Cailfornia Considering Banning Black Cars? News From the Land of Fruits and Nuts!

Ok, so just when I didn't think the food police and the Nanny State could get any wierder, the California legislature proved me wrong. Apparently, the California Air Resources Board figures that the climate control systems of dark colored cars need to work harder than their lighter siblings – especially after sitting in the sun for a few hours. So, in a move to reduce the energy use, the black car ban would be phased in starting in 2012.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/26/AR2009032603316.html

What a switch. When the first Model T rolled off the assembly line, Henry Ford's famous quote was "you can get it in any color as long as its black."

Where does it stop? Can't we think for ourselves? Even Obama wants the government to control our thermostats in our homes. George Orwell's 1984 is just happening 25 years late.

Obama's "Prompter Stare," an Anchorman Redux

President Barrack Obama's dependence on his faithful teleprompter finally caught up with him yesterday. It seems that during a St. Patrick's Day event at the White House yesterday, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen reads word for word a speech that Obama had just read from a teleprompter, while the president apparently thanked himself for the invitation.
Obama Thanks Himself, Irish PM Repeats Speech in Teleprompter Meltdown
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/18/teleprompter-gone-bad-obama-thanks-irish-pm-repeats-speech/.

I couldn't help but think about the movie "Anchorman" where newsreader Ron Burgundy's teleprompter is sabotaged by the female co-anchor. Since Burgundy will read anything in front of him, instead of his trademark "Stay Classy, San Diego" he reads a profane line and doesn't even realize it.

It seems our president suffers from the same problem. While President Obama may be a good READER, he is not a good COMMUNICATOR. There is a difference. A communicator relates to his audience,makes eye contact and knows what he is saying.

Plenty of jokes have been circulated about how the president takes his 'prompter with him everywhere he goes. He might be better off just leaving it at home.

Obama quartet admits faking performance

First it was the Chinese at last year's Olympic Games, now it seems the Inaugural Committee took a page from the Chinese playbook. It has now been revealed that that incredible performance by Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Anthony McGill and Gabriela Montero wasn't real, but instead, Memorex!
Organizers explained that it was just too cold for the peformers to actually play the songs in tune, so a recording taped two days earlier was used instead.
Interestingly enough, the Marine Corps band and choruses who performed did not use recordings. Even Aretha Franklin sang for real.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008661441_band23.html
Is this an omen of how the Obama administration is going to perform over the next four years? First, he botched the oath of office, and how lied to us about a simple musical performance.
A clue for the next four years: Don't believe everything you see or hear!