NATO's Victory and the victory to the Arab Nations. Now, the real work must begin and only the Libyan people can conduct it.

The good news is that there IS a Rebel Commander.  That is a good thing.

August 22, 2011 6:58 pm

Rebel commander’s prediction comes true (click title to entry - thank you)

By Simeon Kerr in Dubai

Three weeks ago, a Libyan rebel commander said a new offensive would soon push on towards Tripoli, “a gift” for the rebels during the holy month of Ramadan.

Weapons were being smuggled into towns around Tripoli to allow residents to rise up and challenge the forces of Muammer Gaddafi that held strategic entry points to the capital, said Ismail al-Sallabi, operations commander for one of the largest armed groups operating under the Union of Revolutionary Brigades....

Military power and armament is the last thing Libya needs now.  There needs to be much diplomatic work that brings a Constitution to Libya which empowers its people and elects representative government.  The militarization of Libya is the very last priority for these people.


They have a lot of rebuilding to do.  Their children needs schools and their economy needs to be organized to support the people as independent business people with store fronts in the local market place.  Peace and prosperity for all the people of Libya should be the priority of a people that received decades of terror within their own borders as well as being asked to cause harm to others abroad.


The Libyan Rebel Commander should be inviting diplomats, NATO Commanders and Arab League Commanders to tour the country for control of weapons and removal of armaments that carry deadly force in the wrong hands.  The last image Libya needs to the world is one of a hostile and chaotic country.  Libya needs normalcy.  The country needs it now and should be asking for consultation with its allies.  The Libya Rebels now have allies.  Those allies can help end the violence in the country and remove stigma of Rebels gossiped about as terrorists.  Libya needs to disarm in order to guarantee its peace at this point.  It sovereignty need for a national military can be included in the new Constitution which could actually demand a  diffuse placement of Libya's military so no one city has more power over 'the human experience' than another.  


When this battle for Libya began it was due to a one sided military strength against innocent citizens.  That cannot be ignored and while the former leaders and his sons will certainly be held responsible that does not change the reality for the reason for the internal war in the first place.


This was a hard fought war for removal of a dangerous dictator and his sons.  It was not about any one group having military domination over another.  Libya needs to remember its recent history of four decades and seek to never repeat it.  I believe the capacity of these people for a peaceful and productive nation is extremely high as they value the future of their children and the quality of life Libya can provide in good governance. 


If I had a wish today it would be for all nations of the Middle East to realize the power their natural resource called oil has over their lives.  There are remarkable similarities in the hostile dictatorships that caused such pain to the people of those nations.  They were not benevolent dictators.  They caused hardship with overwhelming single handed power.  Why?  Because the world demanded the oil above that of human rights.


If the Battle for Libya means anything it means the people are more powerful than the 'value of their resources.'  People have value.  They have greater value today than at any time in the five previous decades.  Children have hopes for peace and a happy future.  That is what NATO and the Arab League helped bring to bear today.  I thank them all.

"Stand Up for Israel"

I need to explain this and was going to wait until the weekend, but, this is a billboard along Interstate Route 75 that actually witnessed.  


I took offense to it and not because we are allies to Israel, but, because 'the intent' is to negate the Presidency of President Obama.  This has little to nothing to do with the USA's commitment to Israel.  It is political speech intended to rob President Obama of his accomplishments.


This is also very unfortunate as it wasn't really paid for by the Tea Party.  It was paid for by a private citizen that can't afford it according to her own testimony on the Limbaugh Radio Channel.


This 'statement' is irrelevant.  Expensive and irrelevant.  It was placed on Interstate 75 (I noticed it while traveling to Northern Michigan.  I have a cousin that was married on Drummond Island recently.)  to make a fool of the Obama Administration and his international accomplishments.  See, the entire movement affiliated with this 'propaganda' is to INFER an understanding that Israel is in dire needs of friends they cannot find in the Obama Administration.  


That 'tone' of placing negative comment on accomplishments of the Obama Administration has become a hallmark of the Right Wing Extremist Movement.  They believe they can take any accomplishment by this administration by marching through some period of history or philosophy, turn it into propaganda and make President Obama look as if a fool.  See, only the Right Wing Extremists know THE REAL TRUTH about President Obama.  No one else does.


