Posted by
Too Tall in Texas on Sunday, November 16, 2008 10:41:49 AM
Ok... so I must be spinning my wheels. The silence is deafening, and the crickets are chirping. I will stick to my ranting and raving.
Have you noticed that Greta Van Sustern must have gotten stuck in Alaska or was captured and held against her will by the Palins? I swear that she has been "interviewing" Sarah Palin and her entire family for the last 6 weeks. I'm waiting on Greta's exclusive to get the first words that baby Trig will say on "On the Record". Greta! Do you need a plane ticket?! How about we send a dog sled team out to rescue you?! Did you interview Piper's teachers yet?! Are there any Eskimos you haven't talked to yet?!
How about Bush these days? Did I hear him say that he's a "Free Market Guy"? Yeah, right and I'm Bill Ayers. Has he been drinking from the wrong Congressional fountains again? I can't believe that he is trying to get more bailouts for anyone who comes knockin' on the Oval Office's door. You remember the scene in the movie "The Jerk" with Steve Martin? He's sitting in his office and going through the mail handing out money, and an obvious crook comes in to ask for money to stop cat juggling in Mexico. He shows Steve Martin this film with the "graphic" scenes of this horror. "This has got to be stopped! How much do you need?!" So he signs a check for a million dollars to the crook. I swear that Bush has turned into "The Jerk". As long as he doesn't start drinking again and try to walk off with the White House ashtrays, chairs, and soapdishes - we'll be fine.
About the auto companies being bailed out. Here is MY plan. MAKE THE UAW pay back the money that they weaseled out of Ford, GM, and Chrysler. If they know what's good for them, they'd do it. Because if the union won't chip in to help out the company, then there won't be anyone to represent. You can't get union dues from unemployment checks! Unless the UAW changes its name to the UNEMPLOYED Auto Workers. I'm a Detroiter in exile. I grew up there and I know the people there. They want to work, and they are generally proud of what they do. If the auto companies go bankrupt, it will be one of the last nails in the coffin for the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan. But, I think that just handing out money to the companies is not the right thing to do. Give them a loan (like Lee Iacocca got for Chrysler) and make them pay it with interest. But the other string attached should be to streamline their operations. Narrow down the product lines to a couple cars, a couple trucks, and a couple vans. Start from the basics and focus on what works. They also should work to cut back on all the benefits that the UAW has forced down their throats. We used to call GM "Generous Motors" because if you were lucky enough to get in there - you were set for life. Healthcare, pension, and crazy high wages. There were guys I know that would go and sleep on their forklift for 8-10 hours and get paid $30 an hour. This is unsatisfactory and the union should not get in the way of letting slugs like these go.
I was watching the extra features on "Kung Fu Panda" the other night. What a bunch of selfish, self-righteous pricks! Dustin Hoffman was on there saying he wouldn't do the movie if he couldn't be an "extremely endangered panda". Then Angelina Jolie simply "had to be the Tiger" or else. I hope nobody shows these interviews to their kids without some sort of preface like - "This is how a selfish elitist behaves, and if you grow up to be one - I'm throwing you out of the house."
Does anyone really care about anything anymore? I am beginning to think that a secret lab somewhere has been pumping "Stupid Gas" into the atmosphere over the U.S. Kids around here just walk in front of traffic and look at you funny when you slam on your brakes and pound the steering wheel while you glare at them in disgust. People are more concerned with idiotic television shows, their I-Pods, and getting silly ringtones for their Blackberry than with what is going on around them. Would I be justified if I slapped the next dufus walking around with their head in the clouds talking on their Bluetooth? Need I say more?