So, GM is unveiling a new car that is electric/gas and gets 230 mpg.  Given the time from the mandate, to the new announcement, to the unvieling (late ’10), who doesn’t realize that they have been sitting on this technology?

My next rant: The State newspaper in South Carolina gets punked by Associated Press.  Why is the AP doing better journalism than the newspaper who has access to every record, and person, involved?

Harder rant:  An Illinois Judge sentences court member to 6 months of contempt over a yawn, while giving said offender’s cousin

PROBATION

for FELONY DRUG CHARGES.

Ok… another drink… more words… after the fold…

After being elected, in part, on his promises to repeal DADT and DOMA, President Obama is now doubling-down on using the GLBT community for his own ends:

by John Aravosis (DC) on 8/09/2009 12:41:00 PM

I don’t believe it for a minute, and I suspect more than a few people in Obamaland are going to freak when they hear about this. But that’s what Joe Solmonese, the head of the Human Rights Campaign, seems to be claiming in a new interview. That Obama has a secret plan to lift the ban on gays and lesbians serving in the military, and that the ban is going to be lifted next spring.

   They [the Obama administration] see the overturning of don’t ask, don’t tell along that spectrum as something that will likely happen next spring.

Sure. Right before the congressional elections. Lets all mark our calendars now.

To his credit, John Aravosis doesn’t believe it, and he shouldn’t…

During the Bush years, America saw the largest increase of the national debt as every year, the debt hit higher records.  So, what is Timothy Geithner doing?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner formally requested that Congress raise the $12.1 trillion statutory debt limit on Friday, saying that it could be breached as early as mid-October.

He wants to raise the debt ceiling.

But, it doesn’t end there…

Brought to us by Republic Broadcasting Network:

The latest charges, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, bring to more than 60 the number of Iraqis allegedly killed or wounded since 2005 by armed Blackwater contractors guarding U.S. diplomatic personnel in Iraq.

The Moyock, N.C.-based security company, since renamed Xe, earned more than $1 billion under that contract before the State Department, under pressure from the Iraqi government, let it lapse in May.

One of the new plaintiffs is the estate of Akram Khalid Sa’ed Jasim, 9, who died when Blackwater shooters allegedly opened fire on a minivan returning from the Baghdad airport on July 1, 2007. The boy was traveling with his extended family, who had gone to the airport to apply for passports.

The Blackwater guards also shot the boy’s mother in the back as she bent over trying to shield her 3-month-old daughter, who nevertheless was shot in the face, according to the lawsuit. The boy’s father, uncle and cousin also were wounded.

The racketeering count added to the suit this week accuses Prince’s companies of engaging in murder, weapons smuggling, money laundering, tax evasion, kidnapping, child prostitution, illegal drug use and destruction of evidence.

The companies are accused of carrying out three or more kidnappings using three airplanes, identified in the suit by their tail numbers. Susan Burke, the plaintiffs’ lawyer, said Wednesday that the kidnappings appear to have been so-called “extraordinary renditions” in which suspects are taken to other countries for interrogation.

The child prostitution charge involves young Iraqi girls allegedly being brought to the Blackwater compound in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, identified in the lawsuit as the “Blackwater Man Camp,” to provide oral sex to contractors for $1.

So, we are surprised why?

Yes… it’s back.  Me.  Whiskey.  A darkened room.  A keyboard.  And Docudharma!

Tonight, we’ll try to focus on:

– Republican’s that love interns.

– Right-Wing theory that healthcare reform will “kill the elderly”.

– Lou Dobbs’s and his insanity.

So… off we go… through the fog…

The Blue Dog Democrat’s are busy.  They want to derail health reform, and, not to be outdone by the GOP crazy “birthers”, want the world to know that 25% of liberals believe 9/11 was done by Dick Cheney.

   Out-party politicians have long had to deal with conspiracy theorists on their side – the people who think that the Clintons killed Vince Foster or that the Bush administration helped orchestrate the Sept. 11 attacks.

   “Twenty-five percent of my people believe the Pentagon and Rumsfeld were responsible for taking the twin towers down,” said Rep. Collin Peterson, a Democrat who represents a conservative Republican district in Minnesota. “That’s why I don’t do town meetings.”

In case you missed it, this where the villagers turn it into a “he said/she said” with neither side right or wrong.  Typical Modus Operandi.

But, let’s look at the two theories and compare them:

There comes a time when you simply don’t care anymore.  It is the time when you simply say, “let it burn.”  

This is the point I am at…

Why are people worried about Republican obstructionism in Congress?  Why are they even worried about what hissy the GOP is throwing over the latest faux-issue of the week?  There is one thing people of every political stripe should know by now — the GOP is irrelevant.

The Democratic Party has enough votes in the Senate AND House to pass ANY piece of legislation it wants.  That is, it could, if they weren’t so busy cutting their own throats.

Yes, Rachel Maddow, after giving her network cohort graciousness, took him to task for his racist views.  So what!  Why is Pat Buchanan still given a forum by MSNBC to spout his racism?

It’s time for a boycott…

I was having an interesting discussion the other day about the CIA lying to Congress with an acquaintance.  Most of the conversation revolved around my background, former military security clearance and experiences.

So, let’s discuss secrecy in our government…