GM and Uncle Sam

Well, isn't THAT special! Uncle Sam has finally grown some huevos and laid down the law for GM and Chrysler: you take public money, you are accountable to public officials. Bye bye, Rick Wagoner! (Hmmm...wonder what color HIS parachute is...).

Isn't it interesting that all these capitalists are suddenly beating at the door of the GOVERNMENT to bail them out of the piles of CRAP their self-centered over-indulgences have created over the years? How long did they think world markets would tolerate their stupidity? They learned nothing from the 70's and 80's...now they have no right to cry when the big "guy" with the money bags actually wants a say in how they run things. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

And please don't blame this on unions. Car companies in places with far more restrictions and responsibility to workers aren't in the mess that GM and Chrysler are in...this cannot be blamed on offering fair wages and benefits. It's the result of big business greed and stupidity.

And don't expect the government to make things much better. It's big business in the public sector too. But maybe, MAYBE, we're beginning to see a new level of accountability, and some hope for those who have, forever, been living at the whims of people with money and power. The only REAL freedom in the world has been experienced by the rich...and it's time, finally, for a change.