Nobrainer’s Think Tank

He’s right, you know:

There are some in congress right now who would rather see their opponents lose than see America win

They’re called Democrats.

Per USA Today, Obama “stressed that ‘no one party will be able to dictate where we go from here.’” That’s good to know, but is he implying that, at least at some times over the last two years, the single party in charge, was dictating? If he is implying that, he is correct, but it still seems like something odd to say.

I also found this paragraph to be cringeworthy:

[Obama] is seeking “the right balance” between new regulations to make sure that companies are treating customers fairly, and “making absolutely clear that the only way America succeeds is if businesses are succeeding.”

I wouldn’t exactly say the business environment is great right now. So it shows the extent of the Great One’s rectal-cranial inversion that he is even worried about this balance at this point. Heaven forbid we end up with lower unemployment at the risk of some of us facing an overdraft fee.

I read this AP article this morning, and it brought to mind an exchange from the movie Trainspotting. In it Sick Boy details his grand theory. The exchange ends thusly:

Renton: So we all get old and then we can’t hack it anymore. Is that it?
Sick Boy: Yeah.
Renton: That’s your theory?

So the article was about health care.

The budget office concluded that premiums for people buying their own coverage would go up by an average of 10 percent to 13 percent, compared with the levels they’d reach without the legislation. That’s mainly because policies in the individual insurance market would provide more comprehensive benefits than they do today.

For most households, those added costs would be more than offset by the tax credits provided under the bill, and they would pay significantly less than they have to now.

That’s the fucking plan? That’s the savings? The savings plan is to force prices higher and say they’re lower by adding further complication to the tax code via new credits? Brilliant!

Geezus. It’s 9AM and I’m so ready for a Guinness.

I just saw a commercial that said something like “if you walk 30 minutes a day, you’ll live a year longer!” Or, if you do the math, if you walk 30 minutes a day, every day, for about 50 years, you’ll extend your life by the same amount you spent doing all the walking.

I think I’d rather have a drink instead.

I’m getting sick of his “everything is on the table [except for all the things that aren't].” Of course what he actually said, this time, was [emphasis mine]:

“We’re going to continue to explore each and every avenue that I can think of that will lead to job creation and economic growth,” he said while standing with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and four construction workers wearing hard hats.

Here’s a tip for Mr. Super Genius Nobel Peace Prizing President Obama: explore ideas that other people have thought of you pompous ass!

Outside of that, let me thank the people of the country. Thank you for sending your money to people like me.

Obama spoke from the top of a large mound of dirt and gravel, the site of a highway construction project in the Virginia suburbs outside Washington. He chose the site of the Fairfax County Parkway Extension project to feature the progress of the stimulus package passed earlier this year.

The project is the state’s largest stimulus-funded project. When completed, it will connect both ends of Fairfax County.

Thank you, America for sending money to my county, Fairfax, VA, one of the wealthiest counties in the country, so that we can build more roads for ourselves with your money. According to Forbes last year, Fairfax county had the highest median income of any county in the country. And that’s where Mr. Greatness Obama thought it was a good idea to show off how stimulus money was being spent. Seriously, he traveled all the way across the river to the fucking DC suburbs to show off how well he’s spending America’s money on America’s rich by “creating jobs” where the unemployment rate is only 4.5% Fucking dolt!

PS – Don’t get too mad at me, Obama, I did check my tire pressures this week. So now we can call off that whole global warming deal.

Don’t worry, the same company that just months ago said that bankruptcy was not an option, has now emerged from bankruptcy. Of course now we’re being told that all the government loans will be paid back in full and ahead of schedule. In addition, “[The new CEO] said the U.S. government, which owns a majority stake in GM, has vowed that it would not get involved in day-to-day decisions.” It seems that Congress isn’t aware of that pledge.

A majority of House members have signed onto a bill to reverse the closing of 789 Chrysler dealerships and block General Motors Corp. from closing more than 1,300, while the full House could vote on the bill as early as next week….

“A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives, an astonishing 222 members, and a quickly growing number in the Senate, from both parties, now fully recognize what is clear to the American people: The leadership of GM and Chrysler made a horrible mistake by their arbitrary termination of profitable dealerships,” the statement said. “Detroit and the (White House’s) auto task force’s flawed business plan will lead to the direct loss of more than 169,000 good jobs and cripple the U.S. auto industry’s ability to come back from bankruptcy.”

Here’s a question, have any of you actually thought to yourself how sorry you feel for these dealerships? I know I sure as shit have not.

Anyway, the executive branch is making business decisions for GM and Chrysler and Congress has decided they have veto power over the executive branch. Perhaps the government isn’t involved in “day-to-day” decisions, but they’re most certainly involved in the biggest decisions facing the companies.

Coming soon to a dealer near you: