First the new mayor of New York goes to war on fatty foods and smoking. Now Victoria's Secret has decided that they're "too sexy."
According to the WSJ today...
The chief executive of the brand known for its provocative televised fashion shows and alluring stores made an admission yesterday. In her mind, the brand has become "too sexy" -- or at least the wrong kind of sexy.
One day soon, our Islamofascist enemies will simply give up and declare that America is no longer a nation that disagrees with their "values" enough to justify all the drama.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Pot-head Gunfighters Need Not Apply
The embattled mayor of Detroit wants to hire hundreds more cops to ward off crime troubles which he confesses are all over the city.
There's a problem...
He added that the city is struggling to find new officers -- especially those who are black or are Detroiters -- because they can't pass the drug test for marijuana.
"If you can't stop for 10 days, we don't want you driving a truck or carrying a gun," Kilpatrick said.
There's a problem...
He added that the city is struggling to find new officers -- especially those who are black or are Detroiters -- because they can't pass the drug test for marijuana.
"If you can't stop for 10 days, we don't want you driving a truck or carrying a gun," Kilpatrick said.
Monday, February 18, 2008
The Greens Killed Fuel Efficiency
Political legends are filled with wild conspiracy theories about magic cars and engines that got zillions of miles per gallon, but got blocked from the market place by (take your pick) greedy oil companies or greedy car companies.
Well, I've found one that I believe.
As the wild story goes, Chevrolet had a 29 MPG car in 1960 ready for mass production. This fun little car even had a convertible option. GM had every reason to believe this car would sell 250,000 units for a half dozen years or more.
Sound far-fetched? Well, GM did have such a car. They knew it would sell so well because it DID sell 250k units (and sometimes more) through 1965 -- 1.8 million would be on the road before production ceased in 1969.
So, is this a story of GM wiping out a promising technology to protect the oil companies? Or the greedy American consumers selling out fuel efficiency for gas guzzlers right before the oil shocks of the early 70's.
Not quite.
Ralph Nader, future presidential candidate of the Green Party, is at fault. According to the Wall Street Journal...
Corvairs got about 29 miles per gallon on the highway, incredible back then and not bad even today.
And...
In late 1965 this was described by a young, obscure lawyer named Ralph Nader in a book called "Unsafe at Any Speed." The book became a bestseller, Mr. Nader became a celebrity, and the Corvair, within a few years, became history.
So, there you have it. Operatives of the Green Party USA conspired 48 years ago to take fuel efficient cars off the market.
Sound wacky? You probably wouldn't believe that the same secret cabal, led by the same wicked overload, has also been conspiring ever since to crank up greenhouse gases by keeping nuclear power plants off the market, would you?
Of course you wouldn't. Too many facts get in the way of a good story.
Well, I've found one that I believe.
As the wild story goes, Chevrolet had a 29 MPG car in 1960 ready for mass production. This fun little car even had a convertible option. GM had every reason to believe this car would sell 250,000 units for a half dozen years or more.
Sound far-fetched? Well, GM did have such a car. They knew it would sell so well because it DID sell 250k units (and sometimes more) through 1965 -- 1.8 million would be on the road before production ceased in 1969.
So, is this a story of GM wiping out a promising technology to protect the oil companies? Or the greedy American consumers selling out fuel efficiency for gas guzzlers right before the oil shocks of the early 70's.
Not quite.
Ralph Nader, future presidential candidate of the Green Party, is at fault. According to the Wall Street Journal...
Corvairs got about 29 miles per gallon on the highway, incredible back then and not bad even today.
And...
In late 1965 this was described by a young, obscure lawyer named Ralph Nader in a book called "Unsafe at Any Speed." The book became a bestseller, Mr. Nader became a celebrity, and the Corvair, within a few years, became history.
So, there you have it. Operatives of the Green Party USA conspired 48 years ago to take fuel efficient cars off the market.
Sound wacky? You probably wouldn't believe that the same secret cabal, led by the same wicked overload, has also been conspiring ever since to crank up greenhouse gases by keeping nuclear power plants off the market, would you?
Of course you wouldn't. Too many facts get in the way of a good story.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Workers of the World -- RETIRE!
You have nothing to lose but your six-figure buyouts!
The direct descendants of the good 'ole Daily Worker (now the "People's Weekly World" -- apparently they've bargained for more than just weekends off) are really worried about the GM buyouts just announced. The labor movement in the United States is definitely hitting a recruitment rough patch when the venerable old communist newspaper is lamenting injustices such as this:
"Workers with less seniority, in turn, are frightened or lured into taking one time cash payments of $100,000 - $140,000 and give up their good paying union jobs forever."
The direct descendants of the good 'ole Daily Worker (now the "People's Weekly World" -- apparently they've bargained for more than just weekends off) are really worried about the GM buyouts just announced. The labor movement in the United States is definitely hitting a recruitment rough patch when the venerable old communist newspaper is lamenting injustices such as this:
"Workers with less seniority, in turn, are frightened or lured into taking one time cash payments of $100,000 - $140,000 and give up their good paying union jobs forever."
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