GM and Segway unveil new two-wheeled urban vehicle
With all the doom and gloom it's nice to see some relatively good news as well. This little vehicle, if not taxed to death, might just be the answer for guys like me. It will be too expensive I'm sure, but it should if it catches on, usher in more short range inexpensive vehicles. In my opinion a variety of these vehicles should be in use. Something cheap enough for the working poor to afford to drive as a family car, Still convenient enough for the middle class to buy as a second car. Yeah if you are driving to grandma's in the next city you might need the big sedan, but to run the kids to school or take yourself to work at the government complex, A small lightweight e car is ideal.
The lack of safety equipment keeps the bike as a reasonable alternative transportation vehicle, it could be the same with use of the navigation system they are proposing. We shall see how they bastardize this one.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Who is going to blink...and a dog named Sophie
- New GM Boss Softens Opposition to Bankruptcy
They in effect fired the GM CEO and now the new guy says. "Okay I'm not afraid of bankruptcy. If you don't play ball with me, I'll put the company into bankruptcy." If the government wanted that, we could have saved a few billion by not doing the bailout at all. Those bailouts lay right at this new administration's feet. It isn't going to look too cool for the administration if even after the bailout billions the company goes under. It's going to look bad to those unions, who have bet their existence on this administration.
So who do you think will blink. I expect the new plan will be just wonderful, even if it's the same one the last guy had. The last one was a roman firing. You know throw them to the lions to appease the masses kind of thing.
This ceo is has played the B card back at them. So let's see who blinks.
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Less I be accused of only bad news like the hacks, let me pay tribute to a dog named Sophie Tucker. She got washed overboard on a sailboat. She swam five of those silly nautical miles, then managed to survive on a deserted island for four months before the rangers account of a last dog made it to the papers. The owner happened to read that account and contacted the rangers. Yep it was the right dog no doubt about it.
So my hat is off to you Sophie. You survived some really bad shit without a bailout. Good girl
They in effect fired the GM CEO and now the new guy says. "Okay I'm not afraid of bankruptcy. If you don't play ball with me, I'll put the company into bankruptcy." If the government wanted that, we could have saved a few billion by not doing the bailout at all. Those bailouts lay right at this new administration's feet. It isn't going to look too cool for the administration if even after the bailout billions the company goes under. It's going to look bad to those unions, who have bet their existence on this administration.
So who do you think will blink. I expect the new plan will be just wonderful, even if it's the same one the last guy had. The last one was a roman firing. You know throw them to the lions to appease the masses kind of thing.
This ceo is has played the B card back at them. So let's see who blinks.
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Less I be accused of only bad news like the hacks, let me pay tribute to a dog named Sophie Tucker. She got washed overboard on a sailboat. She swam five of those silly nautical miles, then managed to survive on a deserted island for four months before the rangers account of a last dog made it to the papers. The owner happened to read that account and contacted the rangers. Yep it was the right dog no doubt about it.
So my hat is off to you Sophie. You survived some really bad shit without a bailout. Good girl
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Double dose of BS
1. NKorea launches rocket, defying world pressure
2. Analysis: Obama no-nukes pledge is not so far-fetched
Am I the only one who sees how crazy this is. Is this guy serious he wants us to go into a gun fight with the likes of North Korea armed with swords. Lets get rid of all out nukes and HOPE the petty dictators of this world will do the same. Have all of our leaders gone mad.
We allowed the NK to fire their missile, who everyone knows had nothing to do with peaceful space exploration. I can't imagine any other ruler in the whole world with the ability to stop that, allowing it to happen. This guy better grow some balls or he will have a tragedy on his hands pretty darn quick.
This was the ultimate test of star wars technology. We pretty much knew where the damn thing was going. It was as close to a sitting duck as we could ever have had.
I could have envisioned an oops scenario. One where a sailor pushed the button accidentally. We can't prove they were testing a ballistic missile and they couldn't prove that it wasn't an accident. Sure the world would know, so what they know that NK tested a missile to drop on LA. We are the only ones who would allow a dress rehearsal for mass murder to happen. Welcome to the world of no balls Obama.
They want to kid themselves that they are fighting the just war in Afghanistan BS. It is no more just than Iraq. They are tying down the Taliban and other militants there just as Bush did in Iraq. When the number of deaths go up, and they will as all the resources of the bad guys switch there, then the pressure to get out will fall on Obama. It's going to be interesting except for the loss of life that it will bring about.
