http://thedaftdem.tripleventi.com Keeping an eye out on the right on behalf of all of us Daft folks Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:00:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Honda is riding into the red. Toyota is expected to post an operating loss for the year. They have even indefinitely put a hold plans for completing a new plant that was to build the much hearalded Prius. You know, the car that has been mentioned constantly ... http://thedaftdem.tripleventi.com/2008/12/more-proof-big-3-not-alone/ No, I do mean the Big 3. I am talking about the States that are so dead set against a loan for the Big 3, but yet want to use subsidies to try to entice foreign automakers to open plants in their State. These are the very same ... http://thedaftdem.tripleventi.com/2008/12/time-to-let-them-fail/ It was a shock to very few I am sure that the commission appointed by Sarah Palin found that the Alaska Governor "deserves" a $25,000 raise. It was a bit more surprising however that Palin didn't seek, doesn't want pay raise. At least it seems that way on ... http://thedaftdem.tripleventi.com/2008/12/who-needs-a-raise/ People (some people anyway) wonder why Bush is so despised by so many. I don't think any example could make it any more clear than this one. OK, fine he is on a "legacy fixing tour" trying to polish up his Hoover-esque approval. That is understandable to ... http://thedaftdem.tripleventi.com/2008/12/caught-revising-history-so-what/ Just how clueless is the GOP when the Bush administration realizes how bad becoming "The Hoover Party" is, and how their union busting efforts which could sink us into another Great Depression, but yet the wingnuts in the Senate are still more worried about busting unions and protecting foreign autoworkers ... http://thedaftdem.tripleventi.com/2008/12/how-clueless/ Clearly, "being greeted as liberators" is far different than they expected to be. At least it is different than I expected. First they trashed a poster of Bush with a shoe back a month or so ago, and now they tried to do the same in person. ... http://thedaftdem.tripleventi.com/2008/12/duck/ I guess that is the strategy our Lame-Duck-In-Chief has in mind with the midnight order that is planned that would keep the EPA from having to come up with orders to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled public water supplies around the country. ... http://thedaftdem.tripleventi.com/2008/12/imported-bottle-water-for-all/ The arrest yesterday of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich showed us something that has been completely overlooked so far that should be of interest to all those wingnuts that supported the Bush administration and their illegal wiretapping. According to the story (emphasis added) A 76-page FBI affidavit said the 51-year-old Democrat ... http://thedaftdem.tripleventi.com/2008/12/hey-what-do-you-know-it-works/ I realize this may seem unlikely to come from a daft liberal like me, and would probabaly be widely popular if anybody actually read this blog, but I am at odds with the demands of workers that have staged a sit-in at the now shuttered Republic Windows and Doors. ... http://thedaftdem.tripleventi.com/2008/12/demanding-bailout-be-used-improperly/ Crooks and Liars has the story that Richard Shelby Threatens Filibuster Over Auto Bailout. Now as they point out, this is not really a surprise since his state, with foreign automakers, would stand to benefit from the Big 3 failing. But it is even more than that. This I ... http://thedaftdem.tripleventi.com/2008/12/starting-already/