Just finished Matt Taibbi's book, "The Great Derangement".

Worth a read. No shit.

As we continue to dump money into the "financial services companies" at the speed of heat, it seems that the companies like GM that actually make shit, and add value to our country as well as provide Jobs with a capital "J" in communities around the US are getting screwed. And why might that be? Hmmmmmmm.... could be because they are blue collar and tend to be union. Last I heard there were no unions on the floor of the NYSE.

So as the US Government drives the car makers into bankruptcy (well, helps them on their way, they did some of that to themselves... but that's another story) it continues to fund the AIGs of the universe to give out bonuses and keep their wanton ways going.

How good are the bonuses for the GM workers who have spent, in many cases lifetimes, building and enjoying being part of the middle-class, hardly masters of the Universe stuff, but kings of their own castles?

Most of GM's hourly workers will receive another buyout and early retirement offer. Production workers will be offered $20,000, plus a $25,000 car voucher. Skilled employees will be offered $45,000 plus the vehicle voucher.

The biggest buyout package, for employees with at least 20 years of service, includes $115,000 plus the car voucher.

Maybe they should have given those Masters of the Universe some of that worthless paper they created to wipe their asses with, it would seem about as fair. Fucksticks.

Personally, I was hoping that Obama would nominate Anita Hill for the Court. That would have been some serious "Justice" in a scale of galactical proportions... and I'd have laughed my ass off.

Imagine, Ms. Justice Hill showing up on the first day of Court with a can of coke and a porno mag, and sliding into the seat next to "Sleepy" Thomas, the man who never speaks. Bet money he'd have said something.

Well, it's not going to happen. Apparently the nominee is going to be Sonia Sotomayor, a Latina jurist of some distinction, nominated to the bench first by Bunnypants Pere. I guess that the republican attack machine is gearing up to slander her. Interesting, that Orrin Hatch was the chairman of Judiciary when she was first put on the bench, and had little to nothing to say about her...but now...well, the christofascista are pulling his strings and have their collective hands up his ass moving his mouth.

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said Thursday that Judge Sonia Sotomayor's past statement that the "court of appeals is where policy is made" would be a problem for her if she were nominated for the Supreme Court.

"That's a problem," Hatch said during an interview on Fox News after being shown a clip of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals judge's comment.
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Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said Thursday that Judge Sonia Sotomayor's past statement that the "court of appeals is where policy is made" would be a problem for her if she were nominated for the Supreme Court.

"That's a problem," Hatch said during an interview on Fox News after being shown a clip of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals judge's comment.

Hatch can just shut his fucking mouth and live with Obama's pick(s). We have Scalito and Roberts to put up with, three of the most anti-civil rights and dare I say it anti-American jurists to ever occupy the bench. And Thomas, what can you say about that right-wing waste of space. He shoulda been Borked. It's about time that some balance was restored to the Court, and perhaps it's a good thing that Obama is appointing not only a distinguished jurist, but an actual attorney who has practice law outside a boardroom as a prosecutor as well as doing corporate legal work

The scumbags are going to go apeshit about all this... I suspect that the words "Judicial Activist" will be all over the talking heads airwaves over the next few weeks. We'll see....

Hi all... the blogging has been tough to get back into, but I have to make an effort. You all know that I was no fan of the previous administration... but I have a question..

Is the current President just a more articulate version of our last, unlamented Village Idiot?

I'm not seeing anything resembling leadership from him on one of the things I am most upset about, Torture. He's caved in to every single demand (seemingly) that the republicans have put out there, and he's appointed a consummate DC insider in Panetta to run the CIA. Joy.

Is it time to put the tin-foil hats on again? Let me know, mine's still in its lead-lined box.