Screw up? Move up!

Bush is promoting his top Iraq commander, Army Gen. David Petraeus. This makes perfect sense in light of all the other Cheney/Bush decisions. Iraq is still the same sinking hell hole it was when Patraeus took charge a year ago so its only natural to reward him for outstanding mediocrity.
You may remember that as National Security Adviser, Condoleeza Rice was given numerous warnings that Osama Bin Laden was going to attack the United States months before 9/11. She did nothing and was promoted to Secretary of State to reward her incompetence.

3,500 jobs

While the announcement by MPI Research of their plans for expansion and the addition of 3,500 jobs over the next five years is great news, I am wary. Very little is being mentioned about the massive tax breaks being given to MPI or if those tax breaks are conditional against the promised jobs. We've heard this before. About five years ago Pfizer was given some major tax breaks by Portage and Kalamazoo with the promise that Pfizer would maintain certain employment levels. They didn't, and as far as I know they haven't lost those tax breaks.

May 6

Remember to vote no May 6 on the KRESA (Kalamazoo Regional Educational Services Agency) tax increase and I'll tell you why. First, I know its a renewal but any tax that was supposed to be temporary, becomes a tax increase when its not allowed to expire. Second, until the teachers union (MEA) starts allowing all school districts to shop around for their own health care programs, they show everyday that they are not concerned about how they spend taxpayer dollars. The teachers union has its own health care system (MESSA) which it forces school districts to use along with inflated premiums. MESSA premiums average around $13,000 a year while virtually the same plan under Blue Shield would be between $8,000 and $9,000 a year.

Here they come

Notice how they are preparing us for $4 gasoline by saying we are coming into the busy driving season, which will make supplies even tighter, forcing them to increase prices? Let me give you an analogy here. What if everyday at noon both Burger King and McDonald's raised the price of their burgers a buck for a couple hours? Hey, its the busy lunch hour making burger supplies tight! The first thing that would happen is that everybody would go Taco Bell or one of the other five hundred choices on Westnedge. The second thing that would happen is the owners of Burger King and McDonald's would be arrested for collusion and fixing prices.

Oh, now I understand

So the United States congress called in the five biggest oil company mafia bosses to defend their world record profits over the past couple of years. The Big Oil boys basically told them that their profits are big because their companies are big. Then they told congress that if they mess with Big Oil's tax breaks or subsidies they will treat us to $10.00 a gallon gasoline. End of hearing.

And we thought Bill could be stupid

So Hillary made a trip in 1996 to her husband's little war in Bosnia and claimed in numerous speeches that she arrived under heavy sniper fire. Now video turns up showing her arriving in Bosnia in 1996 and being greeted by smiling children, local dignitaries, and US military.
How do you get to where she is when your that stupid?

Vietnam Redux

Bush announced today that the 4000 American deaths in Iraq will not have been in vain.
Yes they will.
Just like in Viet Nam, once we pack up and leave, whatever fake make believe government we have set up will collapse and the very people we tried to eliminate will take control. That is the definition of dying in vain.