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1. #1
   On February 29th, 2012 at 9:10 am, conservative hispanic said:

   Corruption under Obowtome? THAT’S THE CHICAGO WAY!!! Nothing to see here, move along….

2. #2
   On February 29th, 2012 at 9:11 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

   Re pic:

   Obowmao: Alright Stephen Hawkings, let’s you and me race for pinks!

3. #3
   On February 29th, 2012 at 9:17 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

   Delphi pension dispute due for federal probe

   Might I suggest a contingent of rubber gloved TSA agents to help?

4. #4
   On February 29th, 2012 at 9:18 am, Dexter Alarius said:

   Obama’s citation of GM’s “highest profits in its 100-year history”

   Wait. Record-breaking profits are good?

5. #5
   On February 29th, 2012 at 9:20 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

   Geithner served simultaneously as co-chair of the Auto Task Force, board member of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the federal agency overseeing pension payments to bankrupt companies) and Treasury Secretary. The General Accounting Office raised eyebrows at Geithner’s “multiple roles” in the deal-making.

   Raised eyebrows? What, no harrumphs?

6. #6
   On February 29th, 2012 at 9:33 am, Dexter Alarius said:

   Raised eyebrows? What, no harrumphs?

   I would have thought that deserved at least a sniff, if not an outright guffaw.

7. #7
   On February 29th, 2012 at 9:35 am, Confutus said:

   Harry Reid has already forgotten his promise to stay out of the Republican Primary process and criticized Romney for criticizing the auto bailout.

   He’s also criticized Romney for accepting the endorsement of that something-or-other-unflattering Gov. Jan Brewer. How grossly inappropriate, for a Republican Governor to endorse a Republican candidate for Prsident!

8. #8
   On February 29th, 2012 at 9:39 am, WaterBoyz said:

   Were those in attendance bused in like other union gatherings? And paid as well?
   Typical staged crowd for Obumer. Ever notice that most if his sermons, are to crowds are under the age if 21.

9. #9
   On February 29th, 2012 at 9:48 am, TigerLady said:

   “Three years later,” he crowed, “that bet is paying off for America.”

   It’s sad when a liar starts believing his own lies. More sad that Republicans are not calling the liar in chief out at every turn.

10. #10
    On February 29th, 2012 at 9:53 am, davebrown said:

    MM…what a great job of reporting! Too bad the country has too many people as dumb as a bag of hammers who will not even pay attention to facts and just vote for whoever their bosses or the MSM tell them.
    Again…GREAT JOB…as usual.

11. #11
    On February 29th, 2012 at 9:57 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    The Right needs to forcefully counter the Obama machine’s Alinsky story-telling tactics.

    We are doing the best we can but the Republican Party won’t get out of the way.

12. #12
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:02 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 9:33 am, Dexter Alarius said:
    Raised eyebrows? What, no harrumphs?
    I would have thought that deserved at least a sniff, if not an outright guffaw.

    I would’ve settled for a sneer, or a withering look of disdain. (I get them all the time so I know from personal experience how devastating they can be)

13. #13
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:06 am, Dexter Alarius said:

    I would’ve settled for a sneer, or a withering look of disdain

    It makes you wonder if those raised eyebrows were at least accompanied by pursed lips.

14. #14
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:08 am, MyrmidoNOT said:

    Curious as to whether “teh oone” is running for pResident: of the USA, the UAW, or SEIU?

    Isn’t there a conflict-of-interest, in “all of the above”…as an answer?

    (Oops, forgot about the ‘job search’ that begins in November…)

15. #15
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:13 am, RedDog said:

    And as I first reported in September 2010, in the rush to nationalize the auto industry and avoid contested court termination proceedings, the White House auto team schemed with Big Labor bosses to preserve UAW members’ costly pension funds by shafting their nonunion counterparts.

    I still would like to know why this was never challenged by Congress or the courts. I realize it was still in Dem control but you would think some with integrity and courage would have stepped up. There was no legal authority for the government to have done this.

16. #16
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:14 am, thejim said:

    It’s sad when a liar starts believing his own lies. More sad that Republicans are not calling the liar in chief out at every turn.

    It is sad and indicative of the role Republicans play in all of this. They are co-conspirators in reshaping a great nation by destroying it. Traitors, all of them.

