Did he say what I think he said ?

I've been trying to keep an eye on the financial woes the Big Three U.S. automakers are experiencing. There's one school of thought indicating if all three go down, the total impact on the overall economy will be devastating. The other school of thought, held by most Republicans, is that it's far more important to bust the labor unions than rescue the organizations with bailout money. Apparently, the Repubs haven't read about the first school of thought, don't believe it, or don't give a flying fuck.

Anyway, an article in today's local newspaper quotes W as saying he wants to settle the issue because he doesn't want to leave a mess for President Obama. Whaaaaa--- ? This has to go into the books as one of the most incredibly dumbass things that have come out of that fool's mouth, and there've been a slew of 'em.

Stuff that stinks

I can't get worked up enough about it to follow the story closely, but U.S. Attorney Pat Fitzgerald, every Dem's favorite fed when he was trying to nail Cheney and did nail Scooter, has now nailed the Dem governor of Illinois, who was trying to turn a buck by selling off the Senate seat once occupied by Obama. Rod, the Dem gov whose surname I haven't bothered learning how to spell, has a rug on his head resembling Rick Perry's. Rod and Ricardo seem like guys who'll try to use their offices for personal advantage, although Rod is flagrant about it. By the way, the Alaska gov, aka Trig's mom, also knows how to use her office to her advantage. It's probably a safe bet there are more corrupt state governors than honest ones. The ones who aren't trying to make a dishonest buck are running with whores or some shit.

The Republicans are getting damp in the underwear over the case, since they're hoping they can establish a link between Obama and Rod. In case anyone hasn't noticed, Republicans like to live in the past... they're still longing for the good old Reagan days, which were folded up and stuck between the pages of history books two fucking decades ago. The Illinois scandal has them dreamin' about the glory days of Whitewater and Vince Foster. Visions of Dem scandals are dancing like sugarplums in their heads, a seasonal reference. No one cares about Rod except assholes who listen to AM radio or regularly read blogs like Little Green Footballs and Newsmax. But let 'em have their dreams - they don't have much else these days.

The news lost excitement after the election. Even Trig's mom was forced to go back to her day job, so I was surprised to see a few new blog entries about Joe the Plumber, who got some attention for criticizing the man responsible for his few minutes of fame. Joe, who shouldn't be mistaken for a Nobel laureate, was disgusted with Speedbump's support for federal bailouts and behind-the-scenes campaign stuff. Joe probably needs to think about why he was riding on Speedo's campaign bus to begin with. It doesn't surprise me that Joe thought Trig's mom was the real deal though, since he looks like the stereotypical horny bubba who'd kill for a seat on Wondermom's bandwagon. Fuck that loser, too.

American pie

I was browsing the internet today and discovered references on several blogs to the so-called Bush Legacy Project. Based on a cursory investigation it looks like Karl Rove, Karen Hughes and some other members of the old gang have organized a plan to rewrite recent history and make their former boss look like one of America's greatest presidents instead of the worst one ever. This ridiculous idea can be contemplated because Rove proved in the first W term that if something's repeated often enough, fifty percent of the idiots in this country will eventually be persuaded it's true. There are still Americans who are convinced Saddam had WMDs.

Speaking of American idiots, how about that Rick Perry ? According to an article in today's Houston paper, beloved Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is making her first tentative wiggles toward running against Ricardo in the 2010 election; Ricardo is already firing a few preemptive shots across KB's bow. Sometimes I think he lies awake at night, gazing at the ceiling and dreading the day when he has to go out and get a real job. KB isn't disgusting as Republicans go and frankly I'd like to see her wage a really brutal campaign against Perry and steamroll him, then back up and steamroll him again. Texas can't claim respectability as long as that waste of space is governor.

And speaking of wasted space it looks like O.J. Simpson is finally gonna do a little time, maybe a minimum of nine years. When he was first accused of murdering Nicole and Goldman, I was too busy with public welfare stuff to give the case much thought and initially decided the charges were bogus. As time went on and the criminal trial became the focus of American culture for weeks and weeks, I gradually concluded that he probably did it after all. By the time the jury began deliberating, I was rooting for a guilty verdict.

I guess when you commit two extremely vicious murders and get away with it, it's easy to decide the usual rules don't apply to you. O.J. should have found some way to live out his years in quiet seclusion, but he just had to keep stirring up shit instead. Maybe some prison time will quiet him down.