Blogging Gumbo - Random Thoughts and Whatnot

I have a lot of irons in the fire right now, but I did want to pop in to share some interesting things I have gleaned over the past few days. First, our government has no clue about what to do in the middle of this economic downturn and appears set to make it worse and how stupid do the big automakers have to be to try to fake driving hybrid cars from Detroit to DC for their hearings? Just buy a ticket on Southwest airlines and call it a wrap. I could even tolerate first class.  We're not stupid, we know you don't actually drive around in a Malibu. Accepting a 1$ salary when you get millions in other benefits isn't impressing me either. That being said, why is it that the only people walking away with BILLIONS of my tax dollars with no kicking or screaming from congress are the bankers who created this mess int he first place?? Second, yes, I have been noticing all of the African American women who appear to be on track for high profile positions in the Obama administration. I am waiting until the New Year to do a series of features on them. I, like many people, have a bit of election overload so I am paying far more attention to the waning days of the current administration and the devaluation of the dollar than I am with the poor souls who will have to try to deal with it come January 20th. Third, Carmen D from All About Race wrote a great peace called Mom Michelle Accused of "Letting the Team Down" there is a lively discussion brewing over at MOW. Fourth, I absolutely love this time of the year. Its a time for reflection and transition. One of my friends and I always make predictions about what the next year is supposed to be about. We called 2007 as a year of completion- we were right. Feel free to share your predictions or make your declarations for 2009 Fifth, I read a great article over on cnn.com about how to deal with people who always ask you for advice, but never take it. For those of you, like me, who have a "fixer" personality, its a great read. Sixth, mainstream media is SO APPARENT in their desire to see another Great Depression. Crisis is good for ratings and the MSM has perfected the craft of attempting to scare the heck out of everybody in order to boost ratings. mind you, these were the same people trumpeting the idea that if you didn't buy a house, any house. right this minute, you would be priced out FOREVER!!!! Seventh, I've said about all I am going to say about the Jennifer Hudson situation for a while. I will wait for the process to get rolling, however, I am impressed by the restraint demonstrated by the Black blogosphere because there are probably 1000 blog posts worth of writing on the Julia Hudson - William Balfour "relationship," I finally finished the new posting guidelines for Michelle Obama Watch. If you sent me an email earlier and did not receive a copy, sent an email to the MOW gmail account. If you are interested in doing a weekly post, there's plenty of posting to go around.

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