North Korea, GM and Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi has to be the luckiest politician in America. Through the end of last week, it finally looked like she was going to have to come up with some evidence that the CIA actually lied to her during an Oversight Committee briefing.

Then along came North Korea launching short range nuclear missiles, which seemed to catch everyone by surprise. Then they launched a couple more and then to everyone's great surprise they launched number five and six. This got all of us wondering if we are indeed as protected as we think we are, especially on the heels of learning we cut the budget on our missile defense this year. Maybe the high speed train for Mr Reid will help save us.

Then final word came down that GM was indeed headed to bankruptcy and the anger started to manifest, did the UAW get a sweet heart deal? Well of course they did, same as AIG. Line the coffers of the next President and these are the rewards. By this time Nancy's "That's all I am going to say," had all but been forgotten. The US taxpayer is now putting a "total" of $50 billion into GM knowing full well we will never see it paid back. Unlike the financial institutions who have hundreds of billions in revenue, GM just can't and won't make that kind of money. Obeys and his team are betting on green cars the likes of which, even Toyota has not been able to make a profit on.

So here we are today with Nancy Polos, third in line to the President still with no accountability and the purse strings to all our tax dollars. But this is why we love America.

Pelosi, GM, and Gitmo

What a week it has been for out President and his administration. For the first time on television, we got to see the Speaker of the House push aside the President at a news conference. Nancy Pelosi continues to assert herself in the new Democratically control congress and in Washington DC in general. It's not surprising that the CIA would have purposely mislead her about the waterboarding" at Gitmo. Considering she is the best representative California has to offer and the leader of the House, it is little wonder California is practically insolvent and our Congress is so out of control.
Speaking of Gitmo. It was good to see President Obama abandon his campaign promise and actually have trials for the detainees. Normally we would be chiding the President for again going back on his word, but considering this makes us safer we will applaud him.
We do find it amazing that Nancy Pelosi continues to deny knowing about water boarding and it's use as an interrogation technique. Apparently she has been away for awhile, as most people we have spoken to were pretty sure the technique was being used, as they saw it on television and read about it in the papers. It's not like you can keep a secret with our American media.
Lastly we just wanted to congratulate the administration for the fantastic job they have done with the auto industry. It's obvious why Ford is avoiding the government like the plague, everything they touch goes under; AIG, Fanny May, Freddie Mac, Chrysler and GM to name just a few. The Banks would have to is it were not for the strong leadership at the helm of Goldman, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo.
Government Health Care anyone?

The first 100 days

We are approaching the all important 100 day mark in the Obama administration. Many in the media will be trumpeting "accomplishments," but we thought it would be important to recap what has happened.
The President has imposed his will on the struggling auto industry, attaching specifications for energy efficiency, forcing them to make cars that are impossible to profit from. At the same time he globe trots around the world, ironically burning 9000 gallons of fuel on Earth Day.
5uring a ten day visit to Europe he unsuccessfully negotiated for more help in Afghanistan, but made he everyone knew that they were all still friends. He did manage a first, as he bowed to a foreign dignitary and then came back to the Western Hemisphere and treated Hugo Chavez as a long lost pal and allowed himself to be used as a propaganda tool.
He has had numerous appointees be disgraced by their inability to pay taxes accurately, but that was OK as they are not " Rich," thus their wealth doesn't need to be redistributed.
A budget was passed, after being scoured by VP Joe Biden for pork and earmarks, and still waste is abundant. Think about it, someone who uses 9000 gallons of fuel on Earth Day, probably isn't really able to assess waste.
Chris Dodd and President Obama have done a nice job of protecting AIG, which makes sense as they are the two biggest recipients of AIG political contributions.
The good news is with Nancy Pelosi, as she again has shown her inability to understand basis english as she states she was unaware of the torture techniques she was told point bland about. As one of the most outspoken member of Congress, it is hard to believe that if she thought these techniques were wrong, that she wouldn't be out there on the pulpit tearing down President Bush. Maybe she just needed President Obama what to think, now that's a scary thought.

Tea Parties

Yesterday's Tea Parties around the country was very encouraging to see. To have so many people rise up on tax day and say to the administration, "not in America," gave confidence and a sense of belonging to all of us who believe there is no room for socialism in our country. To know that there is still a voice for all of us who do wake up each morning and go to work, making our own living, paying for our own food, health insurance, house, etc.
Lately, if you were to listen to Nancy Pelosi, you would believe success should be punished and the right thing to do is to punish us with more taxes, so those who don't work and live off the government should have a higher standard of living.
President Obama wants to take away the health insurance I receive, which is top notch, and replace it with a universal system that would provide my children less coverage and a greater chance of ill health.
To listen to out administration, "audacity of hope" really means, "let's all stop striving for success and love mediocrity." Or, we could do something that makes sense and rise up, be heard and make sure we don't allow the administration to sociali2 our great Country.