Is the Obama campaign little more than a collection of petty hack politicians or simply typical leftist hypocrites?

No sooner had John McCain announced his choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin did the Obama team proceed to deride her so-called inexperience. It is certainly difficult to imagine how someone like Obama, who's only experience is that of a "community organizer," could criticize anyone. Imagine the audacity of the Obama campaign to criticize someone for a lack of foreign policy experience? Obama is running for president, Palin is running for VICE president, yet Obama's foreign policy resume is non-existant. If there any doubt about Obama's international naivete, one need only look to his comments following Russia's invasion of Georgia. The Democratic nominee, the political equivalent of a high school freshman displayed a knowledge reminiscent of a child who spent most of their time sleeping in class.

The petty team Obama slighted Governor Palin for being a former small town mayor. But in reality the slight was an affront to small town America in general, something Obama has down in the past.

The attack serves to belittle a Governor of an important state who has far more executive experience than the re-distributionist Obama. Indeed, this act of pettiness demonstrates the danger of a person like Obama and is typical of such condescending leftist politicians who's
elitist attitudes are par for the course when dealing with those who embrace a socialist/fascist agenda.

Yesterday, the Soviet Union Russia, launched a full scale military assault on its tiny Georgian neighbor. As Russian dictator Prime Minister, Putin told President Bush, "war has begun." The Russians claim they are acting to restore peace through their use of heavy bombers, and ballistic missiles on the local civilian population.

The Russians also claim that their assault was in response to Georgian attacks on Russian "peacekeepers." Anyone inclined to believe that a nation of 4 million (i.e., Georgia) would launch an attack on the armed forces of a nation of 140 million (i.e., Russia) probably also believed the story propagated by the Nazis that their invasion of Poland in 1939 was in response to Polish incursions.

Putin, who is ranks among the worst of Russia tyrants, has unleashed an unprovoked power grab, coincided with the opening of the Olympics, to further Russian hegemony in the region. Perhaps the Georgians can hold out as the Fins did against the Soviets after another unprovoked Russian attack. Russia's symbols and leaders may change, but its maniacal desire for tyranny and savagery goes unabated....

Links:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/09/georgia.reax/index.html

What is wrong with the motor city, aside from the legally challenged Detroit mayor and the depressed economy, which typifies Michigan's one state recession, made worse by high taxation and political mismanagement?

Even Motown Records abandoned the City of Detroit over two decades ago, and now it seems many American consumers are doing the same. Why are the Big Three automakers continuing to loose marketshare, even as survey after survety shows quality on-par, or even exceeding the foreign competition.

The answer is clear and to get that answer, a person can simply visit a Ford, Chevy, Jeep, Dodge or other Big Three branded dealership. What do you see? Row after row after row of fuel inefficient trucks and large SUVs. In an era of $4 gasoline the market for such vehicles has dwindled to a trickle. Then go visit a Toyota or Nissan or Honda dealership? You see the exact opposite (with the possibel exception of Toyota) You will witness a sea of small and medium size passenger cars. Why is it that America's foreign competitors seem to understand the domestic market so much better than entrenched domestic producers.

As the conomy has slipped and as gas prices have soarded, Japanese auto producers in particular have ramped up production of various in-demand vehicles, including hybrids, meanwhile the big three talk a great deal about shifting production, little else is down. This goes to the inefficiency in the way the Big Three have operated, dependence on Unions and less reliance on innovative automation renders the Big Three far less efficient in altering production strategies. At the same time companies like Toyota have sold over a million hybrids with several models in production, while GM and Ford have only sold a few thousand and Chrysler hasn't sold a single one. What exactly is it going to take to wake up these fossils in Detroit, perhaps when they are auctioning off the corporate headquarters for these firms, perhaps then they will recognize what should have been done? Will someone tell GM, Ford and Chrylser to stop talking about Volts, hybrids, hydrogen fuels cells and increased fuel efficiency and start production.

Pick up practically any magazine these days and you will notice that GM and Ford, in particuloar, are spending millions advertising Ford Escape Hybrids and malibu Hybrids and so forth, but where are they. In Metro Atlanta, for example (or all of Georgia for that matter), not a single Ford dealer has even one hybrid, in fact, while Ford continues to produce thousands of their non-0selling conventional models. Why are they advertising cars that can;'t be purchased at any price. This has the affect of aggravating potential customers and driving them to the competition. Exactly who is running the shop in Detroit?

Links:
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gYXm6L25yay9RRQymP7uDxeSsX1g
http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/06/news/companies/big_three_woes/?postversion=2008080610