17. #17
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:15 am, RedDog said:

    It is a the failure of leadership and government that allowed this sock puppet to get away with it. He should have been pole-axed from the git go. Now crony communism is a tried and true M.O.. Harder to stop with each successive attack.

18. #18
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:21 am, DanMan said:

    Two weeks ago on a Wednesday CNN Money announced 19,000 salaried GM workers were going to have their “traditional” pension plans replaced with 401(k) accounts infused with new money. That article stated the terms of the deal would be announced the following day. What followed was three solid days of reporting on GM’s record profits, $7k/union employee bonuses and other happy talk about GM.

    GM hasn’t paid back its TARP money, I don’t think GMAC is even required to and they are still shoveling money at unions on our dime. How much did those pensions cost us?

19. #19
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:31 am, Dexter Alarius said:

    the ‘job search’ that begins in November…

    I’m sure there’s a law firm specializing in community activist law that would take him on as an associate. With a little more experience, he might move up to Jr. Partner in a few years.

20. #20
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:33 am, RedDog said:

    Cutting the Pentagon budget to meet a “nutty formula” by Congress to reduce the deficit is “goofy,” and will decimate the Defense Department, Secretary Leon Panetta told the Senate panel that is reviewing the 2013 fiscal year budget request, Fox News reported.

    If Panetta is this outspoken, it must really be bad. Looks like we are heading towards a Brokeback Dutch military.

21. #21
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:37 am, RedDog said:

    Sorry for the hijack but this is nuts.

    Fox News reported that Panetta said the cuts are so deep the Pentagon hasn’t even bothered to prepare for them….. “We have made no plans for sequester because it’s a nutty formula, and it’s goofy to begin with, and it’s not something, frankly, that anybody who is responsible ought to put into effect,” he said…..

    Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad, the committee chairman, said that given the country’s fiscal crisis, more savings must be found in the core defense budget, and that it would be impossible to address the nation’s deficit without doing so.

22. #22
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:39 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    If Panetta is this outspoken, it must really be bad. Looks like we are heading towards a Brokeback Dutch military.

    Yeah, but they get to wear their hair long.

23. #23
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:42 am, Truesoldier said:

    “Three years later,” he crowed, “that bet is paying off for America.”

    Paying off for whom? That is the question that the GOP candidates should be asking. It sure wasn’t the taxpayer as CNN pointed out in Jan of this year:

    Auto bailout’s estimated cost to taxpayers: $19 billion

    And it wasn’t for the 400,000 people who bought the 2007 and 2008 Impala’s:

    General Motors Co (GM.N) is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit over a suspension problem on more than 400,000 Chevrolet Impalas from the 2007 and 2008 model years, saying it should not be responsible for repairs because the flaw predated its bankruptcy.

24. #24
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:54 am, Truesoldier said:

    In a bit of good news, the latest Rasmussen polls show that Scott Walker will likely survive the recall election in WI:

    So much for that recall effort. According to a new Rasmussen poll of likely Wisconsin voters, Gov. Scott Walker should survive an effort to throw out his 2010 election, a campaign driven by pro-union activists angered that he limited collective bargaining rights for public employees in a budget-cutting move.

    It’s a huge and positive switch for Scott’s fortunes. Opponents made headlines when they easily collected 1 million signatures on a recall petition. Walker this week said he would not challenge the signatures-including names like “Donald Duck”-because there isn’t enough time before the May recall election.

    Rasmussen’s poll is the latest done on the election and finds that 52 percent of likely Wisconsin voters at least somewhat approve of the governor’s job, while 46 percent somewhat disapprove. He does good with independents, as 58 percent approve of his performance. The telephone poll of 500 likely voters conducted Monday shows a pro-Walker move, coming days after a Public Policy Polling survey conducted February 22-26 that found the state divided 49 percent-49 percent on the recall.

    Helping Walker has been the state’s improving budget, according to a Rasmussen analysis. A victory in the recall would be a huge blow to liberal union groups who’ve made the Republican governor the GOP posterboy for union busting.

25. #25
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:55 am, hawkeye54 said:

    If Panetta is this outspoken, it must really be bad. Looks like we are heading towards a Brokeback Dutch military.
    Yeah, but they get to wear their hair long.

