Throw taxpaying workers to the wolves, then arrive in D.C. via private corporate jets to ask for taxpayers to bail them out

With execs like that, is it any wonder American Auto Makers are in need of cash?

"Big Three CEOs Flew Private Jets to Plead for Public Funds

Auto Industry Close to Bankruptcy But They Get Pricey Perk

By BRIAN ROSS and JOSEPH RHEE

November 19, 2008—

The CEOs of the big three automakers flew to the nation's capital yesterday in private luxurious jets to make their case to Washington that the auto industry is running out of cash and needs $25 billion in taxpayer money to avoid bankruptcy.

The CEOs of GM, Ford and Chrysler may have told Congress that they will likely go out of business without a bailout yet that has not stopped them from traveling in style, not even First Class is good enough...."

More at the link - click Attila's header on this story, but not if you have dangerously high blood pressure already. Attila does not want you to have a stroke.

No bail out for these clowns. The industry, maybe, but ONLY if the execs are taken out of their jobs, have their perks and pay cut off, and are forced to turn over their own assets to the floundering companies. New management, responsible and answerable to Congress before one dime of worker-paid tax dollers to these weasels. They should not be living large while throwing taxpayers out of work and expecting them to also write big checks.

Fuck 'em. New management or no bailout.

Fleets of private corporate jets indeed! Money junkies. Send them to rehab. NOW

The sound of crackers snapping

Where did that term for brittle white bread come from anyway?

Are you noticing, dealing with, crackers snapping?

If the term were an acronym, what would the letters stand for?

Yes, Attila has had too little sleep and too much time to ponder the fringe. The fringe is cranky. Reality is making threats on their delusions.

Expect crackers behaving badly. Be ready with tactics for dealing. Try to be gracious whenever possible, we are the grownups, but do be firm. Avoid enabling bad behavior. Don't feed the beast; help the beast see the light, or cage the beast.

Cracker crumbs WILL be swept aside. The way WILL be made for cleaning up the socio-political facets of American life. We WILL be a better people than cracker dreams.

God (or who/whatever) Bless America!

Have apples with your cheese. Make crackers irrelevant to your life.

Memo to those who feared Obama would make us a socialist or communist nation:

IF you have ever driven on a road which was built, maintained, patrolled for safety using public monies.... YOU may be a socialist.

IF you helped your elderly parents sign up for Medicare so you would not have to pay for all the healthcare they need... YOU may be a socialist.

IF you have ever eaten ANYTHING you did not grow yourself, anything which was grown with any governmental program to help the producer, shipped over any public roadway, inspected for your safety at any point.... YOU may be a socialist.

IF you sent your kids to a public school... YOU may be a socialist

IF you home-schooled, but asked for any help from any public official along the way, or if you used a public library rather than write, print and use your own books... YOU may be a socialist.

IF you are a proud Libertarian but have EVER ventured off your own property, used anything you did not grow, harvest, manufacture yourself on that property... YOU may be a socialist

IF you are a Libertarian or anti-government voter who ever invested in buying stock, held a bank account, owned or used American currency... YOU may be a socialist.

If you have been anything but a hermit in a loincloth, you may be a socialist. If you define socialism as any form of taking tax money from people to provide people with the services and infrastructure, you are lying to yourself about how ruggedly independent you are. You are dependent on the society and the society takes care of many needs.

If you want help me make a list of groups who may be socialists, leave a comment and add to the list. It is Friday, end of a very long week, we could use an exercise in consciousness raising that could provide us with a bit of humor too.

From the ol Inbox: McCain Lawyer Impeach Obama!...

McCain Lawyer Impeach Obama!
McCain has reached an agreement with the Obama lawyers that makes Obama resignation effective November 11.
Barack Obama can lost President's Chair.
McCain video report 7 November:

And there is a link, of course. LMAO

If there was anything that would make Obama resign on November 11, are there really people silly enough to think it would not have been made public prior to November 4? Hell, with all the lies the GOP and Hate Media was throwing around, something THAT potent would have surely come out BEFORE McCain had to silence Palin so he could make his gracious and admirable concession speech!

But I digress. Back to the spam email.

One hopes all the naive and/or hopeful bigots who clicked that link when it came to their email just got a spam for some silly product.

One hopes the link did not take the naive (or those wanting to overturn the will of a solid majority of American voters) to a porn site that might get them fired if they went to the link from work.

One hopes the link did not take them to a child porn site that could get their asses in legal trouble for simply being naive enough to innocently click a link they might believe would assure them there was a way to keep the resoundingly elected black man from moving into the White House.

One hopes the link did not download some malicious virus onto the computers of anyone naive enough to click it in hopes of taking America back to the days of fire hoses, axe handles, horses, and dogs used on their fellow countrymen who happen to be genetically different at the skin color gene and wanting to go to school, ride a bus, take a drink, or vote.