Well this one the democrats called just when it was the second front. Now that it is the only front, we will have to remind them of their support for this one. Let's see how many run away from it when the weather changes and the bad guys crawl out of the mountains.
2. Analysis: Obama no-nukes pledge is not so far-fetched
Am I the only one who sees how crazy this is. Is this guy serious he wants us to go into a gun fight with the likes of North Korea armed with swords. Lets get rid of all out nukes and HOPE the petty dictators of this world will do the same. Have all of our leaders gone mad.
We allowed the NK to fire their missile, who everyone knows had nothing to do with peaceful space exploration. I can't imagine any other ruler in the whole world with the ability to stop that, allowing it to happen. This guy better grow some balls or he will have a tragedy on his hands pretty darn quick.
This was the ultimate test of star wars technology. We pretty much knew where the damn thing was going. It was as close to a sitting duck as we could ever have had.
I could have envisioned an oops scenario. One where a sailor pushed the button accidentally. We can't prove they were testing a ballistic missile and they couldn't prove that it wasn't an accident. Sure the world would know, so what they know that NK tested a missile to drop on LA. We are the only ones who would allow a dress rehearsal for mass murder to happen. Welcome to the world of no balls Obama.
They want to kid themselves that they are fighting the just war in Afghanistan BS. It is no more just than Iraq. They are tying down the Taliban and other militants there just as Bush did in Iraq. When the number of deaths go up, and they will as all the resources of the bad guys switch there, then the pressure to get out will fall on Obama. It's going to be interesting except for the loss of life that it will bring about.
Well this one the democrats called just when it was the second front. Now that it is the only front, we will have to remind them of their support for this one. Let's see how many run away from it when the weather changes and the bad guys crawl out of the mountains.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Just to damn late.
This guy in New York (BINGHAMTON) goes in and kills 13 then himself. My question is why not change the order. Kill himself first, then if he is still pissed kill the others. As usual there is some other sicko out there who watched the news coverage and thought, wow look at all the attention this guy got. They are listening to him now.
I say that because last week it was a mass killing near my home town. Sometimes 24hour news channels are not such a good thing after all. I know you can't sensor the news, but somethings are just better off as a note on page twenty. Where there as many mass killing back in the day, I don't remember them, but then I'm no sicko and don't feed on those who are.
I say that because last week it was a mass killing near my home town. Sometimes 24hour news channels are not such a good thing after all. I know you can't sensor the news, but somethings are just better off as a note on page twenty. Where there as many mass killing back in the day, I don't remember them, but then I'm no sicko and don't feed on those who are.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Talk about your political posturing
France has agreed to accept one prisoner from Gitmo, if Obama closes the facility. Isn't that special.
Well, lets see what happens when one of those poor innocent detainees, arranges a Martyr bombing in an outdoor cafe in France.
Some of those guys will be right back building bombs. Ones for other people to carry into crowded places. I guess we will have to get the guy on the TV show numbers to figure the recidivism rate for former Gitmo cons.
Well it should be interesting these next few years if nothing else. I wonder how the world will react when one of those guys we had in Gitmo kills a hundred of their wealthy tourists. Will they somehow manage to blame George Bush. Yeah they probably will. My guess is they will say. "Why he was just a poor shopkeeper before the US picked him up, water boarded him, and flushed his Koran down the toilet."
one more thing....ATLANTA - Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government study has found.
I suppose they will have to label formula regular and high test now...
Yeah right,
Well, lets see what happens when one of those poor innocent detainees, arranges a Martyr bombing in an outdoor cafe in France.
Some of those guys will be right back building bombs. Ones for other people to carry into crowded places. I guess we will have to get the guy on the TV show numbers to figure the recidivism rate for former Gitmo cons.
Well it should be interesting these next few years if nothing else. I wonder how the world will react when one of those guys we had in Gitmo kills a hundred of their wealthy tourists. Will they somehow manage to blame George Bush. Yeah they probably will. My guess is they will say. "Why he was just a poor shopkeeper before the US picked him up, water boarded him, and flushed his Koran down the toilet."
one more thing....ATLANTA - Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government study has found.
I suppose they will have to label formula regular and high test now...
Yeah right,
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Why bother?