    Given what they’ve been doing already, who’s to say our libtards in charge won’t allow that option for our military some day.

26. #26
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:09 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Gunnery Sgt. Hartmann: Alright you grabastic pieces of whale puke, body wax and manscaping at 13:00 hours! Move it!

27. #27
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:22 am, drbulb said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 9:39 am, WaterBoyz said:

    …Typical staged crowd for Obumer. Ever notice that most if his sermons, are to crowds are under the age if 21.

    Yeah, we’ve noticed. He is usually in front of crowds of fawning college children distributing overdoses of hopium to keep them dumbed down.

    Dear barry: Please bring your styrofoam columns to a nearby stadium full of tax paying ADULTS and see what kind of reception your socialist drivel receives…I DARE YOU!

    And on another note: Earth to GOP! Get off your collective a**es and counter punch NOW and counter punch HARD. This fool is giving you enough ammunition blow him, the pravda, and the democrat socialist party straight to h*ll, and you just continue to attack each other over “dirty tricks” and old smelly laundry. Take it to THEM or WE will take it to you by forming a conservative party, which may be the only thing that can save the country you have helped destroy…

28. #28
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:29 am, conservative hispanic said:

    Is Richard Trumka Ernst Rohm reincarnated? Inquiring minds would like to know.

29. #29
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:34 am, MyrmidoNOT said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:31 am, Dexter Alarius said: … With a little more ANY experience WHATSOEVER, he might move OUT. up to Jr. Partner in a few years.

    FIFY. (Assuming of course, he learned WAS CAPABLE OF “learning” ANYTHING in college…)

    …and hopefully the ‘courts’ will be able to “sort out” the ‘pogrom’ that the bailout caused. Investors = Casualties….according to “teh oone”…

    If only we had an intact Judicial System, with a “stable currency”…

30. #30
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:37 am, PD Dave said:

    In a bit of good news, the latest Rasmussen polls show that Scott Walker will likely survive the recall election in WI:

    The article seems a bit optimistic considering the election isn’t until May and I can’t seem to find the exact date anywhere. But the point is, Unions will use dirty tricks and do anything possible to get rid of Walker. Look what happened to Dingy Harry in NV after being behind at least 5 points going into election day. The unions used everything they had including bribing and busing in voters and possibly tampering with voting machines.

31. #31
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:40 am, MyrmidoNOT said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:54 am, Truesoldier said:

    In a bit of good news, the latest Rasmussen polls show that Scott Walker will likely survive the recall election in WI…

    Finally, some good news!

    (Too bad the ECB is stuffing the continent with another half-TRILLION euros. Makes our debased currency ‘look good’…EVEN IF Government Motors actually EVER pays-us-back.)

32. #32
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:40 am, hawkeye54 said:

    He is usually in front of crowds of fawning college children distributing overdoses of hopium to keep them dumbed down.

    Well, they’ve been dumbed down their entire lives, no doubt raised by parents who may be the first generation of dumbed down from a lifetime of public school indoctrination and exposed to media and entertainment also determined to them dumbed down. Its a conspiracy.

33. #33
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:41 am, Dexter Alarius said:

    Looks like we are heading towards a Brokeback Dutch military.

    I’m pretty sure the Dutch military is unionized. Many in Europe are. When I was with NATO (Need Americans To Operate) we sometimes ran into problems with union rules regarding the length of missions, etc.

34. #34
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:45 am, sonerai32645 said:

    Gosh are American voters this stupid to elect this guy again or is the fix in?????????

35. #35
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:47 am, Truesoldier said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:45 am, sonerai32645 said:
    Gosh are American voters this stupid to elect this guy again or is the fix in?????????

    It may be both.

36. #36
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:57 am, Fleuries said:

    Michelle lists so many of the irregularities tolerated in the GM bailout, and so called bankruptcy. We continue to be owners as taxpayers, confusing as it is, this is in the form of stock ownership, some of the other loans were made that way, not exactly loans per se.

    Is this how Obama asserted authority, thru the stock or some other way? Would the next president be able to do anything about the contract breaking in retrospect? Are there still pending lawsuits? or have the been resolved? We are still part owners in a company that has given stock to a union, that to me is creepy.

