Yes, we lied. But they were lies of omission, confusion, obfuscation, and nominclature, and thats ok. That is the claim of Congress about the health care bill. Of course the bill that will introduce “no new taxes” is now being called (by the same person mind you) a “new tax” as a way to justify its existance. $569,000,000,000 of new taxes at a minimum, with $529,000,000,000 in cuts to medicare, while simultaniously increasing Medicare enrollment by 16,000,000 users. I’m all in favor of cutting Medicare funding, one of the most poorly run programs in the US today, but the Rube Goldberg replacement makes Medicare look like a Kazimir Malevich painting.
A new chart released by the Joint Economic Committee shows 1/3 of the new system at play.
Keep in mind this only represents the first 33% of the bills additions. There was not enough room to add the next 66% of overhead. We can expect to see at least 2 more flowcharts, or perhaps something larger than 100′ x 100′ to represent our dismal future.
This makes the Death & Taxes poster look empty…
Author: Sidiov
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We lied to protect you
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Doing the Spying Americans Wont
95% of US citizens are found in a recent poll to be against right-wing extremist conservatives who forced 11 Russian undercover illegal agents out of the country last week. In a strongly worded statement, the NAASCP calls the “racist scum white cracker tea-baggers” the root of the current financial problems, which have “directly led up to the expulsion of hard-working, poor russian spies whose only crime was to illegally stay past their visas and attempt to handle documents, identities, and cash for other spies use against the United States.”
“With ignorant red-necks like this,” says Harvard Whittman, President of the Tunnel Hill, GA NAASCP local chapter, “we stand no chance of ever filling the millions of jobs that Americans traditionally refuse and have over the last 40 years left primarily to undercover Russian spies illegally staying past their visa expirations.”
Russian spy Anna Chapman was expelled by right-wing extremists for doing the jobs they refuse to do. Without a steady supply of undocumented spy labor, prices will rise dramatically and more spying jobs will be shipped overseas, according to a recent study by Chicago based and politically independant think-tank KSFFC, or’Karl-Stalin Forward to the Future Comrades!”
A new bill is being pushed forward in Congress, which will allow the president to accept more Russian spies into the US, being offset by an offshore oil-platform tea-partier camp, where racist, violent tea-partiers that have been caught on camera being racist and violent will be sent to be reeducated about their place in a modern, functioning society. President Obama expects to have the bill on his desk for signing before the summer recess, and has recently announced his regret that so many republican lawmakers are “using political games to prevent our path forward to the future.” He hopes to either receive their vote on the bill, or to have Attorney General Eric Holder assign all No voters the first spots in the new offshore camps. -
2011 Mercedes E550 Cabriolet
The CLK cabriolet is heading out into the sunset following its coupe sibling to be replaced by the new E-class cabriolet. This new Mercedes-Benz convertible still feels like a CLK, which is to say a cross between a C-class and E-class sedan. Heavy, rakishly styled, with mediocre power and gas mileage.The car is decent looking with the new angular styling, though we might remember cars with such pronounced and jaunty flares and edges tend to slip out of style rather quickly, a la the Delorean DMC-12. What sort of consumer purchased CLK-class cabriolets anyway? Research points at mid-30s to early 40’s professional women with 0 to 1 children. That market is still there and untended to, apart from the Volvo C70, but lets face it this has the nameplate.
The E550 comes with a 382-hp, 5.5-liter V-8 which is decent, but certainly no monster due to the cars 4,048 pounds of curb weight, and with the top down and Aircap wind deflector up increasing drag coefficient to 0.38 (Dodge Durango territory) incidentally rocket fuel consumption up as well. US customers can also choose a 268-hp, 3.5-liter V-6 in the E350, and European consumers get several diesels to choose from. No word on an E63 cab yet, but we can be sure one will show up soon.
Nothing overly unique in the interior, standard M-B quality and controls on the layout. A 7 speed automatic transmission is standard. Room for the front passenger is very good, the rear passengers will have a bit less space with 30.1 inches of leg room, but with the top down they can easily sit up straight. Options include heated seats, rear side airbags, MBrace (M-B’s Version of On-Star), along with the typical appearance and electronic add-ons.
Expect to pay over $60k for a base model E550 cabriolet, as the coupe is coming off with a $55k price tag. The E350 will likely come in around the mid-50k’s.All in all it’s a decent rag-top if you don’t care about the comfort, ease of cleaning, and quiet of a hard top or need more space than a 2 seater, and if you dont care much about the power and drive-ability of a BMW 650i.