What is more disturbing is that the Tea Party is joined at the hip by extremist media propagandists that reward self-destructive behavior.  It was self-destructive of this woman to place the billboard along Route 75 because she sincerely could not afford it.  Then when she boasted about it on Beck's Radio program on the Rush Limbaugh radio channel she was rewarded with a free membership to GB-TV.  So much for the infamous ability of the Right Wing to be financially responsible even to themselves.  This self-destructive behavior by the listening audience to Rush Limbaugh's Channel clearly illustrates the inability of their audience to discern their best interests because they are moved on a 'Religiously Spiritual' level to justify foolish decision making.  This woman felt compelled to carry this expression of loyalty out because she lived in a Condo with no front yard, etc.  So in order to prove to herself, her religious friends and political affiliates and to the Limbaugh Radio Network that she is a loyal fan and devoted political hack she did what she claims was her only way of providing a 'participatory sign' of 'good faith.'


This is not the first time powerful right wing media has been able to instill self-destructive behavior in the way of financial loss with their viewership.  Repeatedly over the years there have been profound sacrifice by people unable to provide it without financial harm to themselves to deliver messages to the public.  There have been bus tours and all kinds of dynamics that play out without sponsorship to carry the message.  These folks don't realize if there isn't sponsorship for what they claim as 'Good Works' then it is not a concept the 'majority' of Americans can identify with and that is why sponsors are not flocking to their side.  There political message gets lost not because they didn't try, but, because 'the market share' of their 'product - political idea' is NOT THERE !


This billboard is offensive for one reason and one reason only and that is because it takes A TRUTH and makes it into a lie. 


The USA has always been a strong ally to Israel.  The USA has always stood by Israel, during its most difficult times and even when the decision making of Israeli leadership could be questioned.  Israel is important to the USA, has never been abandoned and never will be.  Israel's people have suffered atrocities of humanity that no people and few have.  Rwanda is another country.  Darfur is another.  Where atrocities have forced new nations to grow in order to protect a populous of people from genocide and cultural destruction.  


There is NOTHING new about this billboard.  NOTHING.  Yet the Right Wing Extremists would have everyone believe they have a holy war with President Obama over the USA loyalty to Israel.  


This form of propaganda is an abomination to the First Amendment, not a compliment to it.  The First Amendment can be an enemy to itself and this is one of those instances.


The woman that displayed this billboard was rejected by the first company she asked to display her ad because 'they don't do' political speech.  There is wisdom in that.  There is suppose to be separation of church and state in the USA.  Obviously this extremist political group 'doesn't get it' and seeks to hate President Obama rather than applaud him.

I think we have a major hurricane brewing in the Atlantic. I live to be wrong about this mess. Okay?

August 21, 2011
2330:15z
UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite (click title to entry for 12 hour loop - thank you) 

Date: 20-22 AUG 201
Tropical Storm IRENE
ADV  LAT    LON      TIME     WIND  PR  STAT
  1  14.90  -58.50 08/20/23Z   45  1006 TROPICAL STORM
  2  15.30  -59.90 08/21/03Z   45  1006 TROPICAL STORM
 2A  16.00  -60.40 08/21/06Z   45  1006 TROPICAL STORM
  3  16.40  -61.30 08/21/09Z   45  1006 TROPICAL STORM
 3A  16.50  -62.00 08/21/12Z   45  1005 TROPICAL STORM
  4  17.00  -63.20 08/21/15Z   45  1007 TROPICAL STORM

Position 4 appears to have passed over a land mass even if a small one that caused a pause in the velocity.

4A  17.50  -63.70 08/21/18Z   45   999 TROPICAL STORM

Position 4A 3 hours later shows a central pressure that has dropped 8 millibars.

5  17.70  -64.40 08/21/21Z   45   999 TROPICAL STORM

It is my estimation this storm is about 200 miles wide from its' eye and over open Atlantic waters.  I am not surprised this is accelerating as it is.  The Longitude may be recorded a bit south of its actual location.  It is not easy to discern these storms sometimes.  This is a Climate Crisis storm and it has diffuse patterns.

 5A  17.80  -64.90 08/22/00Z   50   995 TROPICAL STORM

There is a chance the eye is still in the Caribbean, but, the acceleration for that area of the Caribbean surprises me.  Unless, those waters are hot, hot, hot.  I still stand by the estimation, even in the Caribbean, it is over open water at Position 4A.  

