According to Fox News this morning, UAW workers are paid 3 times the rate of other blue collars jobs. No wonder the 'Big 3' automakers in the U.S. can't compete in the marketplace. The unions have practically negotiated their way right out of busines in the U.S.
According to some, the UAW workers are paid about $70 per hour, which equals $140,000 per year. I'm sorry, but that is an insane amount of money for blue collar work, where the vast major of the workers do not have any advance education/college degrees.
I heard that Toyota sold the same amount of vehicles as the each of the 'Big 3', but for some reason they are turning a profit. What gives?!
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-162094
Friday, December 12, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Hillary's constitutional battle
Oooo...I'd love for Hillary to 'crap-out' on this one. Read on...
"The biggest obstacle facing Hillary Clinton's Senate confirmation as President-elect Barack Obama's top diplomat may not be her husband's wheeling and dealing abroad for his foundation, as many suspected. Instead, it could be the U.S. Constitution.
According to an emolument clause in the Constitution, no lawmaker can be appointed to any civil position that was created or received a wage increase during the lawmaker's time in office.
President Bush ordered Cabinet salaries raised to $191,300 from $186,600 by executive order early this year, while Clinton was senator."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/03/clintons-confirmation-spark-constitutional-battle/
"The biggest obstacle facing Hillary Clinton's Senate confirmation as President-elect Barack Obama's top diplomat may not be her husband's wheeling and dealing abroad for his foundation, as many suspected. Instead, it could be the U.S. Constitution.
According to an emolument clause in the Constitution, no lawmaker can be appointed to any civil position that was created or received a wage increase during the lawmaker's time in office.
President Bush ordered Cabinet salaries raised to $191,300 from $186,600 by executive order early this year, while Clinton was senator."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/03/clintons-confirmation-spark-constitutional-battle/
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Al Franken is a moron...
Geez. Did you seen the photo of one of the ballots Al Franken is disputing and wants tossed from the election? Give me a break! It is so visibly obvious that whomever cast this ballot, intended to vote for Norm Coleman. Al Franken should be embarrassed by type of 'win at all costs' tactic.
Seriously, Al Franken's severe liberal-left agenda/mentality really makes the other democrats seem almost moderate by comparison. The irrational 'venom' he spews will have nothing more than a polarizing effect on the senate. Definitely not what the nation needs.
I fear, Al Franken will hold on much longer than even Al Gore did in the 2000 election....Hopefully his patience will 'Crap-Out'.
Seriously, Al Franken's severe liberal-left agenda/mentality really makes the other democrats seem almost moderate by comparison. The irrational 'venom' he spews will have nothing more than a polarizing effect on the senate. Definitely not what the nation needs.
I fear, Al Franken will hold on much longer than even Al Gore did in the 2000 election....Hopefully his patience will 'Crap-Out'.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Global Warming - BUNK
10 Nov 2008:
Global warming sceptics are pointing to recent record cold temperatures in parts of North America and Asia and the return of Arctic Sea ice to suggest fears about climate change may be overblown.
According to the US National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), the average temperature of the global land surface in January 2008 was below the 20th century mean (-0.02°F/-0.01°C) for the first time since 1982.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3326813/Global-warming-sceptics-buoyed-by-record-cold.html
Global warming sceptics are pointing to recent record cold temperatures in parts of North America and Asia and the return of Arctic Sea ice to suggest fears about climate change may be overblown.
According to the US National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), the average temperature of the global land surface in January 2008 was below the 20th century mean (-0.02°F/-0.01°C) for the first time since 1982.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3326813/Global-warming-sceptics-buoyed-by-record-cold.html
Obama - Ayers - Kennedy connections
It's amazing to me, that few media, and even less voters, paid much attention to the seemingly close relationship Obama has had with William "Bill" Ayers - an admitted domestic terrorist. (insert Ayer's book cover of him standing on the American flag.)
How can Caroline Kennedy support and serve on Obama's cabinet selection committee, when Obama worked with Ayers, Obama held political fundraisers in Ayer's living room, AND Ayer's dedicated his 1975 book "Prairie Fires" to Sirhan Sirhan, who murdered her uncle, Robert F. Kennedy, in 1968.
Ayer's 'resume':
7 October 1969 – Bombing of Haymarket Police Statue in Chicago, apparently as a “kickoff” for the “Days of Rage” riots in the city October 8–11, 1969. The Weathermen later claim credit for the bombing in their book, “Prairie Fire.”