    And does Fiat have more power/say than we do?

    And how did the government tell them to make the volt and give away $10,000 tax credits to the buyers? Under what authority, and can that be revoked?

    It might be better to use our power as stockholders to undue/redress fix things before we get back the “loan.”

37. #37
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:59 am, happyscrapper said:

    I have heard clips of Obama’s speech to the autoworkers. His stuttering was unbelievable and I was laughing so hard I cried! This clip has to be repeated ad nauseum! It is just too funny!

38. #38
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:02 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    The Right needs to forcefully counter the Obama machine’s Alinsky story-telling tactics.

    “Forcefully” should probably also be in bold-face, since the MSM will do their best to apply the “cone of silence”. This is actually where Trump shines. (For the reading comprehension challenged, I’m not saying Trump should be President.) Getting to the heart of the matter and challenging President Thin-Skin would be more effective than whining about appealing to Dems, or letting the MSM define every debate as being about religion.

39. #39
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:05 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    we sometimes ran into problems with union rules regarding the length of missions, etc.

    I think I see a huge cost saving opportunity here…the Dutch can protect their Tulips against the Soviet Gardening horde by themselves can’t they?

40. #40
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:06 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    We must.

    But none of the candidates seem able…

41. #41
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:16 pm, WaterBoyz said:

    As much as people don’t like Newt, I believe he is the only candidate that has the cajones to call out Obumer on his many lies and unlawful acts.

    Newt could make a fortune with a Pay-Per-View debate against Obumer.

42. #42
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:22 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:59 am, happyscrapper said:
    I have heard clips of Obama’s speech to the autoworkers. His stuttering was unbelievable and I was laughing so hard I cried! This clip has to be repeated ad nauseum! It is just too funny!

    I heard the clip of him telling the auto workers that the secret service wouldn’t let him drive a Volt. I couldn’t help but laugh as it seems even the secret service is afraid the Volt would go up in flames.

43. #43
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:27 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Gosh are American voters this stupid to elect this guy again or is the fix in?????????
    It may be both.

    We’re talkin’ leftist/statist/marxists here who want to take and keep power no matter what it takes.

    Of course it’s both.

44. #44
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:27 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    I realize it was still in Dem control but you would think some with integrity and courage would have stepped up.

    You actually used Congress (“it”) and “integrity and courage” in the same sentence…

45. #45
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:30 pm, MyrmidoNOT said:

    (re #29, and others, following…)

    Used to ‘think’ that: When the ‘sock puppet’ (finally) grew-up, that he aspired to be ‘more like the devil’…

    Now I ‘believe’ that: When the ‘devil’ grows up, he dreams of being “more like” the ‘sock puppet’…

46. #46
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:33 pm, gladiola said:

    The lies:
    “Battered Romney Limps Toward Nomination”, “Mitt Wins Ugly”, “Romney Scraped Out Victories.”

    The Truth:
    “Michigan’s results are truly amazing. Despite an onslaught of outrageous attacks from both sides and the media giving voters virtually no where to turn to for the truth… Even with Catholics across Michigan getting inundated with robo calls calling Mitt a baby-killer, Mitt won the majority of Catholic votes. Mitt ended up winning among republicans by over 10%, he and drastically increased his vote totals from 2008 despite 3 years of sustained attacks by the local and national press claiming that Mitt wanted Michigan and Detroit to fail and lose all of our auto sector jobs.
    President Obama fears that Mitt could carry Michigan in the general which would make his path to re-election basically impossible. President Obama’s campaign and Super PAC had laid the groundwork to defeat Mitt Romney in Michigan for years, and they failed.” MRC

47. #47
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:40 pm, Paratus said:

    The whining needs to stop.

    If we’re stuck with Romney someone needs to take him somewhere and physically push the man around. Toughen him up. Put him in boot camp for a couple of weeks.

48. #48
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:42 pm, rambler said:

    It is so very Soviet of bho to behave this way. Reward your supporters and screw the non-supporters anyway you can. Suck up to those in power and the rewards are endless. Challenge them in any way, and get dumped on. The “elites” can’t stand the opinions of others, especially when the opposing opinions are good for solving problems. This isn’t progress and it is not sustainable.