It's just that I hate surprises when it comes to lives.

It is pushing more north right now than south.  If it continues to accelerate there are going to be significant tidal surges.

I believe 'direct solar rays' helps pinpoint the central eye pressure.  So, depending on where the sun's light falls tomorrow morning, the eye won't be far away.

I think the direct solar rays are in the Atlantic at this longitude.  The water vapor will be assisted in 'concentrating' at that point tomorrow morning.  With the intense heat in the 'ground level' troposphere, the direct solar rays are like a prisom, if you will.  A spark to the fire.

I am going to go way out on a limb at this point, but, right now I am going to say ... ???? ... South Carolina ... hm ... around ... Briarcliffe Acres.

Muammar get out of town !

You are going to kill everyone, you damn jackass!


Take your family or wants left of it and leave.

Four strong explosions rock Tripoli (click title to entry - thank you)

August 21, 2011 - 1:34PM

Four strong explosions have rocked Tripoli amid clashes in several quarters of the Libyan capital between forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi and rebels challenging his long rule.

The pre-dawn blasts on Sunday were heard in the heart of the city as NATO warplanes flew overhead, an AFP journalist said. The targets were not immediately identifiable.

© 2011 




NOW!

Iran is a rouge nation. What credentials, information and materials indicted these men as spies? NONE!

In civilized nations such as the USA 'border crossings' without permission would classify these men as "Illegal Immigrants" and if caught would be deported.  These actions by Iran are immoral and outrageous and violate the decency of international law!


...The three were (click title to entry - thank you) charged with illegal entry and spying, though American officials have said they were not in any way affiliated with American intelligence agencies....

The deaths of Egyptian Police is a failure in regional security.

The Egyptian Police were there for the same reason the IDF was there, to control the border.  The inability of the Egyptian Police and IDF to identify each  other and work toward a common purpose is disrupting regional security.


For Egypt to withdraw its ambassador is counter productive to solving the problem.  Breaking down diplomatic ties at this point will result in higher incidents of border clashes until war is finally declared and the entire region is completely destabilized.  Egypt is using very poor judgement in breaking down diplomatic ties when it should be increasing the dialogue for common regional security with Israel.

CAIRO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Egypt has condemned (click title to entry - thank you)  Israel's shooting of Egyptian soldiers on Thursday and asked for an official apology, state media reported on Saturday.

A statement issued after an extraordinary ministerial meeting also attended by army commanders said Egypt will never give up the rights of its sons, official MENA news agency said.

The meeting entrusted the Egyptian foreign minister to summon the Israeli ambassador to Cairo to express Egypt's rejection of the shooting.

Egypt called on Israel to launch an official probe into the incident and take all legal measures on this score, it added.

Hundreds of Egyptians continued to protest Saturday in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo for the second day. They demanded the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and stronger action from the Egyptian government.

Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said on his Facebook page Friday that the Egyptian blood is too precious to be spilt without response....

That is some of the worst diplomatic dialogue I have ever read short of banging shoes on tables.  Israel regrets these actions and I am confident would like to solve the problem that caused this 'border incursion' in the first place.  Seeking to lay blame is incorrect in this instance.  Seeking to find out what occurred while working toward regional security is the only option here.  Being insulted and posturing will not bring the dead back to life or PREVENT any further incidents to occur.  It is imprudent to be difficult.  Israel was reacting to its own deaths and Egypt also needs to see its failure to prevent them as well.



..."The Palestinian Authority, (click here) which constantly glorifies terror and incites against Israel, bears full responsibility for the murderous attacks on innocent Israelis Thursday.

"The Palestinians are devoid of proper leadership and the only thing that unites Hamas rulers in Gaza Strip and the PA rulers in Ramallah is their hatred for Israel," he said.

Also Saturday, and on the backdrop of a new diplomatic crisis which may be brewing with Egypt, the foreign minister has called for an urgent meeting of senior Foreign Ministry officials, following Cairo's announcement that it was recalling its ambassador to Israel....


