The clown cars have rolled into Washington. The Big Three CEOs drove their vehicles all the way from Detroit. All except one. GM CEO Rick Wagoner did drive a 2009 Chevy Malibu Hybrid most of the way to Washington. But then, once he got close to the Capitol he hopped out of his Malibu and drove the last 25 miles or so in a 2011 Chevy Volt. How did the Chevy Volt get to the pick-up point in Washington? Well,
someone had to ship it there.
Meanwhile in Great Britain,
the sale of electric cars has fallen by more than half. While the Government's climate change advisory body predicted that electric cars would sell like hot cakes .. they were proven very wrong by that silly little thing called the free market. Only 156 electric cars were sold in Great Britain so far this year.
The Australian government is considering something called the Fair Work Bill. What this bill will do is give labor unions power that they have not seen in 20+ years.. maybe even more. As you can probably imagine, there is nothing "fair" about the bill. Just like this bill in the United States - the Free Employee Choice Act - has nothing to do with free choice.
The Wall Street Journal gives a basic explanation:
The Fair Work Bill is, by any measure, a massive boost for unions. It would make it possible for them to enter private workplaces and examine both union and non-union pay records -- trampling on individuals' right to privacy. When disputes occur, the bill gives wide powers to a third-party tribunal to arbitrate. It would effectively allow for a form of "pattern bargaining," giving unions that strike a deal with one business more leverage to wield it over other firms in the same industry.
The bill is especially damaging for small and medium-sized businesses -- the economic backbone of middle Australia. "Fair Work" would reimpose mandatory unfair dismissal laws on businesses employing fewer than 100 workers. It would strike down Mr. Howard's Australian Workplace Agreements, which allowed businesses to strike flexible contracts with individual workers. "Low-paid workers" -- a phrase that isn't clearly defined under the bill, meaning it could apply to a wide range of employees -- would be given increased bargaining powers.
There has been amazing progress in Iraq. You'll find a tough time finding coverage in the media ...
but we managed to discover this Krauthammer column.
It's sad when
it takes a Canadian to point out the harsh realities of our American society and our distorted view of the role of government. Here's a peek: "Socialism, advocated by both Obama and Layton, has sucked the soul out of humanity wherever it was ever attempted, but that's the road North America is now careening down."
Obama may bypass the Congress to implement a national cap-and-trade system by
creating regulations through the EPA. Coal industry, are you listening?? Remember, Obama said he was going to bankrupt you.
Now we have this column in The Wall Street Journal saying
we should end drug prohibition in the US. There's something to that.
The WSJ also says that
we should free Plaxico Burress because New York's gun laws are unconstitutional.
When a bridge in your town collapses and the government
still hasn't fixed it after four years, I have bad news for you .. it's still not getting fixed any time soon. It's government!
Russia has declared Santa to be an 'illegal immigrant' whose unhealthy Western influence was not welcome in Russia.
thhp:
