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If you thought that cash-for-clunkers cash pool was exhausted by a bunch of folks trading in their gas-guzzling SUVs for hybrids, think again (my emphasis): I’m skeptical of Ed Lasky’s conclusion at American Thinker that “Chicago rules” are at play in the way stimulus funds are being doled out. In support, Lasky quotes this from a USA Today piece: Sometimes, no other word will do. The smiles on the people dropping the F-bomb in the linked video almost make the word sound friendly . . . like it doesn’t really belong on George Carlin’s list of the “seven words you can’t say on television.” Indeed, it reminded me of when Carlin made the case [...] Lots of bloggery today over the apparent dichotomy of views between President Obama and Caterpillar CEO Jim Owens over whether the stimulus package will allow Caterpillar to rehire laid off workers. This apparently is not just a divergence of views on the efficacy of the stimulus packge, but on what the CEO said about it. [...] Usually, I view warnings that we are headed for socialism, like this one at Confederate Yankee, as a little over the top. But Newsweek has given me reason to reconsider: . . . in a wickedly funny parody of both the embattled stimulus package and commercials for erectile dysfunction drugs, now airing at Reason Magazine’s blog. Click the image to watch . . . and pay careful attention to the generic name for the drug near the bottom of the screen at the end [...] Well, why didn’t they say this in the first place? At least that would have been honest. var addthis_pub = ‘deucegeary’; How else to explain a report in the Charlotte Observer that North Carolina is considering monitoring vehicle mileage of private citizens in order to tax them according to mileage and road use? The monitoring would be accomplished either through regular odometer readings or, more ambitiously, through GPS tracking: From the NYT: I keep seeing everywhere — JammieWearingFool is just the latest place — that United Auto Workers members earn $73 per hour when you include their benefits, and its driving me nuts, because I know that figure includes future health care and pension benefits. Even if the figure is technically an accurate calculation when taking [...] New York Times: House Passes Auto Rescue Plan. “Auto rescue.” Hmm . . . whenever I needed that before, I called the auto club. So if this bill makes it into law, does that mean I call Congress next time I need a tow? var addthis_pub = ‘deucegeary’; Image via Wikipedia 
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