Last weekend, we witnessed the yin and the yang of contemporary liberalism: on Saturday March 28th, we were hectored about our energy use, in the form of the anti-progress “Earth Hour.” On Saturday March 29th, the CEO of General Motors was ousted by President Obama, because he didn’t sell enough cars–the same person who told us on the campaign trail a year ago that we can’t keep driving our SUVs and consuming the energy we do.
Confused? Don’t worry; the federal government has trained therapists standing by to relieve your stress!
This is the 29th edition of Silicon Graffiti (complete with a new look for the opening credits); click here and start scrolling for lots more video action. At least until the pitchforks arrive, and your humble narrator is replaced by a new, federally-approved host…
Update: Steve Green checks in with the new Obama-approved CEO of GM, who has everything he needs to rebuild the troubled healthcare and pension agency, that happens to build a few cars on the side–except perhaps a plan. Or as Wendy Sullivan sums things up, “Obama Administration undermines auto industry.” But from the perspective of the POTUS with the TOTUS, is that a feature or a bug?
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Always good, always a bit of bite with a bit of humour….
Re earth hour, I think the message is pretty clear; get used to living in the dark – whether it be of the political, economic, or just plain not-able-to-afford-electricity persuasion….
As for the SAMSHA site, there really are two famous exemplars of depression; the Sylvia Plath model, and the Winston Churchill model. The left clearly embraces Plath and rejects Churchill (right down to exiling his bust); and on the right the situation is reversed. I would encourage the Kuhl Kos Kidz to follow the Plath model right down to it’s natural conclusion (figuratively speaking), I’ll stick with Churchill….
Silicon Vice?
I loved the old Silicon Graffiti intro theme. It was totally impressive that you played it yourself – you needed to splash that across as a credit, “Theme composed and played by Ed Driscoll”. The new one strikes me as updated Miami Vice – minus the power boats and girls in bikinis. Maybe you can work those in. It’s cool as well.