49. #49
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:46 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Now I ‘believe’ that: When the ‘devil’ grows up, he dreams of being “more like” the ‘sock puppet’…

    You could say his soul was sold to the devil. Now, it may have been sold while he was an unknowing youngster by those raising and mentoring him who saw the potential to use him for their nefarious purposes. So far they’ve made good on the sale.

50. #50
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:47 pm, MyrmidoNOT said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:22 pm, Truesoldier said: …. I heard the clip of him telling the auto workers that the secret service wouldn’t let him drive a Volt. …

    On the ‘lighter’ note:
    What the he!! is wrong with those ‘secret service’ guys/gals?

51. #51
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:48 pm, Paratus said:

    Gladiola: The robo calls said “Mitt a baby-killer?

52. #52
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:49 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    The “elites” can’t stand the opinions of others, especially when the opposing opinions are good for solving problems.

    Actually the “elites” WON’T stand for opposing opinions and will do whatever it takes to eliminate the opposition. Permanently, given the means and opportunity.

53. #53
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:51 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:47 pm, MyrmidoNOT said:
    On the ‘lighter’ note:
    What the he!! is wrong with those ‘secret service’ guys/gals?

    It just goes to show how professional they truly are I guess.

54. #54
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:53 pm, MyrmidoNOT said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:46 pm, hawkeye54 said:…
    You could say his soul was sold to the devil. Now, it may have been sold while he was an unknowing youngster by those raising and mentoring him…

    Nah, I think it was “intentional”…and NOT a sale.
    He “bought in”…lock, stock, and barrel.

55. #55
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:56 pm, MyrmidoNOT said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:51 pm, Truesoldier said:…
    It just goes to show how professional they truly are I guess.

    Myrmidon’s, eh?!

56. #56
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:57 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    He “bought in”…lock, stock, and barrel.

    Considering the environment in which he was raised, who mentored him, and the people with whom he was encourage to associate, it was an easy buy in.

57. #57
    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:59 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:56 pm, MyrmidoNOT said:
    Myrmidon’s, eh?!

    That would about sum it up.

58. #58
    On February 29th, 2012 at 1:31 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    Der Leader: 3 words for you: “You Lie!”

59. #59
    On February 29th, 2012 at 1:36 pm, MyrmidoNOT said:

    hawkeye54; methinks his beliefs, make a ‘zealot’ pale….in comparison.

    But, to intentionally “buy-in” takes an ‘interesting’ leap-of-faith (which probably explains the ‘results’ at GM).
    After all, it is ALL about ‘rewarding’ your friends…and the he!! with the ‘rest’…

60. #60
    On February 29th, 2012 at 1:37 pm, MyrmidoNOT said:

    …gotta go (callout). Bye!

61. #61
    On February 29th, 2012 at 1:58 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    But, to intentionally “buy-in” takes an ‘interesting’ leap-of-faith (which probably explains the ‘results’ at GM).
    After all, it is ALL about ‘rewarding’ your friends…and the he!! with the ‘rest’…

    Rewarding friends while securing your own perpetual power and control, is what its about.

62. #62
    On February 29th, 2012 at 1:59 pm, Hannibal said:

    This is just business as usual in the Unprecedent Obama administration. They pick the winners and the losers, it is “good to be the king”. As a side note, the big loser yesterday was the Barred owl. Ken Salazar announced that they would begin shooting Barred owls. This will eliminate competition to the Spotted owl, which is a favorite of the environmentalists. They used to try to kill lumber jacks who were tagged as wiping out the Spotted owls, but it turns out that the pesky Barred owls are the new suspect. It was not clear as to how many Barred owls would be shot, but some heard Salazar say that “the woods would run red with blood if that is what it takes”.

    Spokesmen for the Barred owls could not be reached for comment, but it is rumored that they have joined the owls hiding in an undisclosed location.

63. #63
    On February 29th, 2012 at 2:08 pm, X-Navy-SWO said:

    Big Labor brass cheered Obama’s citation of GM’s “highest profits in its 100-year history” as the room filled with militant UAW chants of “union made.”

    Of course he was!

64. #64
    On February 29th, 2012 at 2:41 pm, BB said:

    Watergate isn’t even a parking ticket next to this criminal.