This needs a "Central Command" whereby military leaders from all countries work together to secure their nations as well as mutual borders.  A Central Command that would include Israel, Egypt, Fatah's Palestine and Jordan.  It would consolidate border problems and give Fatah a regional venue for securing its people.

At Exxonmobile we are bullet proof.

...safely and responsibly...When we design ANY well the ground water is protected by multiple layers of steel and cement...

Monday, May 03, 2010 (click here)

Halliburton Cement Technique: Suspect In Gulf Oil Spill

Halliburton Company was handling the cementing process on the rig and the procedure is coming under scrutiny as a possible cause of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico that has led to one of the biggest oil spills in U.S. history. Transocean Ltd was hired by British Petroleum (BP) to operate the Deepwater Horizon well. The litigation for damages will involve these three companies pointing fingers at each other....

...Most wells are over a mile and a half deep.  There is a tremendous amount of rock between the fraking and the ground water...

In this image made (click here)  from video provided by British Petroleum (BP PLC), Wednesday, June 2, 2010, shows the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
...and eleven deaths later...

There is still a yet another 'oil sheen' in the Gulf of Mexico.

Why is the American pubic expected to believe the petroleum industry in the USA even deserves consideration of consent?

Shell's second oil leak in North Sea pipeline caused by relief valve

Campaigners and politicians have criticised the oil company for being slow to release information on the spill

Fiona Harvery and Severin Carrell

Tuesday, 16 August 2011 15.03 BST

A relief valve close to the faulty pipeline at Shell's Gannet Alpha oilplatform in the North Sea appears to be the source of a secondary leak that is adding to the worst oil spill in UK waters in a decade.

Green campaigners and members of the Scottish parliament have rounded on the oil company for being slow to release full information on the leak, which was first detected last Wednesday but only disclosed to the public on Friday evening.

Shell said on Tuesday that while the leaking well was "under control", and the main spill had been shut off successfully, a small quantity of oil was still finding its way to the sea by another pathway. After lengthy searching, the valve was pinpointed as the likely source.

Work will continue to dam the small quantities of oil – at up to five barrels a day, a trickle compared with the 1,300 barrels thought to have gushed out in the first days of the leak, but Shell could not say how soon it would be completed. The company has also been so far unable to explain how the leak occurred in the first place.

Is Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute the ONLY reliable source of evidence in the Gulf of Mexico?  

Oil Sheen Near BP Wells in Gulf of MexicoProbed by U.S. (click title to entry - thank you) 

By Brian Swint and Katarzyna Klimasinska - Aug 18, 2011 2:40 PM ET

The U.S. is asking companies to investigate a “light” oil sheen in an area of the Gulf of Mexico where BP has two abandoned exploration wells.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement is determining whether the sheen, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) off the Louisiana coast, may be coming from wells not currently in use, Melissa Schwartz, an agency spokeswoman, said today in an e-mail.

BP and other oil producers were asked to investigate the sheen in the Green Canyon area that was spotted by the U.S. Coast Guard last week, the London-based company said today.

BP doesn’t believe the cloudy water at Green Canyon was caused by oil or natural gas, nor that its wells are contributing to the sheen, the company said in a statement.

BP inspected the two abandoned wellheads and found cloudy water near one of them, which may be caused by naturally occurring shallow water flow that’s kicking up silt, the company said…

The Gulf of Mexico is the single largest offshore oil driling region in the world.  It needs its own inspection and Coast Guard force in order to inspect the undersea environment for the purpose of fines and assigning fault!

The Petroleum Industry 'in land' seeking to victimize the entire continental United States uses the same procedures and the same companies for drilling and building their wells.  The 'fraking' operations are as equally dangerous and chronically fail to protect the citizen from the explosive procedures of this industry.

When is this going to stop!!!!?

What I liked about "Toya, A Family Affair" on the show today...

...was that she had to move out of her comfort zone and have her daughter move out of her comfort zone to be available for her mother who was entering rehab.  She was entering rehab for the first time voluntarily and without Toya insisting.  Toya was hopeful this was going to be the time when it was going to be successful and she would see her mother recover from her long addiction to drug.  

I worked for nearly six years at UMDNJ in Newark, New Jersey and came to know the community in that city.

President Barack Obama (click title to entry - thank you) boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.,Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, en route to Martha's Vineyard for a family vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Oh, yes, this is nothing short of a lecture to the media that insists on depriving joy to a President that continues to try to win over country, but, falls short because of the 'news being turned into sports casting.’

