Please No Romney, No Palin

Mitt:  Don't run in 2012.  You are nothing but a carpet-bagging, slightly more conservative version of Bill Clinton.  Like Bill, you have proven that you  will do anything, say anything to get elected.  You are a carpetbagger and an unprincipled opportunist.  Not only will I not vote for you, I will oppose you.

Sarah: Don't run in 2012.  You are a lightweight; you lack what the pundits called "gravitas" in 2000.  Turned out that W had a hell of a lot more gravitas than the Associated Press gave him credit for when 9/11 struck.   You have none.  You lack a conversational understanding of most of the issues which you would confront as the leader of the free world.   Love the glasses, but I can't support you.

People I can support:

Bobby Jindahl
Paul Ryan
Mitch Daniels

ObamaCare Redux

I highly recommend an excellent overview/summary of the shortcomings of ObamaCare at the Weekly Standard ("REPEAL - How and Why Obamacare Must Be Undone"). In it, Yuval Levin eloquently makes the case for repeal of this monstrosity, both as to the whys and the practical possibilities.

The Wall Street Journal Opinion blog also has a great article discussing immediate real world impacts of ObamaCare on the financial statements of some major American companies such as AT&T, Deere & Co., Caterpillar and others.

Thanks again to Barry, Nancy, Harry and the other fools who made all of this possible.

Toyota's Redemption

I have been following the "runaway Toyota" stories with great skepticism for a while.  They are reminiscent of the Audi 5000 stories that circulated in the mid-1980s.

In today's news, the NHTSA looked at the "black box" of a Toyota Prius which allegedly suffered from the sudden acceleration problem. Turns out that the black box (which records various metrics of vehicle operation) showed no braking and wide open acceleration in a New York case.  In the case of the Audi 5000, the car was ultimately exonerated.

Now that the fools that are operating these killer Toyotas know that there IS a black box, and now that doubt has been cast on the driving abilities of the people who have experienced problems with their Toyota, my modest prediction is that this story is going to wind down in the media, and that reports of these incidents will stop.

Of course, if you are dumb enough to throw rubber, winter floor mats on top of the carpeted ones (which are actuallyfastened to the floor), you deserve what you get.