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“Obama Win Triggers Run on Guns”
From Yahoo News.

So, wait: are people really that scared that a run of black gangs are coming to their houses? You know, I think maybe those people took all those emails a little too seriously, perhaps. I know they keep framing it as “right to bear arms,” but something tells me it’s more than that. After all, what do you think you’ll need an M-16 (AR-15) rifle for, exactly?

You want a good reason to stockpile weapons? I’ll give one to you. How about the economic crisis that has been triggered by the Bush Economic Policies, which were basically like Robin Hood, only in reverse, sort of a “Steal the money from the poor to give to the rich.” Yeah. All these newly out of work people are going to be kinda pissed (see below).



“Democratic Leaders Seek Aid for Failing Automakers”
From the NY Times.

So let me get this straight: They f*cked up and now we have to pay them money so they stay afloat? What the hell? What’s really awful about this is that the companies are still going to dump workers to “stay afloat,” which basically means “we aren’t good at our jobs, so, uh, sorry, you lose yours.” Which is totally backwards, isn’t it?

I know that if the companies fail, they’ll all be out of work, but I still almost think we should let them. I don’t think these failed executives deserve another try. Let someone else come in and swoop up their capital in the liquidation sale and try their own hand at it. They’ll probably need some workers that know how to run the equipment, so jobs might not be lost for long.

See, this is the problem with letting businesses become so big & monolithic in nature; we should never even question letting a bad business model fail. If it sucked, it should just die off. But here we are, weighing the options; ‘Is it better to give rich, greedy bastard executives more money now that they f*cked up?’

Boy would I like to say no on that one.