The Black Community in the USA is a dedicated community to family and God.  They are always fighting for the right path for their children, unable to overcome the odds of wholesome living in a hostile environment.  They are some of the most devoted people to God I have ever witnessed and I grew up in a fairly devout Roman Catholic household.  

This country never gave President Obama the chance to be the pride of the African American Community.  Before he was inaugurated there were movements to defeat his plans to help the USA recover from eight years of exploitation and wrongful wars.  But, the African American Community of the USA was never spot lighted and this Harvard Lawyer was never to outshine anyone that came before him.


President Obama has never been militant a day in his life, he brings pride to this country and his method of 'governing' to attempt in any way he can to include all the people of the USA in a discussion that is benevolent and moves the country forward with confidence.


He is the pinnacle of Grace Under Fire.  No other modern day President has had to sustain the onslaught of viciousness the media has dished out.  Where President Obama is not respected and his reputation is 'leaned' into as a man without quality but simply enjoying the view; it is bigotry and racism talking.  When he is maligned for his faith and personal expressions of openness; it is a slam to every African American in the country.


I have never witnessed a media so inclined and so willing to treat a President as less than he is.  It could be the influence of the internet, but, it goes beyond that.  


President Obama does not have to prove himself as an ally to the Inner City or
Black Community.  He did that in Chicago.  He earned his stripes when he didn't have to and should have been soaking up a six figure salary straight out of Harvard.  


I don't know what it takes to be the First Lady to this President, but, she is special. She is lovely beyond expectations and a smile and faithful hand when none are found anywhere else.  She is above reproach and I'll be darnned if I can find her message from day to day anywhere in the media in this country.  She is drowned out by hate speech against her husband masquerading as political speech.  


This country should be ashamed for the political agenda of hate and misdirection by the Republican Party and their willingness to allow their own constituents to continue to believe hate and lies.  The AMERICA the Republicans portray is not the country I was raised in and it is not the vision I ever expected from a prominent political party.  


The Republicans are about extremism, about hate and about bringing down the Middle Class and Poor while we discard every safeguard available to them.  THAT is bigotry.  There is no other word.  The Middle Class may as well be aliens for the hate speech that victimizes unions as well as the 'idea' of good pay and benefits.  


Pitiful is not the word I would use to describe the ignorant and hate-filled discourse out of the RNC these days.  But, bigotry of many venues does define it well.  If the media doesn't have the guts to call a bigot a bigot then what good are they?

I worked for nearly six years at UMDNJ in Newark, New Jersey and came to know the community in that city.

The Best Reality Television I ever watched I saw today on BET (Black Entertainment Television).

It is blockbusters and I continue to watch a wonder family take on the challenges of the modern day experience.  It is a great show.  I congratulate all the people that make this show possible.

May 24, 2011

Watch Toya: A Family Affair Season 1 Episode 7 – Strength to Overcome (click title to entry - thank you)

Speaker Boner learns he has to "Go along, to get along" at a fund raiser for Mark Amodei.

By Karoun Demirjian 

Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 | 2 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Mark Amodei is getting some powerful Republican assistance on the campaign trail today: House Speaker John Boehner, the nation’s top-ranking member of the GOP, is coming to Reno.

It’s primarily a fundraising trip. Boehner is speaking at a $5,000 and $10,000 per-head breakfast for Amodei. Boehner won’t attend any public events as he did for Jane Corwin in New York’s 26th in May — the last closely contested special election, which Republicans lost in an upset.

Still, his visit will be the first official pairing of two men who don’t really see eye to eye on the biggest issues confronting the GOP since Amodei announced he would seek to fill the seat vacated by Dean Heller’s appointment to the U.S. Senate....

Mark was the favorite in the GOP in his Nevada district because he stated China will take over the USA if he was not voted into office.  Evidently, Mark is an expert on China and their aggressive campaign to invade the USA.

The Republican candidate (click here) for Nevada’s special congressional election has released his first ad and he makes one thing clear — vote for me or China will literally take over the United States.