65. #65
    On February 29th, 2012 at 2:48 pm, Collateral Damage said:

    How many times do I have to remind you folks that the Communist Party USA (cpusa.org) are huge, massive supporters of ALL unions, especially teachers’ unions, because they, the Commies, were taught a long time ago, that the propaganda begins with the children, which is precisely why our children come out of school with their heads screwed on sideways TO THE LEFT!?!
    Have you noticed that All union menbers are now the new “Middle-Class Elite?”

66. #66
    On February 29th, 2012 at 3:03 pm, Collateral Damage said:

    BTW, as far as Obastard is concerned, “F… the White collar and investment folks.”

67. #67
    On February 29th, 2012 at 3:08 pm, gladiola said:

    You guys need to consider what side you are really on.

    Rick Santorum is part of the Obama plan to get another term.

    You have to choose sides and if you choose Santorum you are choosing Obama.

    Watch… this is the plan as they Democrats are telling their own:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36GyQt4AgM&feature=player_embedded

    Get a clue, Santorum has done nothing but jump through the hoops Obama puts up for you and he to jump through.

68. #68
    On February 29th, 2012 at 3:25 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Nurse Ratched: The best thing we can do is go on with our daily routine.

69. #69
    On February 29th, 2012 at 3:39 pm, Paratus said:

    Thanks Rogue Cheddar exactly my thoughts, if you mean that from a personal stand point.

70. #70
    On February 29th, 2012 at 3:42 pm, Paratus said:

    Never mind that last post nurse ratched couldn’t say anything good.

71. #71
    On February 29th, 2012 at 4:06 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Nurse Ratched: Your hand is staining my window.

72. #72
    On February 29th, 2012 at 4:09 pm, Mister P said:

    Also left behind.

    So gee, a hybrid company is unprofitable, but demands a federal loan.

73. #73
    On February 29th, 2012 at 4:16 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    So gee, a hybrid company is unprofitable, but demands a federal loan.

    Well what profitable company would ever need a federal loan.

    Seem to me, that our government, and this admin specifically, thrive on giving away our money to unprofitable ventures.

74. #74
    On February 29th, 2012 at 4:36 pm, Hiraghm said:

    Dear Ms Malkin,

    <3 U… but…

    the Delphi workers had devoted decades of their lives as secretaries, technicians, engineers and sales employees. (emphasis mine)

    This is progressive-speke.

    So what if they “devoted decades of their lives”? They were *paid* for their work. That they bought into a scheme that part of their pay would instead be diverted into a ponzi scheme falls under the heading “caveat emptor”.

    My objection to this terminology is that it plays into the selfless image of the working class schmoe devoting himself to the good of the company and getting shafted (pass the puke-bucket please).

    The fact of the matter is, most employees, especially union but also non-union, don’t work harder than they feel their pay warrants. Which is as it should be. There was nothing selfless about their “devotion”; the second they no longer viewed their job as desirable, they’d be out looking for another. A better paying job comes along, they’d grab it. The company goes under, and they don’t volunteer to work for free, or to give the company their savings account to help it out. They go looking for some other employer to work for.

    Over the past couple decades, I have developed a real loathing for the feudal mentality of the modern employment model. I keep hoping we can get away from it, and into a contract-labor arrangement… but it seems even the poor, downtrodden working schmoes are more comfortable with the feudal model than with an independent model.

75. #75
    On February 29th, 2012 at 4:37 pm, Hiraghm said:

    The Delphi employees I would support would be the ones who saved up, planned up, and tried to go into competition with Delphi.

76. #76
    On February 29th, 2012 at 4:38 pm, Hiraghm said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 12:33 pm, gladiola said:

    All this tells me is that even conservatives are too stupid to save the country.

77. #77
    On February 29th, 2012 at 5:08 pm, d1carter said:

    Dana Perino just mentioned this column on Fox News’ Five…Congrats MM!

78. #78
    On February 29th, 2012 at 5:31 pm, BB said:

    Dear Ms Malkin,

    <3 U…

    WTF? How about some respect, Buddy?

79. #79
    On February 29th, 2012 at 6:08 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Relax BB, It’s a heart, shorthand for I love you. I know what your thinking, but it’s not.

80. #80
    On February 29th, 2012 at 6:32 pm, Mach1Duck said:

    And just when are our Republican Senators and Congressmen going to start insisting on investigating instead of lip service to this type of political pandering.

81. #81
    On February 29th, 2012 at 6:48 pm, yaymm said:

    I still wonder how all those people who owned stocks in GM feel now. We still own around 25% of GM, the UAW got first crack at making them whole financially, the stock owners got what was left and have no apparent recourse. How’s that for government largess? Oh, I forgot, that’s now called “hope and change.”

82. #82
    On February 29th, 2012 at 7:15 pm, BB said:

    Relax BB, It’s a heart, shorthand for I love you. I know what your thinking, but it’s not.

    Oh Gosh! Thanks for setting me straight. Relaxing now!

    Apologies as necessary…

83. #83
    On February 29th, 2012 at 9:27 pm, tiredofit2012 said:

    Off topic:

    Programmer details voter fraud:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1thcO_olHas&feature=share

84. #84
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:31 pm, mondamay said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 6:08 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Relax BB, It’s a heart, shorthand for I love you. I know what your thinking, but it’s not.

    Less than three U?

    An incomplete equation?

    I guess I should have hung out with a worse crowd in school…

85. #85
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:25 pm, Member-VRWC said:

    The General Accounting Office raised eyebrows at Geithner’s “multiple roles” in the deal-making.

    OOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Raised eyebrows! What’s next? A sternly-worded letter to Tiny Tim?

    Sometime in the next 5 years I will buy what will probably be the last new car in what’s left of my life. There is no way in hell whatever I get will have been made by union labor.

86. #86
    On March 1st, 2012 at 8:39 am, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah,
    Hi, Mike Rowe from Ford here! We at Ford just want to say “Thank You Mr. President”. From the men and women here at Ford at home and abroad we applaud your first term and wish you all the best in 2012. Here’s to four more years of success for you and for Ford!

87. #87
    On March 1st, 2012 at 8:47 am, babiesgrandma said:

    Mondamay: tilt your head to the right 90 degrees, close one eye, and squint:

    <3 U.

    There. See? The 3 is the top part of the heart, and the sideways v is the bottom pointy end of the heart.

    Having a teenager around the house helps when things need explaining.

88. #88
    On March 1st, 2012 at 9:38 am, mondamay said:

    On March 1st, 2012 at 8:47 am, babiesgrandma said:

    Oh I understood that part. I was trying to understand the darker, more sinister interpretation that Rogue and BB referred to.

89. #89
    On March 1st, 2012 at 10:40 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Somethings once known, cannot be unknown. Let me bask in your innocense awhile longer.

90. #90
    On March 1st, 2012 at 1:45 pm, Major O said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:33 am, RedDog said:

    Cutting the Pentagon budget to meet a “nutty formula” by Congress to reduce the deficit is “goofy,” and will decimate the Defense Department, Secretary Leon Panetta told the Senate panel that is reviewing the 2013 fiscal year budget request, Fox News reported.

    If Panetta is this outspoken, it must really be bad. Looks like we are heading towards a Brokeback Dutch military.

    I hear that. I’m just now (as in on my other IE tab) reading the USAF Force Structure Changes: Sustaining Readiness and Modernizing the Total Force – New Strategic Guidance and I can see Gen Schwartz is doing his best to navigate through this but the bottom line is that the basic message of the document is “Congress is cutting the daylights out of us so things are about to getting really insane. Hold on tight!”

    I use the word “crazy” without hesitation to describe the actions of this current administration vis-a-vis the DoD budget and strategic guidance.
    God have mercy on us all.

91. #91
    On March 1st, 2012 at 4:18 pm, T-Bone said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 1:59 pm, Hannibal said:

    That was a hoot!

92. #92
    On March 4th, 2012 at 3:20 pm, ChapBix said:

    #42. On February 29th, 2012 at 12:22 pm, Truesoldier said:

    I heard the clip of him telling the auto workers that the secret service wouldn’t let him drive a Volt. I couldn’t help but laugh as it seems even the secret service is afraid the Volt would go up in flames.

    Seriously? Letting Erkel drive a Volt on the factory floor? What were they smoking when they came up with that idea?