Cars - Jobs - and more Government BS

Like a true Progressive liberal, our old friend Jimmy Carter now says he did not say what he said. The right wing has made his statement sound like he called everyone who didn't agree with Obama's policies a racist.

He now says his original statement was that the fringe right wing were racist. Well, here is the original statement:

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African-American. I live in the south and I’ve seen the south come a long way and I've seen the rest of the country that shared the south's attitude toward minority groups, at that time particularly African-Americans, that that racism [unintelligible word] still exists. And I think it's bubbled up to the surface because of belief among many white people, not just in the south, but around the country, that African-Americans are not qualified to lead this great country. It's an abominable circumstance and grieves me and concerns me very deeply.

I don't see anything in there singling out the right wing fringe. Sounds like he's calling everyone a racist.

But hey, who cares what Jimmy says anyway?

Lets move on to Health Care. Here is what the folks in DC are saying:

Sen. Thomas Carper (D.-Del.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, told CNSNews.com that he does not “expect” to read the actual legislative language of the committee’s health care bill because it is “confusing” and that anyone who claims they are going to read it and understand it is fooling people.

“I don’t expect to actually read the legislative language because reading the legislative language is among the more confusing things I’ve ever read in my life.”

So there you go. When anyone tells you they know what is in the bill, they are lying. Apparently no one really knows. And we won't know either, because they voted 13 to 10 to not post it on the internet for us, the unimportant little people, to read. God knows there might be a laywer out here who understands the language and spills the beans on it.

Except it does seem that if you don't have any insurance, you will pay a fine, nd or go to jail for a year. Unless you are an illegal alien. Once again they seem to be exempt from our laws.

TARP is a year old today. Remember, it stands for Toxic Asset Relief Program. As of today, not one toxic asset has been bought under the plan. Where has it gone? Who knows, since the FED and the Treasury have fought long and hard not to reveal the information. Happy birthday!

Auto sales came out yesterday. Don't be fooled by the happy numbers they released.

An example,. Ford announced it was down a mere 4% over the same month last year. That sounds good, until you look at last year and see they were down 35% from the previous year. GM is just in the tank. They went down 45% last month. Even with the cash for clunkers plan.

And unemployment. Somebody explain this to me. 550,000 folks filed for unemployment last month, but the official government number is 250,000 newly unemployed. And the EXPERTS say they are surprised by that number. After all, the recession is over, the government keeps saying so.

And forget about all the folks who just lost their benefits, they do not get counted anymore. According to the government, they all have jobs now, just like the 200,000 folks they forget to include in their new unemployment number.

Spin, that is all it is.