Here we go Again!!

AIG is wanting government approval to give it's executives BONUSES!!! What nerve these people have! Why are they still in business? Bailout or no bailout, they shouldn't have any customers! Who are the fools still doing business with this company? I'm begging you, drop this company! BOYCOTT!!!!!!!!!!!!

GM in trouble, I wonder why?!

Here's a little food for thought, does anyone besides me think this is ridiculous? It's no wonder they're losing money! Apparently corporate greed isn't just for the executives!!!
This is from Yahoo:
According to the Indianapolis Star: Base wages average about $28 an hour. GM officials say the average reaches $39.68 an hour, including base pay, cost-of-living adjustments, night-shift premiums, overtime, holiday and vacation pay. Health-care, pension and other benefits average another $33.58 an hour, GM says. - September 26, 2007 UNITED AUTO WORKERS OFF THE JOB, Striking back at globalization. By Ted Evanoff

OMG!! AIG???

Why is the current administration giving MORE money to AIG? What $150 billion wasn't enough? Do they need another vacation already? I guess it is stressful knowing that 50% of the loans they made are back in default again. Who would have guessed? Anybody with half a brain, that's who! Most of those people couldn't afford the houses they bought in the first place, what makes AIG and the government think they can afford them now?
I'm not an economist, far from it, but I want to know why all this Stimulus Money is going to government and Big Businesses. Why not give the money to the people and let them pay their debts? The money will still end up with the Banks, but the people will have reduced their debts and feel free to spend again. Does that just make too much sense for the 'experts' in Washington to understand?

January 20, 2009

Well, today was a significant day. Significant because Obama took the oath of office? No, that just gives me a sad and hopeless feeling. Significant because I just received my last payment from The Texas Workforce Commission and still don't have a job. I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel with this new administration. I hope they prove me and Millions like me wrong!
I have 30+ years experience in the restaurant industry and was Wrongfully Terminated by my last employer, McDonald's. I'd like to do something about the violation of my rights, but nobody seems to want to go up against a giant like McDonald's. It's sad but pretty typical of the way things go nowadays. It's not good enough to be in the right anymore. To get ahead today, you have to be without a conscience and unfortunately I had one implanted in me by my parents.
It's not that I haven't tried to find work, I've made over 500 job contacts! Employers today are in complete control, they can pretty much do what they please and suffer no consequences. I was Terminated through no fault of my own, but try to get a prospective employer to get past that! All they see is that I was fired!

Remember Lee Iacocca?

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Remember Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation from its death throes? He's now 82 years old and has a new book,
Where Have All The Leaders Gone?.
Lee Iacocca Says:
'Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening?
Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder!
We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, 'Stay the course. 'Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America , not the damned, 'Titanic'. I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums out!'
You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore.
The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we're fiddling in Iraq , the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving 'pom-poms' instead of asking hard questions. That's not the promise of the
'America ' my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you?
I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have. The Biggest 'C' is Crisis! (Iacocca elaborates on nine C's of leadership, with crisis being the first.)
Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself. It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.
On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. A hell of a mess, so here's where we stand.
We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving.
We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the country.
We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia , while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs.
Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy.
Our schools are in trouble.
Our borders are like sieves.
The middle class is being squeezed every which way.
These are times that cry out for leadership. But when you look around, you've got to ask: 'Where have all the leaders gone?' Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence, and common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.
Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo?
We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.
Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina.
Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm.Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time.
Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to Japanese car companies? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do about it?
Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debit, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry.
I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is everybody so afraid of? That some bonehead on Fox News will call them a name? Give me a break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a change?
Had Enough? Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope - I believe in America . In my lifetime, I've had the privilege of living through some of America 's greatest moments. I've also experienced some of our worst crises:
The 'Great Depression,' 'World War II,' the 'Korean War,' the 'Kennedy Assassination,' the 'Vietnam War,' the 1970's oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11.
If I've learned one thing, it's this: 'You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play. That's the challenge I'm raising in this book. It's a "Call to Action" for people who, like me, believe in 'America '. It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let's shake off the crap and go to work. Let's tell 'em all we've had 'enough.'
Make your own contribution by sending this to everyone you know and care about. It's our country, folks, and it's our future. Our future is at stake!!

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For the People, By the People?

Is anyone besides the large corporations for these Bailouts?! Isn't this just another case of the Government ignoring what the People want and making decisions to further their own interests?