Extended Paid Holidays for Big 3 Employees

New York Times -
Chrysler said Wednesday that it would close all 30 of its factories for at least one month, starting at the end of this week, in response to plunging vehicle sales in the United States.
The company said the plants, which employ 46,000 union workers, would resume production no sooner than Jan. 19. Some [...]

Economy Collapses: Newspapers Hardest Hit

Boo hoo.
New York Times -
 A new president arrived from a new party. The balance of power shifted in Congress. Legions of fresh new faces showed up in the nation’s capital with new ideas, eager to upend the way the country does business.
The year was 2000, and Cox Newspapers had about 30 people in Washington to [...]

¿Quieres “Citizenship”?

Center for Immigration Studies via Michelle Malkin -
The Ombudsman at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (the portion of the old INS that does green cards and citizenship) has a new report out on improving naturalization ceremonies (in pdf here). A lot of it’s administrative stuff, but there are a couple of gems about judges who sometimes [...]

The UAW: An Unsurmountable Obstacle to Competitiveness

The Heritage Foundation -
Even as the Detroit automakers are asking Congress for a taxpayer bailout, the Detroit News reports that Ford Motor Co. is operating highly automated, highly integrated, and highly profitable auto plants – in Brazil. They employ state of the art technology and techniques to produce high-quality vehicles:
This state-of-the-art manufacturing complex in the [...]

Caroline Not Allowed To Answer Questions: Lock Step With Dems National Strategy

New York Times -
In a carefully controlled strategy … aides to Caroline Kennedy interrupted her on Wednesday and whisked her away when she was asked what her qualifications are to be a United States senator.
In her first public appearance since letting it be known that wants to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ms. Kennedy emerged from [...]

Don’t Bogart That Joint, Barack!

Dude, where was this during the two years on the campaign trail??

I mean, honestly…a Panama hat!?
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Iraqi Ambassador Rebukes Code Pink Fruits In Washington

Code Pink protesters displayed signs with shoe prints that read “Set Him Free” during a presentation in Washington on Tuesday with Iraqi Ambassador Samir Sumaidaie.  Sitting righteously with their pink placards held aloft, they were stony faced while Mr. Sumaida’ie gave them a well deserved dressing down for their immature and ignorant display.  Likelihood that his respectful and [...]

Blagojevich To Talk To Press This Week

ABC News via Ed Morrissey - 
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will likely hold a press conference toward the end of this week, ABC News has learned.
The embattled governor, arrested last Tuesday, has yet to respond to charges that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s former Senate seat. …
“I can’t wait to begin to tell my [...]

AP Feeds Global Warming Hysteria With Falsehoods; Scientists Rebuke AP

HotAir -
Remember that global-warming wet kiss from the AP to climate-change activists and Barack Obama earlier this week?  Even scientists who believe in global warming couldn’t quite believe their eyes.  They called the report by the Seth Borenstein a “polemic” and wondered when research stopped being a requirement for science reporters
Q&O  - 
James O’Brien, an emeritus professor at Florida State [...]