so, what's new?? it same old non-stop BS called the us "government"

We can have both - save Big Auto and create major environmental reform - save Big Auto by forcing them to use all current and future subsidies towards GREEN only automobiles and force them to drop all SUV and large automobile manufacturing practices; but also cut Big Auto subsidies in half and use the other 44.5 billion ( currently they get about 95 billion )towards building the infrastructure that's necessary for a nationwide fleet of GREEN automobiles. In regards to other GREEN legislature, the American people has to fully embrace experimentation and transparency in their legislature, i.e., have a Congress and Cabinet that is willing to try inovative concepts to restoring our economy in a way that is totally Earth Friendly, and then be totally transparent and apologetic if it doesn't work, and then immediately try a different, but inovative route to achieve the same goals, and keep doing this until we've got it right. But as long as the American People will allow the Congress to move at its normal snail's pace, nothing remarkable will happen. Too many people in this country are afraid of true change and unwilling to make sacrifices. In order to save the world, we have to be willing to pay our share of taxes, maybe even a little bit more for all of us, raise capital gains and inheritance taxes ... basically make whatever sacrifices we need to make to get where we need to be. The problem is GREED. It always has been. It doesn't matter whether you make $50k or $500k a year, we're all greedy - we want others to sacrifice but just not ourself. We are either all in it together right now and everyday here after, or we can just expect the same and changes won't occur until it's too late. Unfortunately, as history shows, as a collective conscience, we are way to slow to react proactively instead of our normal reactive conscience. We really are a pitifully race us humans. So in the end, if we don't do what it is obviously clear to us all, conservatives, moderates, and liberals, then we deserve what happens to us. Individually we are intelligent enough to see the truth but as a race, we're dummer than a sack of rocks. I have hope, but I also have my share of doubt too.

The president-elect, vowed during his campaign that lobbyists "won't find a job in my White House," Yesterday, he said he would allow lobbyists on his transition team.

Still waiting on that change.

"... all the bad things that ever happens is the folt of this president. History will show that the Bush Era of demicracy was the best of times for America."
Now I understand at, long last the illuminating revelation! The Septics live in a 'demicracy' -- I've often wondered why democracy was never in evidence over there.
Is this indicative of the education level of the Nazi Right in the 'Land of the Free'? Or is it a pisstake?

If Global Warming is a myth then why is the ice 'mythically melting'?

deane:
You wrote:
"History will show that the Bush Era of demicracy was the best of times for America."
Bush was bad luck from soup to nuts.
Your statement is abserd and many people who voted for McCain were voting against Obama. McCain tried to portray himself as an alternative to Bush-W. That alone should tell you something. Neither Bush nor Cheney showed at their own convention. Tell you something else. The Bush-W admin. has been an unmitigated disaster. He spent everything not nailed down and 1/2 what was nailed down. The U.S. Dollar fell against third-world currencies for the first time in history. Some of us have been predicting this economic colapse for years and others (like yourself) remain in denial about it.
In 2001, the banks took over this nation. They influenced the judiciary with big-bank dollars and bribed the congresional leadership.
You are a victom just like us.
PS> I would LOVE to be a capitolist! (As soon as I get some capitol.)

If we had a school voucher system, we could overhaul the current school system. The school voucher system would promote free market competition among schools and provide schools the incentive to improve. Successful schools would attract students, while bad schools would be forced to reform or close. This would make the local schools accountable. With a better school system maybe you all wouldn't be making fun of deane's spelling.

Of course, this yet another change I don't expect the president-elect and his lackys to make. Wouldn't want to upset the public school teacher unions.

Dear Steve,
Only in a portion of a blog concerning some left-wingnut cartoonist would one expect a mean spirited comment about the great Bush Presidency. This cartoon, which this magazine should have been more responsible than this to publish, and the cartoonist which drew it, and you are examples of the kind of insensitive left-wing attitude which prevales in the blue-marcsist party. Bush is a leader, and he led this great nation through the most dangerous time in the history of the American Nation-the possibility of attack of the Saddam Hussein Regime of Iraq. If he hadn't preemptibly attacked Saddam, then the WMD's would have been used to destroy our way of life. Wake up America. This War President saved you from destruction, only to be stabbed in the back.

welcome to american style of politics. the never ending three ring circus.

This was only one election. It was the climate of fear created by the democrats, though actually few in number compared to the number of people in the U.S. who actually believe in Republican values. One election and your party feels like it has a mandate. No. A mandate was what President Bush had in 2004 after overwhelming victory at the polls. This was a reaction to fear, which is how the democrats win all of their elections, through name calling and negative adds. For the good of the country, please do not go too far tot he left. As Palin said at the governor's dinner the other night, 'the republicans need to keep the democrats honest,' through advice and patronage until the democrats are mature enough to actually make these decisions on their own. If the democrats don't listen to those who know better than they, then they are going to find themselves in trouble at the polls again, because the majority of Americans do not agree with the far left which has hijacked the party. The party of Lincoln is the Republican party, don't forget that. Our party knows how to lead for all americans.

Dear Blake,
Here in Texas, we agree with the disvoting of Prop 8 in California, and Blake seems like the kind of name of someone who would agree with that ungodly behavior. I am not playing with my statements. I don't know who would laugh at the horrible state our great nation is in. As soon as the elections started, and the democrats started their attack adds, the country began to go down the tube. Bush had things running well right up until then, and then the market got wind of the possibility of a marcsist democratic takeover of the nation. It was at that time that the ecomonie began to fail. This is not funny. The dems need advice on how to run this country, and need to be careful until they are ready to take over.