For those of you who are paying attention to the headlines, General Motors is officially filing for bankruptcy protection, but the kind that only you and I could dream of being provided (could be a nightmare). The US government is going to become a 60% owner of the company… yup, a controlling interest.

Goodbye capitalism. At least for GM. And anyone that still owns a Chevy, Caddy, or some other GM vehicle.

On the positive side, the government can now start cranking out as many Cadillac limos as it does $100 bills to support the government’s activities.

On the negative side, the government can now start cranking out as many Cadillac limos as it does $100 bills to support the government’s activities.

The Press, those ready to speak the Truth, have finally seen the direction the government is going for what it is.

Okay, only one member of the Press.

Okay, it’s the Russian Press.

That’s right, Pravda, the state sponsored news agency, provided an incredibly insightful assessment of [...]

This story (page 1 of Friday’s WSJ) takes the cake.  And it’s the last line that sums up why I’m frustrated by it:
We just want to make it [English] a little easier to spell.
Changing the spelling of words to be phonetically exacting is just wrong.  That way, you don’t have to know to spell “there”, [...]

But Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) thinks it can. Living in Iowa, we occasionally receive a nice email from the Senator letting us know how he is scr- uh, helping us with his work. Here’s his latest missive, arriving just this afternoon…
Dear Friends,
Many working families are being saddled with higher costs at the grocery [...]

Well, Hillary appears to be attempting to make EVERYONE happy.
More government money to rescue folks who simply bought more house than they could afford. According to a Wall Street Journal story Tuesday, Hillary proposes:

Freezing Forclosures for 90 days
Freezing Interest-rate Resets on Sub-primes for 5 years
Establish a $30 billion fund so states and cities can [...]