8 October-11, 1969 – The “Days of Rage” riots occur in Chicago in which 287 Weatherman members from throughout the country were arrested and a large amount of property damage was done.
6 December 1969 – Bombing of several Chicago Police cars parked in a precinct parking lot at 3600 North Halsted Street, Chicago. The WUO stated in their book “Prairie Fire” that they had did the explosion.
27 December-31, 1969 – Weathermen hold a “War Council” meeting in Flint, MI, where they finalize their plans to submerge into an underground status from which they plan to commit strategic acts of sabotage against the government. Thereafter they are called the “Weather Underground Organization” (WUO).
13 February 1970 – Bombing of several police vehicles of the Berkeley, California, Police Department .
16 February 1970 – Bombing of Golden Gate Park branch of the San Francisco Police Department, killing one officer and injuring a number of other policemen.
6 March 1970 – Bombing in the 13th Police District of the Detroit, Michigan. 34 sticks of dynamite are discovered. During February and early March, 1970, members of the WUO, led by Bill Ayers, are reported to be in Detroit, during that period, for the purpose of bombing a police facility.
6 March 1970 – “bomb factory” located in New York’s Greenwich Village accidentally explodes. WUO members Theodore die in t. The bomb was intended to be planted at a non-commissioned officer’s dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey. The bomb was packed with nails TO INFILICT MAXIMUM CASUALTIES UPON DETONATION.
30 March 1970 – Chicago Police discover a WUO “bomb factory” on Chicago’s north side. A subsequent discovery of a WUO “weapons cache” in a south side Chicago apartment several days later ends WUO activity in the city.
10 May 1970 – Bombing of The National Guard Association building in Washington, D.C..
21 May 1970 – The WUO under Bernardine Dohrn’s name releases its “Declaration of a State of War” communique.
6 June 1970 – The WUO sends a letter claiming credit for bombing of the San Francisco Hall of Justice; however, no explosion actually took place. Months later, workmen in this building located an unexploded device which had apparently been dormant for some time.
9 June 1970 – Bombing of The New York City Police Headquarters .
27 July 1970 – Bombing of The Presidio army base in San Francisco. [NYT, 7/27/70]
12 September 1970 – The WUO helps Dr. Timothy Leary, break out and escape from the California Men’s Colony prison.
8 October 1970 – Bombing of Marin County courthouse. [NYT, 8/10/70]
10 October 1970 – Bombing of Queens traffic-court building . [NYT, 10/10/70, p. 12]
14 October 1970 – Bombing of The Harvard Center for International Affairs [NYT, 10/14/70, p. 30]
1 March 1971 – Bombing of The United States Capitol . ” [NYT, 3/2/71]
April, 1971 – abandoned WUO “bomb factory” discovered in San Francisco, California.
29 August, 1971 – Bombing of the Office of California Prisons . [LAT, 8/29/71]
17 September 1971 – Bombing of The New York Department of Corrections in Albany, NY [NYT, 9/18/71]
15 October 1971 – Bombing of William Bundy’s office in the MIT research center. [NYT, 10/16/71]
19 May 1972 – Bombing of The Pentagon . [NYT, 5/19/72]
18 May 1973 – Bombing of the 103rd Police Precinct in New York
28 September 1973 – Bombing of ITT headquarters in New York and Rome, Italy . [NYT, 9/28/73]
6 March 1974 – Bombing of the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare offices in San Francisco
31 May 1974 – Bombing of The Office of the California Attorney General.
17 June 1974 – Bombing of Gulf Oil’s Pittsburgh headquarters .
11 September 1974 – Bombing of Anaconda Corporation (part of the Rockefeller Corporation).
29 January 1975 – Bombing of the State Department in (AP. “State Department Rattled by Blast,” The Daily Times-News, January 29 1975, p.1)
16 June 1975 – Bombing of Banco de Ponce (a Puerto Rican bank) in New York .
September, 1975 – Bombing of the Kennecott Corporation .
