Sword and Sextant

Meanwhile, we’re doing the same thing, but rather than shoring up social spending to weather the storm, we’re turning up the heat in a huge way to…                      …something.

Geithner is apparently english for idiot.

What a hilarious turn of events. When your currency is struggling and just now digging out of a hole before you bury it in purposeful inflation, the one thing you want to do is undermine confidence in it.

Saying, as the vassal of the One, that you’re open to a new international currency instead of the dollar is not the way to help America, Tim. Needless to say, this opens the door for currency speculators to dump the dollar, which they have already done, of course.

What in the hell are these guys thinking? Is this how monetary policy is done in the special olympics?

Well, him or the teleprompter. Isn’t it funny that everything said about Cheney is totally, visibly true about the Teleprompter of the United States of America?

Let’s have a look at a quote:

“I am certain that we will be able to work together, in the coming four years, in a spirit of peace and friendship to build a safer world.”

That was sent by the One to Jacques Chirac (possibly spelled correctly, and anyhow as much effort as I’m putting forth to spell that jackass’ name right), with well wishes. Its a very nice sentiment, and a great first foot forward with an important ally.

Wait a minute, Chirac hasn’t been in power for two years. OMGWTFBBQ. Our coolest, smartest, most handsome uber-Presidential demigod just completely missed Sarkozy’s election? Remember when he defeated a woman candidate in a fair election? Um, does France ring a bell? Europe? (Hint: Its by the country you got crazy awesome gifts from, and sent 25 region-incompatible dvds back to. Can’t fault you for forgetting something you obviously spent so little time on, though.)

Let us now consider the alternative: Obama knows who Sarkozy is, but sent this letter anyhow. That means he snubbed Nick on purpose, sending a letter to a former leader instead of the current one. So our mega-diplomatic POTUS, who will make the world love us again, adds France to the list of countries he’s pissed off in two months total. For review, here’s a spur of the moment list:

Poland, Ukrainie – Missle Defense laydown to Russia
Georgia – suggesting they need to show restraint when the neo-USSR is attacking
England – messing up the PM Brown airport pickup, worst gifts ever for our best ally
EU – Sudden protectionism, stoking possibility of global trade war
Mexico – caving to union truckers, violating NAFTA for removing mexican long haul trucks
India – saying Kashmir is in Pakistan
Brazil – spelling president’s name incorrectly
China – threatening to use inflation to pay off debts, banana republic style, protectionism

I can just feel the love coming from the entire globe right now. We are the world….

We are the children…

Oh boy. Liberals to save girlfriend-media hybrid from fires of business reality.

Gotta love/hate it. Newsprint is failing because no one is reading it, and not because of anything else. Let the damn things fail and the newsmedia will crop up again in a more efficient internet-driven fashion, all the better for the technology and streamlining.

Democrats, however, are as shortsighted and foolish as possible, and they will gallantly spend our money that they haven’t yet taken from us to save such pillars of olde guard liberalism. You would hate to force outdated industries to modernize and keep up with the times (pun). Much better to save ancient architecture and pilot a sinking ship buoyed on the backs of the taxpayers, drowning under the weight.

Let’s for a moment say that they aren’t doing this to save their mouthpieces (What would Barry do if asked a question NOT on the teleprompter? Melt or explode?). Regardless, this is more federal guvamint taking over non-financial industries to “save” them. I wonder if talk radio would get the same treatment? We won’t find out soon, because they actually make money and are a positive force in the economy, so eff them all the way to tax day. Not only is it foolish to temporarily bail out a failing company, as it is prolonging the inevitable (the medium is the problem, not the March cashflow), but why is the federal guvamint picking and choosing who to save? Who the hell elected them to save newspapers rather than the gas station down the street? Its not fair in any respect, and its unconstitutional to seize businesses anyhow, as if that matters to these people.

There are good reporters at those newspapers, and each of them has their job for a reason. Most of those reporters/commentators are very skilled and good at what they do. Point is, they would fill in at any niche available or begin their own endeavors. Charles Krauthammer and others are in high demand regardless of the health of the Washington Post. Enterprises fail every day, and the best workers always find a new home. Its the beauty of America in action. If you have the drive and the skills, you can find a job. Failing that, you’re free to create your own damn job via entrepreneurialism. Our dumbass guvamint has decided to impair this process with our banks, and now with our media. Its difficult to imagine that this many Democrats would have been elected the last two cycles if anyone knew this and other hilariously dumb ideas would be the result.

One final thought: I’m very afraid of the media being in bed with the guvamint through any kind of bailout money or seizure. Freedom of the press cuts both ways. They can report whatever they want, and they are supposed to be insulated from the guvamint. Our guvamint is well documented as sucking at everything it ever tries to do, aside from allocating money to the military. Why do we elect people who promise to take over more responsibility? Banana republics and euro-socialist countries have state-run media and we supposedly do not. Why are we flushing the things that make us better than the rest of the world down the fucking toilet? Liberals have no freaking clue that all the laws in the constitution were crafted to keep the guvamint AWAY from the world around it. Has any liberal in history ever read the tenth amendment? Did they know there were ten?

/primal scream