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| Clean And Efficient
Now that the federal government has stolen our great-great-grandchildren's money to steal GM (Government Motors), officials have announced that in – "ten years we will have the cleanest and most efficient cars in the world." Dfts. Sorry, I was laughing and hit the wrong keys. The only thing the government can do efficiently is war. They can make a bomb that will walk up to your door, ring the bell and wait until you open the door to explode. That's it. Government officials must be born with a birth defect that allows them to lie with a straight face. TV reporters must have the same defect since they report this without laughing. Bearing in mind that a mule is a horse designed by a committee, imagine a car designed by the government.
Clean? What's that all about? Are they going to setup roadblocks and inspect your car for cleanliness? I once drove a car that was, in my wife's word, "a rolling garbage can". I drove a long commute and I'd eat a Snickers or, better yet, some Twinkies. When I was done, the wrapper went over my shoulder. When the trash got window high, I'd rake it out and start all over again. Didn't bother me in the least. It bothered my wife but she was never in the car so I thought she was being picky.
Imagine my shock when I pulled onto my street one day and saw my car with the doors open and the hatchback up. I'd left it home and took the wife's car so I could stop and get a part I needed for my car. Who would be stupid enough to break into a dumpster? That'd be like drinking from a toilet. I roared up to my car and saw my wife cleaning the windshield. She'd already done the inside, brave woman. I could see through the front!
"What do you think you're doin'", I yelled.
"I'm cleaning this car out. It was filthy."
"I like it that way! If I wanted it cleaned out I would have cleaned it myself!"
"Oh, you wouldn't. You wait until I did it. I did it."
"You had no right to clean my car! You don't see me cleaning your van!", I yelled. That didn't come out right at all.
"Well, if you didn't want it cleaned out, you shouldn't have left it home unlocked."
My wife has an peculiar sense of logic.
Enough about that. Let's get back to the new GM. Efficient cars from the government. That looks as stupid as it sounds. It'll be all electric under the premise of leaving a smaller carbon footprint. Wow! Of course, the extra electricity needed will produce a bigger carbon footprint but you take your victories where you can get them.
The best battery that can be put into a car will get you around 40 miles between charges. Okay. You need to make a trip of 21 miles. That means that on the return trip, 2 miles from your house you run out of power. That's good and bad. You have to push the car home but that's healthy. The bad is, if you're old, you'll have a stroke or a heart attack and die. Wait, that's still good for the government. Cuts the cost of Medicare and Social Security. Yes, you take your victories where you can get them. |
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on June 05 2009 18:09:21
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on June 05 2009 19:28:48
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on June 05 2009 22:29:13
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on March 13 2010 09:11:04
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