October 20, 1981 – Brinks robbery in which several members of the Weather Underground stole over $1 million from a Brinks armored car near Nyack, New York. The robbers murdered 2 police officers and 1 Brinks guard. Several others were wounded.1981 “Guilty as hel*. Free as a bird. America is a great country,” Ayers said when interviewed by David Horowitz.September 11, 2001 “I don’t regret setting bombs. I feel we didn’t do enough.” Ayers is quoted in NYT article
Source: http://www.cdobs.com/archive/blogs/bill-ayers-resume,1011/
How can Caroline Kennedy support and serve on Obama's cabinet selection committee, when Obama worked with Ayers, Obama held political fundraisers in Ayer's living room, AND Ayer's dedicated his 1975 book "Prairie Fires" to Sirhan Sirhan, who murdered her uncle, Robert F. Kennedy, in 1968.
Ayer's 'resume':
7 October 1969 – Bombing of Haymarket Police Statue in Chicago, apparently as a “kickoff” for the “Days of Rage” riots in the city October 8–11, 1969. The Weathermen later claim credit for the bombing in their book, “Prairie Fire.”
8 October-11, 1969 – The “Days of Rage” riots occur in Chicago in which 287 Weatherman members from throughout the country were arrested and a large amount of property damage was done.
6 December 1969 – Bombing of several Chicago Police cars parked in a precinct parking lot at 3600 North Halsted Street, Chicago. The WUO stated in their book “Prairie Fire” that they had did the explosion.
27 December-31, 1969 – Weathermen hold a “War Council” meeting in Flint, MI, where they finalize their plans to submerge into an underground status from which they plan to commit strategic acts of sabotage against the government. Thereafter they are called the “Weather Underground Organization” (WUO).
13 February 1970 – Bombing of several police vehicles of the Berkeley, California, Police Department .
16 February 1970 – Bombing of Golden Gate Park branch of the San Francisco Police Department, killing one officer and injuring a number of other policemen.
6 March 1970 – Bombing in the 13th Police District of the Detroit, Michigan. 34 sticks of dynamite are discovered. During February and early March, 1970, members of the WUO, led by Bill Ayers, are reported to be in Detroit, during that period, for the purpose of bombing a police facility.
6 March 1970 – “bomb factory” located in New York’s Greenwich Village accidentally explodes. WUO members Theodore die in t. The bomb was intended to be planted at a non-commissioned officer’s dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey. The bomb was packed with nails TO INFILICT MAXIMUM CASUALTIES UPON DETONATION.
30 March 1970 – Chicago Police discover a WUO “bomb factory” on Chicago’s north side. A subsequent discovery of a WUO “weapons cache” in a south side Chicago apartment several days later ends WUO activity in the city.
10 May 1970 – Bombing of The National Guard Association building in Washington, D.C..
21 May 1970 – The WUO under Bernardine Dohrn’s name releases its “Declaration of a State of War” communique.
6 June 1970 – The WUO sends a letter claiming credit for bombing of the San Francisco Hall of Justice; however, no explosion actually took place. Months later, workmen in this building located an unexploded device which had apparently been dormant for some time.
9 June 1970 – Bombing of The New York City Police Headquarters .
27 July 1970 – Bombing of The Presidio army base in San Francisco. [NYT, 7/27/70]
12 September 1970 – The WUO helps Dr. Timothy Leary, break out and escape from the California Men’s Colony prison.
8 October 1970 – Bombing of Marin County courthouse. [NYT, 8/10/70]
10 October 1970 – Bombing of Queens traffic-court building . [NYT, 10/10/70, p. 12]
14 October 1970 – Bombing of The Harvard Center for International Affairs [NYT, 10/14/70, p. 30]
1 March 1971 – Bombing of The United States Capitol . ” [NYT, 3/2/71]
April, 1971 – abandoned WUO “bomb factory” discovered in San Francisco, California.
29 August, 1971 – Bombing of the Office of California Prisons . [LAT, 8/29/71]
17 September 1971 – Bombing of The New York Department of Corrections in Albany, NY [NYT, 9/18/71]
15 October 1971 – Bombing of William Bundy’s office in the MIT research center. [NYT, 10/16/71]
19 May 1972 – Bombing of The Pentagon . [NYT, 5/19/72]
18 May 1973 – Bombing of the 103rd Police Precinct in New York
28 September 1973 – Bombing of ITT headquarters in New York and Rome, Italy . [NYT, 9/28/73]
6 March 1974 – Bombing of the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare offices in San Francisco
31 May 1974 – Bombing of The Office of the California Attorney General.
17 June 1974 – Bombing of Gulf Oil’s Pittsburgh headquarters .
11 September 1974 – Bombing of Anaconda Corporation (part of the Rockefeller Corporation).
29 January 1975 – Bombing of the State Department in (AP. “State Department Rattled by Blast,” The Daily Times-News, January 29 1975, p.1)
16 June 1975 – Bombing of Banco de Ponce (a Puerto Rican bank) in New York .
September, 1975 – Bombing of the Kennecott Corporation .
