Obama embraces Green Path

Obama stuck with Bush's man at the Pentagon and has surrounded himself with many hawkish Democrats, so it's not surprising that progressives are wondering if he fooled them into thinking he was on their side. My sense is that Obama does lean slightly left of center, but does it matter? I think he'll be hard to define and that's what scares both sides. It does seem however that the capitalists are pretty comfortable with him.

I must say though, after eight years of attacks on environmental regulation and global warming denial, isn't it a breath of fresh air to read about Obama's plans to create green collar jobs and launch environmentally friendly projects?

Michael Moore nails auto industry

Larry King had Michael Moore on his show last night. He tore up the auto industry and brought it home like only he can do. He said president-elect Obama should give the "big three" the money they need so they can use it to save jobs. Then he said we should completely replace the management and take control of the companies like Roosevelt did in WWII.

Moore said the government should use the big three to build mass transit and cars which use little or no gasoline. The justification for the takeover, he says, poor management, the fact that they made horrible cars for years and that we are facing an economic crisis.

Watch it.

Clinton to accept Obama's offer

The Guardian is reporting that Hillary Clinton will accept President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be secretary of state. It's pretty obvious to me that some sort of deal was made before the election, but that doesn't matter anymore. If this is true, and Hillary Clinton becomes secretary of state, I think it says more about Obama than it does about her.

Again and again, he surrounds himself with talent, people with whom he may disagree, rather than those who will yes him to death. He also doesn't seem to hold grudges, as he showed this week when he met with McCain. His approach so far is a breath of fresh air and it may be the sign of a remarkable leader.

I think she'll do a pretty decent job, but I don't feel too strongly about it either way. What do you think?

Biden to meet Cheney

If you watched the Obama clan meet the Bush clan then I'm sure your jaw tightened up a bit and you began to feel nauseous. The body language was classic. W. fidgeting. Barack strutting. Laura extending her hand, the perfect southern Bell. Michele going in for the hug. What a clash of worlds! I would have paid a million dollars to be a fly on the oval office carpet that day.

Now it's Joe Biden's turn to meet with the most powerful man in the free world - Mr. Cheney, the shadow president, the hunter. On the campaign trail Biden called Cheney "the most dangerous vice president we've had." I hear Obama's inauguration tickets are being scalped for thousands of dollars. I'd rather watch this spectacle.

Obama vs. Huckabee

Barack Hussein Obama vs. Rev. Michael Dale Huckabee

Can you believe these names? Only in America.

According to the Urban Dictionary, huckabee means a person who is really dumb. I don't know - I have never met the man.

I'm not sure what Barack means but I know what Hussein means - Evil. But that's OK because that's just his middle name and for some reason he doesn't use it. And of course, Obama is one letter away from Osama, so that's awesome.

Ding. Ding. Man I can't wait to see this one played out in the media.

Evil - a black guy who admitted doing cocaine vs. A person who is really dumb - who not too long ago said, "Sometimes we talk about why we're importing so many people (by importing I think he means illegal immigration) in our workforce. It might be for the last 35 years, we have aborted more than a million people who would have been in our workforce had we not had the holocaust of liberalized abortion under a flawed Supreme Court ruling in 1973."

Wow daddy! This guy's crazy. Can you imagine anything worse than forcing an aborted fetus to pick strawberries or wash dishes?

These guys are classic. Didn't Obama sound exactly like Rev. Martin Luther King in his Iowa victory speech? Man I love how he talks. And Huckabee (every time I write his name I want to chuckle) actually is a preacher.

God bless America.