen Colbert:
So when Steele says stupid things as quoted above, I cannot help but hear Colbert say, "The L G of M, Jon!" "It's crab, Jon! Crab! In cake form. Does that mean anything to you?"
Wishing you all a night of deliciousness,
Your Humble Correspondent.
Not all Republicans are so clueless, whether in Congress or beyond. Charlie Crist, the moderate Florida governor who appeared with the president in his Fort Myers, Fla., town-hall meeting last week, has Obama-like approval ratings in the 70s. Naturally, the party’s hard-liners in Washington loathe him. Their idea of a good public face for the G.O.P. is a sound-bite dispenser like the new chairman, Michael Steele, a former Maryland lieutenant governor. Steele’s argument against the stimulus package is that “in the history of mankind” no “federal, state or local” government has ever “created one job.” As it happens, among the millions of jobs created by the government are the federal investigators now pursuing Steele for alleged financial improprieties in his failed 2006 Senate campaign.
The piece is nice in pointing out the delusional quality of far-right Republican thinking. And Michael Steele's comment is about as stupid as they get.
But the mention of Michael Steele also brings back memories of the 2004 Republican Convention, and this stirring minority report, if you will, by Stephen Colbert:
So when Steele says stupid things as quoted above, I cannot help but hear Colbert say, "The L G of M, Jon!" "It's crab, Jon! Crab! In cake form. Does that mean anything to you?"
Wishing you all a night of deliciousness,
Your Humble Correspondent.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Ben & Jerry's Bush Regime Ice Cream Flavors
The email I received this in said that it was a contest held by Ben and Jerry's; I have no idea if it's true. Wherever these came from, I think they're pretty funny (my favorites are asterisked):
Grape Depression*
Abu Grape
Cluster Fudge*
Nut'n Accomplished
Iraqi Road
Chock 'n Awe
WireTapioca*
Impeach Cobbler
Guantanmallow
imPeachmint
Good Riddance You Lousy Motherfucker... Swirl
Heck of a Job, Brownie!*
Neocon Politan
RockyRoad to Fascism
The Reese's-cession
Cookie D'oh!
The Housing Crunch
Nougalar Proliferation
Death by Chocolate... and Torture
Credit Crunch
Country Pumpkin
Chunky Monkey in Chief
George Bush Doesn't Care About Dark Chocolate
WM Delicious
Chocolate Chimp
Bloody Sundae
Caramel Preemptive Stripe
I broke the law and am responsible for the deaths of thousands...with nuts
Friday, February 13, 2009
Third Blog Opens to Absolutely No Fanfare At All
Greetings!
I have a knitting blog; I've blogged about other things there on occasion, but it seems sort of rude to do that to someone who goes there for the infrequent knitting posts.
I have an unemployment blog; my occasional posts are generally for former coworkers who miss the weird stories I made up at work to keep myself entertained.
But there are other things I wish to write about from time to time that don't fit under 'knitting' or 'things most people who actually know me would be interested in'. Odd remarks on, or the occasional full review, of books I've read. Rantings about political crap. Simspons quotes. Long passages of purple prose about my true love for Distiller's Edition 17 year old Lagavulin double-matured single malt scotch.
So I'll be fixing up this blog along the way, adding gadgets, links, and odds and ends of writings.
There will be links to my other blogs, and if you just can't get enough of me, you can subscribe to all three. Woo hoo.
I have a knitting blog; I've blogged about other things there on occasion, but it seems sort of rude to do that to someone who goes there for the infrequent knitting posts.
I have an unemployment blog; my occasional posts are generally for former coworkers who miss the weird stories I made up at work to keep myself entertained.
But there are other things I wish to write about from time to time that don't fit under 'knitting' or 'things most people who actually know me would be interested in'. Odd remarks on, or the occasional full review, of books I've read. Rantings about political crap. Simspons quotes. Long passages of purple prose about my true love for Distiller's Edition 17 year old Lagavulin double-matured single malt scotch.
So I'll be fixing up this blog along the way, adding gadgets, links, and odds and ends of writings.
There will be links to my other blogs, and if you just can't get enough of me, you can subscribe to all three. Woo hoo.
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