October 20, 1981 – Brinks robbery in which several members of the Weather Underground stole over $1 million from a Brinks armored car near Nyack, New York. The robbers murdered 2 police officers and 1 Brinks guard. Several others were wounded.1981 “Guilty as hel*. Free as a bird. America is a great country,” Ayers said when interviewed by David Horowitz.September 11, 2001 “I don’t regret setting bombs. I feel we didn’t do enough.” Ayers is quoted in NYT article
Source: http://www.cdobs.com/archive/blogs/bill-ayers-resume,1011/
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
How Obama Got Elected .com
This says it all…The ignorance is shocking.
These 12 morons really crapped-out!
http://howobamagotelected.com/
Like driving, voting is a privilege. (Felons may not vote.)
And, also like driving, there should be competency exams prior to being allowed to vote.
Everyone does NOT have the right to an opinion.
Everyone has the right to an INFORMED opinion.
Voting from the vantage point of ignorance and/or stupidity, is worse than not voting at all.
I anxiously await the completion of that documentary.
These 12 morons really crapped-out!
http://howobamagotelected.com/
Like driving, voting is a privilege. (Felons may not vote.)
And, also like driving, there should be competency exams prior to being allowed to vote.
Everyone does NOT have the right to an opinion.
Everyone has the right to an INFORMED opinion.
Voting from the vantage point of ignorance and/or stupidity, is worse than not voting at all.
I anxiously await the completion of that documentary.
Friday, November 14, 2008
What Global Warming??!!
I heard yesterday on the national news that a western bay in Greenland finally froze-over for the first time in over a decade.
Gee, where is Al Gore? Let's get real...Global Warming is more about hype, myth, pop culture, and tree-hugging cache', than about real science. The mass public has totally bought into it, simply because liberal actors and rock stars contantly hype it, most of whom are high school drop-outs. Nothing but psuedo-science crap comes out of their mouths.
I've read that all too many actual climatologists, who have real Phd's from respected universities, completely disagree with Al Gore's so-called 'science' regarding climate change. (I'll 'hunt-down' these links and articles at a later date, and post them here.) The only 'inconvenient truth' is that Al Gore is a huckster.
1. There is no real proof yet that actual global warming is taking place.
2. If global warming is taking place, there is no real proof yet that it is man-caused...More likely, it is nothing more than the natural warming and cooling trends that have been going-on for billions of years. Remember, correlation does not equal causation.
If you want to see a few hysterically funny videoclips about how much crap global warming and the "green" movement is, and how it is more about selling "green" products and services, than actually trying to save the planet, than click these links. I laughed so hard, my eyes were tearing-up. What a bunch of crazies!
"Bullsh*t" (Parts 1 thru 4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAu68OsFggw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5weG9IllCpo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ictpPrle3EQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWt2Rir8OQk&feature=related
Later on...
Gee, where is Al Gore? Let's get real...Global Warming is more about hype, myth, pop culture, and tree-hugging cache', than about real science. The mass public has totally bought into it, simply because liberal actors and rock stars contantly hype it, most of whom are high school drop-outs. Nothing but psuedo-science crap comes out of their mouths.
I've read that all too many actual climatologists, who have real Phd's from respected universities, completely disagree with Al Gore's so-called 'science' regarding climate change. (I'll 'hunt-down' these links and articles at a later date, and post them here.) The only 'inconvenient truth' is that Al Gore is a huckster.
1. There is no real proof yet that actual global warming is taking place.
2. If global warming is taking place, there is no real proof yet that it is man-caused...More likely, it is nothing more than the natural warming and cooling trends that have been going-on for billions of years. Remember, correlation does not equal causation.
If you want to see a few hysterically funny videoclips about how much crap global warming and the "green" movement is, and how it is more about selling "green" products and services, than actually trying to save the planet, than click these links. I laughed so hard, my eyes were tearing-up. What a bunch of crazies!
"Bullsh*t" (Parts 1 thru 4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAu68OsFggw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5weG9IllCpo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ictpPrle3EQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWt2Rir8OQk&feature=related
Later on...
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The liberal-left has Crapped Out!
