Even More on the Bailout

Back in the begining of December I wrote about the bailout

Back then I was talking about the the top Safety Picks and how American cars didn't fare well at all.

Well a new study by J.D. Power and Associates shows that American Cars lag behind foreign cars when it comes to quality.

Lexus, Toyota Motor Corp.'s luxury line, was the top brand in J.D. Power's initial quality study, an annual survey of vehicle owners that measures mechanical and design problems in the first 90 days of ownership.

Porsche was the No. 2 brand, followed by GM's Cadillac, then Hyundai and Honda.

Only the Cadillac was in the top 5??

And I love this:

Though Chrysler's scores improved year over year, it had no brands above the industry average. It tied for one segment award, with its PT Cruiser Wagon sharing the top award in the compact activity vehicle segment with Honda's CR-V. Chrysler, however, is discontinuing the car.

So let me get this right: Chrysler only got one award and they are discontinuing that vehicle? Makes perfect sense.

Obviously, the reason that American cars don't sell as well as their foreign counterparts is not an over-abundance of dealers. People don't buy more cars because there are less dealers, they buy cars because they are good quality. So for all the rocket scientists in Washington running the car companies now here's a tip: Build a better car.

Politics of Race

I got an email this morning linking me to this newsletter. It is a newsletter for the National Black Republican Association, the Civil Rights History Edition. It's pretty long but it has a lot of really good information.

After hearing over and over again how Republicans are racist and anyone who doesn't agree with Obama is racist it's a good eye opener. It's worth the read and next time you get accused of being racist because you aren't a Democrat or don't agree with Obama, or went to a tea party you can use some of this information to set them straight.
The rest of the site has a lot of good information also.

It's Called Respect

I don't know how it is where Ms. Boxer comes from but here in the south Ma'am is said in respect. I think what makes it worse is that she cuts him off and has such a nasty, mean tone.
And for the record, he worked harder to earn his title than she did to win hers so she really should have refered to him as General. At least he said Ma'am.

Where have all the real men gone?

A few days ago David Letterman made some derogatory "joke" about Gov. Sarah Palin and her daughter:



Since when is it OK to make "jokes" in such poor taste about someones daughter? The kids are supposed to be off limits right?
And lets think back to those awkward teenage years. Can you imagine how embarrassing it would be to have someone as famous as David Letterman say something like that about you? How mortifying.

Well here is the response:



And where is the outrage? Geared toward Gov. Palin's response:

Gov. Palin and Matt Lauer:



I can't believe that Lauer is actually standing up for Letterman. What he said was disrespectful, it doesn't matter if it was about a 14 year old or an 18 year old. Either way it is still degrading and uncalled for. And to turn the tables around and say that Gov. Palin is in bad taste for her comments in response is as bad as the original "jokes". Lauer should be ashamed of himself. I wonder if he would have the same feeling about it if it was said about one of his kids.
Matt Lauer and Shepard Smith, because Smith was also defending Letterman tonight (if I find a video for it I'll post it later, are no better than Letterman. They may not have said it but by defending him and attacking the Palins' response they are part of the problem. I can't believe we live in a world where dirty old men are allowed to say such disgusting things about a young girl (of any age) and they can get away with it. I also can't believe that there are other "men" out there that actually defend this disgusting behavior.

Support our Troops

I'm getting really sick and tired of politicians and organizations playing politics with the safety of our troops.

It has already been said that releasing the so called "torture" photos would put our troops serving in combat in more danger. So why would anyone want to put these brave men and women in more danger than they are already in?
Even President Obama has said he would not release the memos because it would put them in danger.

Now Senators Graham and Lieberman want to make sure they don't get released and have added an amendment to the war spending bill to make sure they don't get released but some Senate Democrats say they will try to strip the amendment from the bill or vote against the bill. What would be their motivation to do that? Do they not care about the safety of our troops, the same ones that they send into battle?

The only point of releasing these photos is to cast the US and our military in a bad light. The people that broke the law have already been dealt with, there is no reason to release these photos now.
Please call your senators and tell them that keeping our service men and women safe is more important than partisan politics or the ACLU (funny if it wasn't for these brave men and women there would be no ACLU): (202)224-3121

Term Limits

Here's another example why I believe there should be term limits for Congress:

Murtha responding to alleged connection to Kuchera Defense Systems.

Someone needs to remind this guy that he works for us not the other way around.
Would you get away with that at your place of employment with your employer?

When did this happen?

So I ask myself, what country is he talking about exactly? I can understand that we have a separation of church and state. However, I don't get the whole we are not a Christian nation but we could be the largest Muslim nation. ??? We could be a Muslim nation? Does he live in the same America I do?

And speaking of Muslim, and bringing in the right wing extremism, why is our Commander in Chief just saddened at the senseless violence that was the murder of an Army Private for no other reason than he was in the Army but he's outraged about the heinous act of violence that was the murder of Dr. Tiller?

“I am deeply saddened by this senseless act of violence against two brave young soldiers who were doing their part to strengthen our armed forces and keep our country safe. I would like to wish Quinton Ezeagwula a speedy recovery, and to offer my condolences and prayers to William Long’s family as they mourn the loss of their son.”

I am shocked and outraged by the murder of Dr. George Tiller as he attended church services this morning. However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.

Propaganda.