[1] Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… Bit’sBlog’s Nightly Ramble.
Thursday, already? Let’s get busy, here.
- Will someone please explain to me how it is anyone takes Eliot Spitzer seriously at anything? Here comes Slate, who takes the guy on as a new column writer. [2] This one speaks loudly to me about the quality of Slate, or more correctly, the lack thereof. My take is that Spitzer is obviously among the best and brightest that the left can come up with. Which should give us all a clear indication of the state of things on the left. Speaking as a new Yorker, let me just say, “Hey Eliot? Just slink away into the night. You have a bright future awaiting you, working the ticket booth at a drive-in movie. Assuming anyone will trust you with it.Or, perhaps you could break into Country music like Ashely Dupree did [3]? I know… you could be the executive producer of her records. There ya go. ” And to Slate, I say, “I’ll be interested to see your extended write-up on the subject of one Richard Grasso.”
- Jobless claims are down. Yes, I said down. [4]
- So Chrysler’s execs are going shrill [5]? Yeah, big shock. They see, clearly as I do that most Americans are against bailing out the UAW [6]. so, they break out the scare tactics; ‘If we go under it’ll cause a depression’. [7] Well, no… what will cause a depression is government printing huge amounts of money to bail your assets out. The annoying part is you’ll crash anyway, since you’re not changing the business model and eliminating the Unions. Nancy Pelosi, meanwhile, who sees one of her biggest political supports… Unions… in trouble says ‘Bankruptcy is not an option’. And why not, Nancy? The more I study this issue, the more I’m convinced the only way out of this is Chapter 11. Pelosi’s biggest fear here is that would effectively eliminate the unions from the deal, at least for a while… and Unions, you may know, are one of her biggest support sources. As I said yesterday, a bailout is a stopgap. The solution to the problem is to plug the hole. The unions and government regulations are the hole(s). If anyone and anythng can be blamed for the current problems in the auto industry, it’s those factors. And here’s the thing; Despite those, we still turn out some of the best cars in the world. Imagine whay they can do with those two millstones off their necks. Unions can cry all they want. The blame for the death of the golden goose lies at their own feet, and nowhere else. A government bailout simply adds one more millstone. PAW; Sometimes it’s a lot less painful to simply take a sock in the mouth, instead of spending a lot of time and pain worrying about what you already know there’s no escape from. We are not going to find ourway out of this without a game changer… and a bailout is simply more of the same with more debt for no purpose. Oh… note to Neal Boortz; Yes, the same thing goes for local governments. [8] And by the way, as to what can be had without unions, watch this [9].
- Israel is prepareing to defend itself. [10]Good.
- A lot of chatter, just now about who should replace Obama in the Senate. [11]
The race to replace Barack Obama as Illinois’ junior senator heated up Tuesday as Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., called on Gov. Rod Blagojevich to name a black man or woman to the seat.By invoking race, Rush, who is black, drove a potential wedge between the prospective white and black contenders for the seat. Rush said it would be a “national disgrace” if Obama’s seat were not filled by an African American.
But it’s not all about race. It’s the white folk that are racist. Right, Bobby? As I’d expect, nobody in Camp Obama is complaining about this statement.
- More ethics concerns for Rangel [12]. Why is this stuff being amped up now, instead of before the election? If I recall right, his seat wasn’t even up. Maybe the stain of ethics issues on a hot-seat Democrat was mre than the Democrats wanted to deal with, and therefore the liberal press didn’t touch the story until it was fairly safe to do so?
- Drivers striking back. [13]
- Forced community “Service’? [14] Well, pay attention to the comments. CLOSE attention, please.
- Yes, Billy, Alex Witt is brainless. [15]Then again, consider the question of who hired him.
- Too bad Witt wasn’t one of the 500 they let go [16]. I figure Witt is there for the same reason that crawling slime Olberman is. How many of those 500 job could ahve been saved had Witt and Olberman been given their walking papers?
- Viacom cut 7% [17] of it’s workforce, too.
- I’ve been mentioning gun sales are up. How much, I wasn’t sure. Now we hear since Obama was elected, gun sales are up by 50%. [18] Gee. Almost like they know something.
- Oil’s at $46 and still going down. [19] We could be seeing a dollar a gallon next year. [20] Remember all the Hybrid cars the big three were supposed to be building. How many you think are going to be sold, that way? Well, Obama will fix that… a dollar more a gallon in taxes, right? Think the race riots in the 60’s were big? Wait until he tries to pull THAT stunt.
- Speaking of ‘The One’ the question of his being legally able to take the office is still there. May go to the USSC. [21]I would think that even Obama supporters wouldlike to see that happen, if for no other reason then to settle the question. But I suspect we’ll see a lot of people trying to stop it from happening.