For all those people who thought I was exaggerating when I said that the government is now going to own 70% of GM. Here's the story:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/GM-makes-new-bondholder-offer-rb-15370745.html?.v=8
I wasn't exaggerating; in fact, I was being conservative (hee hee, I made a little joke! :) ). We're not going to be on the line for 70% of GM; we're on the hook for 72.5% of GM! Doesn't that make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside?
So I thought that Obama was supposed to bring civility and a general sense of "Kumbaya" back to Washington and, in so doing, the world. You know; no more "cowboy" diplomacy and all that; sitting down and talking with...well...everyone. But when I go for my daily news mojo, here are some of the international headlines (note: I'm going to leave out the national headlines, although there's a great story that I may write on later about Obama appointing a new "cyber-Czar" to police the internet. That is, I may write about it if I don't get shut down). So here we are:
NKOREA FIRES MORE ROCKETS; SAYS USA HOSTILE...
Ahmadinejad rejects Western nuclear proposal...
...wants to debate Obama at UN
Netanyahu defies Obama...
So let me get this straight. North Korea fires a nuclear missile and is basically slapping the US in the face, saying, "You want a piece of me? Huh? Do ya?"
Iran is thisclose to developing their own nuclear warheads, and Ahmadenijad still hates the US (hmm, maybe it wasn't all Bush's fault. Maybe? Anyone?)
And Isreal, the one beacon of hope in the pit of quicksand despair that is the Middle East, is getting a sense that we're no longer a country to rely on (which, I'm sure, would make Ahmadinejad happy. If, you know, he didn't already want to go all "Allah jihad" on us).
Man, I'm so glad this new sort of diplomacy is working. I feel so much safer! And I'm so excited to know that Ye Olde Europe respects us and likes us now. Don't you agree?