Tit for Tat...

That'll work, it always does!

Wednesday, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said:

"Japan cannot avoid the tsunami of the world recession, but it can try to find a way out."

"The world economy is in a once-in-a-hundred-years recession. We need extraordinary measures to deal with an extraordinary situation," he said.


Huh? How do they know this happens once every hundred years? Didn't this just happen in Japan like fifteen years ago? And if it happens every hundred years why didn't world financial leaders expect this to happen? They're acting like this is a natural occurring phenomenon in nature, kind of like El Nino or hurricane season. You expect me to trust the words of the same arrogant assholes that got us into this mess in the first place? If they were so fucking smart they should have seen this coming a mile away, but they didn't. Now they're claiming it's just "something that happens once every hundred years". Sounds like one big fuck up that happened as a result of human arrogance and greed.

Well, at least the world falling apart will clean the slate for real change. Things fall apart for a reason-in order to create real, lasting change things have to be destroyed first. You can't fix a intrinsically broken system by working within the broken system. Our system is on its last legs. The machine is about to break, for good. Humanity must evolve its way of thinking, its economy, its politics -- everything -- if it plans on surviving. Good riddance. Let the world fall apart. Hells a coming and payback is a bitch, especially when rents way over due.

It's all 20/20 in hindsight. Too bad none of these fools had or have any real foresight.

Chrysler: Thanks for investing in us, America

What, you mean I had a choice? Great, thanks. Investing in failure and hollow dreams is one of my favorite, All-American past-times. Merry motherfucking X___________mas. Thanks for the lump of coal, Santa; I mean Uncle Sam.



Wow, if they followed through on any of the things that "Chrysler is committed to" they wouldn't have gotten into this mess in the first place. I guess, the last thirty years of mismanagement, shotty engineering, and ugly cars will just be their version of a Mulligan. Besides, we shouldn't have expected an American car company to provide: "cars and trucks you want to buy, enjoy driving, and will want to buy again", "deliver products with the best quality and value", and "improve fuel economy" on their own. I mean, that's just crazy, especially when the Japs and Krauts can do it for us!

After-all, that's the real American dream-to have someone else do it for you and make a shit-ton of money at the same time! Hard work, innovation, tenacity, accountability, etc.-those are just myths of the past! Money for nothing! We can have it all! Now that's the future. Shit.

Edumacate yourself!

Great, another private school educated administrator without a single day of real-life public school teaching experience. Well, at least he knows how to say the right thing (is a career politician) and won't have his high minded-ideals bashed against the wall (there's a reason why over 50% of teacher quit within three years, and it's not the pay).

I love his idea of residency programs for teachers seeking advanced degrees in education. How long does he think teachers will stick around in urban schools after they've gotten their Masters/Phds? How many days did he stick around teaching after he got his advanced degree? Oh yeah, he hasn't taught a day in his life.

Oh, and bribing students to do well in school is a great idea. As if the value of an education isn't incentive enough. Shouldn't we be teaching students about thinking in the long-term, especially with America's fiscal/credit/savings crisis? Doesn't bribing them to do well in school just support the instant gratification, "now, now, now", "me, me, me" mentality of America?

Whatevar, at least it all sounds good and that's all that counts these days.

One more thing: I love the idea of accountability just so long as the students, parents, and communities are drawn into the equation of accountability. After-all, it takes a village to raise a child-not just a teacher. Therefore, all of the blame shouldn't be placed on the teacher for the failure of the student. However, blaming the teachers for everything is an extremely politically convenient "solution" to the nation's education problems.

It's times like these that I miss a good ole tar and featherin'

Those close-set, beady eyes just scream schemer.
And is that hair even real?

A Few Questions on the Bail-Out...

Is this loan going to insure that GM, Ford, Chrysler, etc. don't make shitty cars anymore? Will this loan be able to pull Americans like me away from our love affairs with Japanese automobiles that we have owned and have served us well since we were teenagers? Not to mention, will America's love affair with German engineering and various European luxury cars disappear? Will this loan improve American students' scores in math and science, which will in turn lead to more competitive U.S. born and bred engineers that can provide the innovation necessary to make American made cars not suck anymore? I doubt it. This loan seems like more money being flushed down the toilet for the sake of supporting the gluttonous lifestyles of the crooks who got us into this mess in the first place.

I like Obama's Trasition...

mainly because he's showing wisdom in his selections by not going too far left. Personally, I hate far left wack-jobs just as much as I hate far right wack-jobs. They both have no sense of balance or perspective on the world. What we need is balance, which Barack is showing.
In addition, Barack is showing foresight by setting the table for winning the next election. Despite the far-left's: "We've got a huge mandate for change" mentality, Barack seems to know that he can't win a re-election solely with the support of the far-left. After-all, he only won 53 percent of the popular vote (aided by an atrocious Bush/Republican presidency). Yes, he won a land-slide in the electoral college, but the popular vote leaves a lot of people out there who aren't too fond of him. Not to mention, only 62 percent of eligible voters showed up to the polls, which leaves about 38 percent of eligible voters out there who just don't give a fuck (or see much potential for change) either way. That's not a huge mandate, especially when younger voters tend to get more conservative as they get older and gain more experience dealing with the realities of the real (not ideal) world. Unless, of course, they're super-rich and sheltered within the ivory tower-blind idealism is a luxury of the wealthy.

So, good job on your selections Obama and keep pissing off the far-left. Their view of the world is just as skewed as the far-right. Keep it sane and govern from the center.