One hopes a lot of people do not rush into possibly damaging spam emails that try to appeal to baser instincts of some.

One hopes...

Still and all, last Tuesday did offer some hope that dangerously naive people, fools who think color is more important than wisdom and caring, willfully ignorant who don't want to find out about people who are 'different', and the just-plain-bigots out there are declining in numbers.

One hopes that looking for the best in ourselves and voting for the best in our leaders might be the virus that is really going around now.

Lieberman supported McCain which was the same as supporting the bush/cheney agenda

Now he tries to wrap his behavior in the flag and ask that the DEM leadership on the Hill not hit him back for all the punches he threw.

He did it for his country and his state.

Patriotism is indeed the last refuge of scoundrels.

Throw his ass out of committees and caucus. He has shown where his intentions lay and lie.

Somebody get Andrea Mitchell Greenspan a math tutor

She just said, several times, there are now 56 DEM Senators and 49 GOP Senators.

Huh?

What new states signed on this week, and why the hell didn't I read about them ANYWHERE?

Methinks Mrs Greenspan (of the Don't Know HOW the economy got so bad Greenspans) is a tad rattled about the election results.

She should take a vacation. A VERY long vacation.

Karma, not always a bitch, can be beautiful to behold

The NY Times has an article {click title of this post} on something Attila had not even considered: Outgoing GOP minions, hacks, flunkies, and pols have to sell their D.C. area homes in a really bad market. Since their agenda and policies over the past 28 years pretty well made the mess, how lovely they get to deal with results like the rest of us.

They probably will never take responsibility, but they will be among us facing consequences. That is some small comfort

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/losing-is-tough-selling-may-be-tougher/

America is shifting: We'd Rather Be Blue!

http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html

Interactive map showing evolution of the voting trends in recent years. Play with the buttons. I especially like the one marked Voting Shifts.

This Land Is Your Land; This Land Is My Land ..... Again

That strange feeling you are experiencing is breathing.

The national breath-holding season is over. So, too, is the time of our national embarrassment and shame.

We have rejoined the ranks of the lawful and humane nations of the world. Within a few weeks, we step up as the rightful and righteous beacon of democracy and hope.

He has a mess on his shoulders and he cannot possibly clean it up himself. It will take all of us doing our share. He was honest last night. It will be time and effort. There will be false starts. But last night should have taught us we must entertain the notion that great things are, indeed, possible. Last night, the bar got raised.

Last night was a lesson in not giving in, not giving up, not giving it away to a few while we watch American Idol and Lost.

Last night, we saw America again. America IS beautiful.

We the People

OUR nation

Roll up your sleeves. Help your neighbor. Stand a little taller. Do good work. Check egos and the door and do your part to restore our beloved country.

This land is your land, this land is my land, this land is gonna have a future we can look to with hope and work toward with enthusiasm.

If You Love America, You $UPPORT America

Joe the Plumber dares to pose questions about Obama's loyalty to America? Joe Wurzelbacher? The guy who failed to pay his taxes DARES to question whether Obama is a "good American"?

"McCain has fought and bled for our country, loves our country--there's too many questions with Barack Obama," Wurzelbacher said on Sunday, "and his loyalty to our country. I question that greatly."

Wurzelbacher also put into question Obama as a "good American," saying that his "ideology is completely different than what democracy stands for."

Hey Wurzelbacher, you don't support the troops unless you pay your share of the tab for defense. Stop mouthing jingoistic pablum and pay your taxes. You are nothing more than an America-hating-deadbeat!

Real "average Americans" who love this great nation pay their share and expect the rich and giant corporations to do the same.

Joe the Deadbeat, your 15 minutes are WAY over.

If you have any problems voting, report incidents!

http://www.866ourvote.org/

http://www.eac.gov/voter/how-to-contact-your-state-election-office

Because America is worth some time and effort!

And from Michael Moore this morning, more sites to help fight voter disenfranchise exercises by the folks who brought us bush:

Expect trouble tomorrow. Stand your ground. Don't let some clerk turn you away. Make noise. Call the media if they won't let you vote. Let the Obama camp know. Check out his Voter Protection Center. Know where your polling place is. Be careful inside the voting booth. The ballot still reads like a Sudoku puzzle. Be prepared for long lines. That's ok, you know how to bring the party with you! Make new friends. Plot your local revolution. The 28-year rule of Republicans (and Democrats who act like Republicans) is over. The Reagan Era dies tomorrow night. My God, I truly thought it would never end.

Stand your ground! Indeed. Take a folding chair (take two if you can carry them, someone else at your polling place may need a rest in line too) Take some water. Take snacks. Take something to do while waiting. TAKE A STAND! America needs your service at this important junction.

America is worth the effort. Make whatever effort is required to have your vote counted.