From Yahoo news:
The U.S. could seek action in the U.N. Security Council -- a move that China may not block -- if North Korea launches a rocket, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
I still don't know why we bother with this kind of thing. I know Bush did it and every other president does it but why the hell do we bother. Maybe someone here can think of a case where UN action short of a military strike actually accomplished something. The only case I can think of might be those real radicals in South Africa. Otherwise it's all just talk.
I suppose the hope is that if we can make the people of the country so miserable they will rise up and take over. The problem with that is only the military have guns, and they are not afraid to use them on their own people. So what we are really asking is "How much do we have to starve you before you will commit suicide."
When that missile hits international waters shoot the son of a bitch down and be done with it. With our current leaders the odds of that are about the same as the North Koreans pounding their missiles into plow sheers because they hear our new president give a speech.
When the first NK nuke goes off on US soil, someone might take them seriously. Oh they won't get it here themselves on a missile. When one goes off you can bet there will be a bunch of new spending in NK though. They will build another nuke to sell to some other crazies. They sell that stupid short range rocket of theirs to the highest bidder, regardless of the UN Sanctions. That's what you do when the UN sanctions you, you just ignore it.
Pakistan supplies the know how and NK builds the nuke for the bad guys. When that happens who do we retaliate against. The people of Pakistan will not have been the ones who attacked us. The peasants of NK will not have been the ones who built the nuke. So what exactly do we do. Nukes are terror weapons pure and simple. So who are we willing to terrorize these days.
I lay this problem at the doorstep of at least all the last half dozen presidents. You can hate Any of them you like but they all share the blame. None of them could create the popular revolution. They could not simply because you can not have a truly successful unarmed uprising. Change from within NK was a pipe dream. It was an easy way of pushing the problem onto someone else.
A Nuclear armed Taliban type government in Pakistan is a very real possibility. A nuclear armed Iran is also a possibility as well. Those are in addition to a nuclear NK. With our humanitarian ideals who will we retaliate against if it happens. With no credible threat of retaliation where is the deterrence.
Will the cold war strategy, the threat of total annihilation stop any of these countries from giving a nuke to terrorists. Why would it, none of the current leaders are willing to say the same things to these thugs that Ronald Regan said on the radio. Sure it was a joke said into an open mike by accident. "Bad news the Russians launched a nuclear strike, go news the Soviet Union no longer exists," Guess what it doesn't...
It's time somebody had the balls to explain to NK and Iran, yes even to Pakistan. exactly what will happen if they hand one of these bombs to terrorists. Also explain that it will not be delivered by the UN. There will be no debate and no one is going to bother worrying about who their friends are either. It should be someone they will believe. Nobody would believe a Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton or our current president because they all believe you can stop bullets with words and plastic bedpans.
I told my daughter once, I would like for you to obey me because you love and respect me. If you can't do that then you better obey me because you fear me. Either way the result has to be the same. You are going to obey me. Okay maybe that did not make for a great short term relationship, but it did get her into adult life safely.
The U.S. could seek action in the U.N. Security Council -- a move that China may not block -- if North Korea launches a rocket, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
I still don't know why we bother with this kind of thing. I know Bush did it and every other president does it but why the hell do we bother. Maybe someone here can think of a case where UN action short of a military strike actually accomplished something. The only case I can think of might be those real radicals in South Africa. Otherwise it's all just talk.
I suppose the hope is that if we can make the people of the country so miserable they will rise up and take over. The problem with that is only the military have guns, and they are not afraid to use them on their own people. So what we are really asking is "How much do we have to starve you before you will commit suicide."
When that missile hits international waters shoot the son of a bitch down and be done with it. With our current leaders the odds of that are about the same as the North Koreans pounding their missiles into plow sheers because they hear our new president give a speech.
When the first NK nuke goes off on US soil, someone might take them seriously. Oh they won't get it here themselves on a missile. When one goes off you can bet there will be a bunch of new spending in NK though. They will build another nuke to sell to some other crazies. They sell that stupid short range rocket of theirs to the highest bidder, regardless of the UN Sanctions. That's what you do when the UN sanctions you, you just ignore it.
Pakistan supplies the know how and NK builds the nuke for the bad guys. When that happens who do we retaliate against. The people of Pakistan will not have been the ones who attacked us. The peasants of NK will not have been the ones who built the nuke. So what exactly do we do. Nukes are terror weapons pure and simple. So who are we willing to terrorize these days.