Mark Amodei, who has served as the chairman of the Nevada GOP, recently became the Republican nominee for the state’s 2nd Congressional District. The ad itself, which will be featured in Reno markets, doesn’t go after any particular  candidate as Amodei doesn’t yet have a clear Democrat opponent. Not that it’s stopped Amodei from coming out strong....

People in Nevada must sleep well at night knowing Mark is 'at the helm' when it comes to the covert actions of China.  I know how they feel.  I was relieved when the Grand Dragon of the KKK was finally in a seat of power in DC.  No one would believe the truth about that either.


Mark prefers that confused look in most of his official pictures.  That works for him given his constituency and their 24 hour lifestyles.

So, the only question I have is how much money is coming in to his campaign dinner from covert donors backed by China?  $5,000 to $10,000 a plate.  That is a lot of China.

Deuteronomy 28:49-51 (click here)

"Yahweh will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand, "a nation of fierce countenance, which does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young. And they shall eat the increase of your livestock and the produce of your land, until you are destroyed; they shall not leave you grain or new wine or oil, or the increase of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you.

We can speculate on who this nation is, but it is possible that it could be an asian country.

When one reflects on that a minute, it could be the Muslims.  I betcha Governor Perry could answer the question on that one.

Could it be that "The Green Jobs" that would transform some communities actually needed a czar?

With the resignation of green jobs advisor Van Jones, the conservative firing squad is setting its sights on other White House czars.John Shinkle
The Republican Right Wing Bozos in the Media are directly responsible for the continued unemployment rate along with their puppet legislators.  What is there to understand?
...Mr. Reed (click title to entry - thank you) called the opening of the new headquarters of SolFocus, which produces large, free-standing solar panels, an “enormously important” development for the city’s economy....


...But SolFocus assembles its solar panels in China, and the new San Jose headquarters employs just 90 people....


China?  China has solar panels?  Joking.   You mean to tell me China is not as antiquated in their energy sources as the USA?  I'll be darn.

...“I won’t say I’m not frustrated,” said Van Jones, an Oakland activist who served briefly as Mr. Obama’s green-jobs czar before resigning under fire after conservative critics said he had signed a petition accusing the Bush administration of deliberately allowing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a claim Mr. Jones denies.

A study released in July by the non-partisan Brookings Institution found clean-technology jobs accounted for just 2 percent of employment nationwide and only slightly more — 2.2 percent — in Silicon Valley. Rather than adding jobs, the study found, the sector actually lost 492 positions from 2003 to 2010 in the South Bay, where the unemployment rate in June was 10.5 percent.

Federal and state efforts to stimulate creation of green jobs have largely failed, government records show. Two years after it was awarded $186 million in federal stimulus money to weatherize drafty homes, California has spent only a little over half that sum and has so far created the equivalent of just 538 full-time jobs in the last quarter, according to the State Department of Community Services and Development….

The federal efforts have failed?  Well.  I am not surprised the state efforts are failing then because whom on the federal level has coordinated these efforts? 

Upfront costs to any homeowner is an issue regardless of solar panels or not.  Why was it that Cash for Clunkers was such a successful program?  By some chance was it because it had an Auto Czar?  Ya think.  But, wait wasn't the Car Czar a White Guy?  I think he was.

Yep.  Ron Bloom.  White Guy.

Ford Chief Technical Officer Paul Mascarenas, center, shows off the automaker's electric car battery to Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Ron Bloom, President Obama's Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011.


...Ron Bloom, car czar for the Obama adminstration, says the federal government is looking to sell of its remaining shares of General Motors as quickly as possible, and personally, he's looking to buy a new Dodge Durango.

That's not to say he's playing favorites.

GM launched its initial public stock offering in November, allowing the federal government to recoup another $13.6 billion from the 2009 bailout. To date, the Treasury has recovered almost half of the $49.5 billion it invested.

As it stands, the government retains a 37 percent stake in GM, but speaking with reporters Tuesday during a tour of the Detroit auto show, Bloom said the Treasury is looking to get out of the business all together....


Well, hell and tar-nation how come President Obama could not find a White Guy to run the Green Jobs Program for the Inner City?  I hold him responsible for not finding a White Guy and therefore the failure of the program.  Absolutely.  I mean just because he is the President and believes he has to follow some "Equal Opportunity" principle that is the law of the land doesn't he know yet that isn't the way Washington works?