Obama the Marxist

I'm going to start a series of posts showing how Obama and his administration are using Marxist tactics to create a new form of liberal facism before our very eyes.

Exhibit 1.  A blog has been set up to analyze the political donations of the Chrysler dealerships that have been selected for closure.  No one that I have seen has been able to come up with any sort of business rationale, nor has the corporation or government (they are the same at this point in time) come out with a rationale, for which dealerships were selected to be closed.  Some on the closure list are very profitable.  Others are not.  Some selected to remain open are money losers, some are not.

But look at the list of where the owners of the closed dealerships donated their money.  It all went either to the Republican party, Republican candidates, or to Democratic rivals of Obama's.

Summary from the first five pages of closings (from gatewaypundit via the original blog I cited):

During the 2008 Presidential Election, they gave:

$7,150 to John McCain
$2,300 to Gov. Mitt Romney
$500 to Gov. Mike Huckabee
$1,950 to Sen. Hillary Clinton
$0 to Pres. Obama

Where there is smoke, there is fire.  More to come.

The Duckies are in Oprah Magazine!

Check it out! The Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies made the online version of Oprah Magazine.

Great Honda Insight Review from Jeremy Clarkson

I did a lot of research into hybrid technologies while working at GE's Global Research Center. They have potential in applications that involve lots of starts and stops, such as delivery vans. But I always laugh when I see a granola-muncher driving a Prius at 60mph on the freeway. All they are doing is hauling 400lbs of batteries around with an undersized gasoline engine.

Check out this Times of London review of the Honda Insight by Jeremy Clarkson of the BBC's Top Gear. Funny stuff.

Awkward Family Photos

Great web site.  Submit your own.  Come on.  You know you've got 'em.

The National Debt Road Trip

The video below does a great job of visualizing the dramatic increase in the rate at which Obama's spending will increase the debt.

According to this article in Human Event, if you’re a 20-year-old, just starting out after college, you will pay a whopping $114,000 over your working life just to service the interest on the debt created by the Obama budget.

The World's Best Illusions

The world's best illusions have been chosen at a gathering last weekend of neuroscientists and psychologists at the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Florida. Story here.

Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies Take Third at the US Open

The Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies took third place overall at the US Open Championships of the First Lego League.  More details to follow when results get posted on the official website.  Congratulations to the Ducks!

Topless Photo of Gay Marriage Opponent Released

You've all heard the controversy about Miss California USA (or whatever she is officially called). She was asked a question in the Miss Universe contest that apparently had only one correct answer. So now she is being vilified. At the bottom of this post you will see a recent topless photo (don't worry, it has been edited and is work-safe) that was released, possibly because this person had come out publicly against gay marriage?

For the record, I am ambivalent about gay marriage.  As a libertarian, I think the government should get out of the marriage business altogether.  Why should the government have ANY role in determining living arrangements between individuals?  If people have religious beliefs about the nature of marriage, then have a nice church ceremony and be done with it.  If there needs to be tax/benefits arrangements that involve the government, allow people to register as households in any combination they see fit, but the cleanest thing would be to treat every citizen as an individual and stop subsidizing (or penalizing) marriage/cohabitation.

That being said, given the fact that the government has played a role in defining marriage, and has accepted the traditional definition of marriage as it has stood for hundreds of years, I am strongly against unelected judges redefining the law.  That is a task best left to elected legislatures.  It is how our system of representative government was set up.  It takes a little more time and patience to get something changed, but then once something is changed, it's harder for the opposition to complain that they got screwed.

And now for those topless photos of our most prominent gay marriage opponent:

Notre Dame Lacrosse Enters the Tourney Ranked #2

Notre Dame beat Ohio State 16-7 in the Great Western Lacrosse League championship game to finish the season 15-0 and ranked #2. NCAA tournament brackets will be announced tonight on ESPNU. Hopefully they will be in the bracket that plays the semis at the Naval Academy so I can catch a game.

Update (Monday 5/4):  

Here are the brackets.  Notre Dame won't be playing in Maryland.  If they win their home game against the University of Maryland, they have to play the Syracuse/Siena winner in the NY bracket.

ANNAPOLIS BRACKET
(First round games at higher seed)

No. 1 Virginia (13-2) vs. Villanova (11-5)
No. 8 Johns Hopkins (9-4) vs. Brown (12-3)
No. 3 Duke (13-3) vs. Navy (11-4)
No. 6 North Carolina (11-5) vs. UMBC (12-3)

HEMPSTEAD BRACKET
(First round games at higher seed)

No. 2 Syracuse (12-2) vs. Siena (12-5)
No. 7 Notre Dame (15-0) vs. Maryland (9-6)
No. 4 Princeton (12-2) vs. Massachusetts (9-5)
No. 5 Cornell (10-3) vs. Hofstra (11-3)

Funniest Dash Cam Video Ever

I saw this one on one of those "Spike TV" shows. Sure enough, the video was available on YouTube. Watch until near the end when the trooper very slowly explains to the driver that he can mail the ticket in by placing a stamp on the ticket and placing it in a mailbox...