by Susan Harris

Here they come with outstretched hands once again. The big three American automakers, General Motors, Ford Motors and Chrysler have no shame. They got a a ton of money a few weeks ago in a government sponsored bailout and now they want more. There's no disputing that these companies employ a few million workers and that they would be the ones who suffer from the companies' decline, but here's the problem with the bailout.

Let's go way back, for a moment, to the 1970s when America experienced the horror of the Middle East oil embargo. The ones who fared the best back then were owners of small cars. Neither the oil companies nor the automakers responded in any relevant way, not even when people traded in their gas guzzlers for the much smaller and fuel efficient cars manufactured by foreign companies. American automakers stood firm in their stupid decision to make big, big crappy cars and gas guzzling trucks. Then they complained that their sales were down.

by Susan Harris

Sarah Palin is upset that the news media is still hammering her about the $150,000 or more spent by her and her family on clothing during the Republican campaign. She says that there are more important things to discuss. Probably she's referring to Barack Obama's nonexistent Moslem religion or his nonexistent "paling around with terrorists". Or maybe what she's referring to is the crib she plans to buy for her teenage daughter's illegitimate child.

This brain-dead twit still doesn't get it. Her clothing expense is important because the Republican campaign used public funds just so she could go on a shopping spree. This is just a guess, mind you, but I'm thinking that there are a lot of "hockey moms" out there who might enjoy the opportunity to stock up on clothing from Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdales - assuming that the majority of them had even heard of those top of the line stores.