Aug

5

Buy a Government Motors Car, Help Feed the Congressional Black Caucus

Filed Under Business, Politics | 4 Comments

The Obama administration isn’t peddling GM cars like peanut vendors at the ballpark just because they want to help get the economy back on its feet — there are Democrats to feed:
When General Motors went through bankruptcy last year, it suspended its political donations. Now that it’s owned by the U.S. government, it’s donating to [...]

Jul

23

Perfect Gift for the PETA Member in Your Life

Filed Under Business, PC | 4 Comments

Want to send a liberal into perma-shock? Invite him or her over for a drink (lie and say it’s for nonfat latte or cantaloupe juice or something), and then serve this stuff:
You’d expect a lot from a bottle of beer costing $765. What you get is 55 percent alcohol — and served in a squirrel. [...]

Jul

21

BP Making Friends Everywhere These Days

Filed Under Business, Environment, Nat'l Security, Politics | 1 Comment

An accident that polluted the Gulf of Mexico and possibly negotiating to speed up the release of the Lockerbie bomber in order to get oil contracts from Libya? The latter has yet to be proven, so we’ll see where it leads, but I can think of better years as far as public relations goes:
Senior American [...]

Jul

17

Normally People Like Some ‘Reform’ in Their Reform

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This morning I was watching some talking head on ABC’s Good Morning America wondering how Obama could have had “one of the best week’s in his presidency” with the passage of the Dodd-Frank “financial reform bill” and yet still have steadily declining approval ratings.
The answer to why Obama’s numbers are dropping in spite of him [...]

Jul

15

Disagreeing With Some of My Conservative Friends on the Timing of the Release of Bush’s Book

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This fall, just before the election, George W. Bush’s book, “Decision Points,” will be released (Amazon listing here).
The headline on Drudge implies this is bad timing for Republicans:

The prolific and always interesting conservative blogger Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit says the timing of the release is “giving the GOP the finger”:
Gift is right… And, right [...]

Jun

28

Smartass CEO of GE Collapses as Biden Speaks

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Joe Biden is in Kentucky continuing his “Summer Recovery 2010″ tour (aka “Scams Across America”), and Pluggers was speaking at GE’s Appliance Park about the stimulus boondoggle, when Jim Campbell, smartass CEO of GE Appliances and Lighting, collapsed.
Fortunately it sounds like Campbell’s going to be okay and it was just a heat-related incident, but unfortunately [...]

Jun

25

Hang in There, Gulf Coast Residents — The IRS is Coming to the Rescue!

Filed Under Business, Environment, Politics | 9 Comments

There have been complaints about a lack of “coordinated reponse” to the Gulf oil spill, but rest assured, the IRS response will be very coordinated:
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Internal Revenue Service wants its cut from oil spill victims who receive BP payments for lost wages.
The agency says that under current law, BP payments for lost [...]

Jun

23

The Obama Administration Lied, the Drilling Moratorium Died

Filed Under Business, Environment, Law, Politics | 4 Comments

If the Obama administration does in fact believe that deep water drilling should not continue at all until more is learned about the BP accident, with a federal judge overturning Obama’s across-the-board drilling moratorium, the administration became victims of their own addiction to misrepresentation, lies and fraud:
A federal judge in New Orleans halted President Obama’s [...]

Jun

16

Stretch Pelosi Reminds Everyone Oil Spill is Fault of Bush and the Republican Congress

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On her website, the illustrious Big Gavel commented on last night’s President Obama speech on the oil spill.
How long have the Democrats controlled Congress, anyway? Just wondering:
“The disastrous BP oil spill is a harsh reminder of the price we are now paying for the Bush Administration and Republican Congress placing the employees of Big Oil [...]

Jun

14

No Pleasing Some People: John Kerry on a Quest to Make Hybrid and Electric Cars Noisier

Filed Under Business, Politics | 11 Comments

With the oil spill continuing, economy struggling, the national debt setting a new record every day and terror attacks being continually plotted, it’s nice to know that Senator Kerry has had enough:

The story:
Kerry is pushing a proposal aimed at helping protect blind pedestrians who rely on their hearing to safely cross streets.
The proposal would authorize [...]

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