Obama phobia

Did a scan of the news last night to see where Obama stood in the primary. The one blairing thing that stood out was the negative press. All but two articles presented the presidential candidate in a negative light whether it was about the Wright non issue or Barrack's position on suspending the federal gas tax. I am glad to see he is winning or declared the winner in N.C. which puzzles me as they list 0% of the districts reporting. And tell me how a candidate can win one primary, get nearly half the delegates in another primary and be considered behind? It's quite apparent that most of the MSM is against Obama. What are they afraid of?

Nothing like stealing from the poor

Leave it to republicans to cut off any benefits to those who can least afford it and give massive amounts of money to those who don't need it.

Robin Hood backwards

Cool stuff

The X1 electric car is faster than a formula 1 race car. After viewing this on Cool Stuff How it works I think this is the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine. It should be just a few years before production costs come down making them quite affordable And consider this: an electric motor requires no repairs or maintenance over its life. Think of your washer or vacuum cleaner, it's usually one of the other parts that gives out before the motor gives up the ghost. And with newer battery tech it should be interesting to see the maximum range. At present 150 miles. Then of course there's the Tesla electric car along the same lines. I'm glad to see we still have a few inventive people left in this country.

X1 on youtube

Almost forgot

Employment figures

Is somebody not getting the picture here? We're loosing jobs each month and wall street thinks this is just rosey. I can not see why anyone would want to put money in investments at this time with a major pull back in domestic spending. Yes we can export products to China and India at least those that haven't been moved over seas, but as the layoffs continue and when people aren't buying foreign goods the world economy will pull back as well. Or am I missing something here? And that back door tax of energy and food prices isn't helping matters either. I'd say our wonderful rebate checks are basically gone. Sucked into the gas tank just to get to work or look for a job.

Update

In looking into the trucker/fuel protest I came upon this comment from one Truckerdoug;

GUYS,THERES ONLY ONE WAY TO SHUT THESE RIGS DOWN,THINK ABOUT IT. SHUT THE FUEL TANKERS DOWN,IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF MERE HOURS AND NOONE WILL BE MOVING.IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME ATTENTION JUST WATCH WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THE WALMART TRUCKS DONT GET THIER FUEL DROPS,OR DONNIE SCHNEIDER DOESNT GET HIS DROP,OR EVEN BETTER WHEN MR. CEO ANY MAJOR CORP CANT FUEL HIS SUBURBAN,THEN WERE GOING TO GET SOME ACTION,WANNA SEE GOVERNMENT WAKE UP? TANKER DRIVERS TAKE A COUPLE DAYS OFF FOR US BROTHERS PLEASE.HAVE A NATION WIDE SICK WEEK.I REALLY CANT PROMOTE VIOLENCE SUCH AS THE STRIKES OF PAST,WHEN BRICKS WERE DROPPED OFF OVERPASSES AND OTHER THINGS,THIS WOULD JUST SHOW OUR LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM .TANKERS PLEASE SHUT EM DOWN AND WE WILL GET SOME SERIOUS ATTENTION AND QUICK.
4/3/2008 10:37:34 PM

I think this is a great idea especially for you tanker drivers around the DC area.

May Day

On this fine May day as a protest for the war in Iraq that's costing us trillions as well as over 4000 U.S. soldiers, the longshore workers on the west coast shut down the ports affecting all ports on the west coast. I hope this is just the beginning of a protest that will continue into the future. We have elected officials who have ignored our pleas to end this war. Our hope was to change the status quo and put an end to this never ending war that is a drain on the U.S. economy as well as the human loss of our troops and Iraqi people. I hope this sends a clear message to those who voted to go to war that this nation no longer wants to be a part of a no win situation. It's time for Iraq to step up and take charge of their nation. This will be a bloody process that must proceed whether we like it or not. It is their country not ours.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/05/this-just-in-th.htm

I'll update this as soon as I check on the truckers and what they're planning. Until then PEACE!