I lay this problem at the doorstep of at least all the last half dozen presidents. You can hate Any of them you like but they all share the blame. None of them could create the popular revolution. They could not simply because you can not have a truly successful unarmed uprising. Change from within NK was a pipe dream. It was an easy way of pushing the problem onto someone else.
A Nuclear armed Taliban type government in Pakistan is a very real possibility. A nuclear armed Iran is also a possibility as well. Those are in addition to a nuclear NK. With our humanitarian ideals who will we retaliate against if it happens. With no credible threat of retaliation where is the deterrence.
Will the cold war strategy, the threat of total annihilation stop any of these countries from giving a nuke to terrorists. Why would it, none of the current leaders are willing to say the same things to these thugs that Ronald Regan said on the radio. Sure it was a joke said into an open mike by accident. "Bad news the Russians launched a nuclear strike, go news the Soviet Union no longer exists," Guess what it doesn't...
It's time somebody had the balls to explain to NK and Iran, yes even to Pakistan. exactly what will happen if they hand one of these bombs to terrorists. Also explain that it will not be delivered by the UN. There will be no debate and no one is going to bother worrying about who their friends are either. It should be someone they will believe. Nobody would believe a Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton or our current president because they all believe you can stop bullets with words and plastic bedpans.
I told my daughter once, I would like for you to obey me because you love and respect me. If you can't do that then you better obey me because you fear me. Either way the result has to be the same. You are going to obey me. Okay maybe that did not make for a great short term relationship, but it did get her into adult life safely.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Cap and trade fairytales
The fairytale is that somehow the 'cap and trade tax' on carbon based fuels will not cost the individual any thing. All that money is going back into lowering the utility bills of consumers. This one ranks right up there with the tooth fairy. Actually it's more like the troll from under the bridge.
If the purpose of the cap and trade tax is to cut the use of the carbon fuels in the short run, while newer fuels are being developed, then it will have no effect at all unless it decreases the demand for those fuels.
To decrease the demand, you raise the price of the item higher than it would be raised by inflation alone. Simply put, when a higher percentage of one's income is spent on carbon fuel based energy then demand will fall. To drop demand the price, relative to a person's income, must go up. In other words taxing the producer, then using the money to reduce the retail price of the product to the consumer, would have a zero net effect. To get any effect at all, the government has to allow the price of energy products to rise significantly.
That my friend is the heat for your home and the gas for your car. Cap and trade will have a negative effect on the consumer and the economy. That is just a fact. One that no one seems to be very upset about. I don't care whose idea this is, it is going to hit people like me very hard. I live in a relatively mild weather state. Those of you farther north are going to really pay.
Yes it will have an effect on the carbon emissions output, but only because it takes less gas to cremate an old guy like me than it does to keep him warm. That is if you take into consideration all those additional years he might have lived without the cap and trade tax.
It's going to effect a lot more than just keeping warm. It is going to add to inflation in general. Every product period is to see a price increase. From the bread we eat to the clothes we wear. Manufacturers will pass their increased cost in utilities and transportation right along to us.
Welcome to Jimmy Carter II the second story.
If the purpose of the cap and trade tax is to cut the use of the carbon fuels in the short run, while newer fuels are being developed, then it will have no effect at all unless it decreases the demand for those fuels.
To decrease the demand, you raise the price of the item higher than it would be raised by inflation alone. Simply put, when a higher percentage of one's income is spent on carbon fuel based energy then demand will fall. To drop demand the price, relative to a person's income, must go up. In other words taxing the producer, then using the money to reduce the retail price of the product to the consumer, would have a zero net effect. To get any effect at all, the government has to allow the price of energy products to rise significantly.
That my friend is the heat for your home and the gas for your car. Cap and trade will have a negative effect on the consumer and the economy. That is just a fact. One that no one seems to be very upset about. I don't care whose idea this is, it is going to hit people like me very hard. I live in a relatively mild weather state. Those of you farther north are going to really pay.
Yes it will have an effect on the carbon emissions output, but only because it takes less gas to cremate an old guy like me than it does to keep him warm. That is if you take into consideration all those additional years he might have lived without the cap and trade tax.
It's going to effect a lot more than just keeping warm. It is going to add to inflation in general. Every product period is to see a price increase. From the bread we eat to the clothes we wear. Manufacturers will pass their increased cost in utilities and transportation right along to us.
Welcome to Jimmy Carter II the second story.
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