The Loudest Cricket

Some good unexpected news for a change – Ford reported a $2.6 billion profit for the second quarter.  They’re still carrying a lot of debt, but they have a lot of cash on hand.  Only one bit of somewhat gloomy news, Ford expects industry-wide US sales to be about half a million less than originally [...]

Well, that’s three police chiefs in three years.  Not a good sign for Bing’s leadership ability in picking the right person for the job.  At least he knows enough to get rid of a guy instead of being overly loyal.  Evans seemed to have his priorities mixed up:
During a press conference Wednesday, Bing wouldn’t address [...]

The title is intriguingly Orwellian – “Extending unemployment will help create jobs” – and often repeated by the Democrats and their shills in the unions, like this thug, but he doesn’t make the case at all.  It reads like a Nancy Pelosi press conference.  He mentions all the Democratic talking points – green jobs, Bush [...]

There’s no way to predict whether Obama will heed the advice.
Sure there is.  The advice came from the business sector and would help ease the burden of already over-taxed and over-regulated companies.  It would go a long way in helping the US and global economies to recover.  No way will Obama heed it.

A double-dip recession may be unavoidable at this point and depending on what happens in November, it may be a painful dip.  The liberal agenda has left most companies wary of hiring.  Obama and company have pushed through their anti-business legislation with more on the way.  If cap-and-trade passes, it will be the nail in [...]

Obama was in Michigan yesterday for the groundbreaking of a new plant (why not buy one of the hundreds of empty plants around the state?) that will be making batteries for electric cars.  He spent about $151 million to create about 400 jobs, which works out to be about $377,000 per job.  At that rate, [...]

Companies are reducing head-count and slashing wages, while Michigan doles out 3% raises to its workers and now the Detroit City Council is handing out raises.  So much for a change in city leadership.  Detroit has 25%+ unemployment and the council is giving raises to staffers who already make $70,000 – $100,000 a year.

The Freep is already laying the groundwork to endorse the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s governor:
But it’s also clear that some of the candidates still cling to unrealistic schemes for navigating Michigan’s way to long-term solvency.  Only state Sen. Tom George, for example, seems to understand that the tax cuts proposed by Attorney General Mike Cox [...]

The gift that keeps on taking, Kwame Kilpatrick, in jail for parole violations and now arraigned on federal charges, will be defended by a court-appointed lawyer, which means that the taxpayers are once again supporting his dishonor.  But it is good to see someone who thought he was above the law in shackles and an [...]

Actually, I think that the Arizona lawsuit will help reform, as it shows how out of touch Obama is with the general population.  If he’s so wrong to oppose this law, how can he be trusted to come up with any real immigration reform that voters can get behind?  He can’t.