Enough of the liberal-left wing, 'left coast', not to mention the 'left' north east...They have all mentally and logically Crapped-Out! Basically, anyone who voted for Obama.
Obama - a truely unremarkable man, who, prior to the election last week, had accomplished little to nothing, except rampant self-promotion, pure ambition, and with no executive experience. A man who shamelessly dared to start his presidential campaign within months of being elected to the US Senate.
I laughed every time Obama, Biden, and their supporters, claimed that Palin was not experienced enough to be president...Huh?! Last time I heard, she wasn't running for President; McCain was. And, if McCain happened to take a 'dirt nap' while in office, at least she would have had some first-hand experience prior to becoming president, while functioning as the VP. What makes this all so painfully illogical is that Palin still has much more executive and more total years of political experience than Obama, by far, and he was running for the 'top job'. Hello?! How sad that he won by pandering to the ignorance and greed of the leftist masses.
Let's be honest here...Were it not for the financial crisis, 'sparked' by the sub-prime mortgages, that were initiated by the Clinton administration, as yet another form of welfare, Obama would not have been elected. The timing of this financial 'meltdown' felt like an "October surprise". The ignorant masses voted for Obama for only a few reasons: His race - "to make history", for change, and greed/redistribution of wealth, etc. "Change"? - not all change is good...Can you say, "Carter-era". It took only 4 years for the American voters to head back to the Republicans for 12 more years, after 8 years prior to Carter. It was painful to hear voters, who were either going to vote for Obama, or already did, who could not state one position that Obama stood for. - Not one!..Just "change", "change". Well, be careful what you wish for, because you just got it.
Obama is nothing more than the first affirmative action candidate, who is palatable to the mass public, by being educated, a non-reverend, and some who argue - half white. Which leads to the last topic for today...How can Obama be our first "black president"? He is just as much white as he is black; right? His mother is white, and his father is a black man from Africa. (Not an African-American who are rarely 100% of African heritage.) By all accounts, he is exactly half of each race. One can no more call him white, than one can call him black. At best, he would be our first "bi-racial president".
"Common sense is not so common." - Voltaire
Whew! I feel better now. Until next time. And, believe me, there will be many more postings, and on a variety of topics. This has been a long time in coming! I won't Crap-Out = To fail to keep a commitment or promise.
Obama - a truely unremarkable man, who, prior to the election last week, had accomplished little to nothing, except rampant self-promotion, pure ambition, and with no executive experience. A man who shamelessly dared to start his presidential campaign within months of being elected to the US Senate.
I laughed every time Obama, Biden, and their supporters, claimed that Palin was not experienced enough to be president...Huh?! Last time I heard, she wasn't running for President; McCain was. And, if McCain happened to take a 'dirt nap' while in office, at least she would have had some first-hand experience prior to becoming president, while functioning as the VP. What makes this all so painfully illogical is that Palin still has much more executive and more total years of political experience than Obama, by far, and he was running for the 'top job'. Hello?! How sad that he won by pandering to the ignorance and greed of the leftist masses.
Let's be honest here...Were it not for the financial crisis, 'sparked' by the sub-prime mortgages, that were initiated by the Clinton administration, as yet another form of welfare, Obama would not have been elected. The timing of this financial 'meltdown' felt like an "October surprise". The ignorant masses voted for Obama for only a few reasons: His race - "to make history", for change, and greed/redistribution of wealth, etc. "Change"? - not all change is good...Can you say, "Carter-era". It took only 4 years for the American voters to head back to the Republicans for 12 more years, after 8 years prior to Carter. It was painful to hear voters, who were either going to vote for Obama, or already did, who could not state one position that Obama stood for. - Not one!..Just "change", "change". Well, be careful what you wish for, because you just got it.
Obama is nothing more than the first affirmative action candidate, who is palatable to the mass public, by being educated, a non-reverend, and some who argue - half white. Which leads to the last topic for today...How can Obama be our first "black president"? He is just as much white as he is black; right? His mother is white, and his father is a black man from Africa. (Not an African-American who are rarely 100% of African heritage.) By all accounts, he is exactly half of each race. One can no more call him white, than one can call him black. At best, he would be our first "bi-racial president".
"Common sense is not so common." - Voltaire
Whew! I feel better now. Until next time. And, believe me, there will be many more postings, and on a variety of topics. This has been a long time in coming! I won't Crap-Out = To fail to keep a commitment or promise.
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