Jake Savage

President Obama

jakesavage — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:42:38 +0000

Congratulations to our new President, Barack Obama, on the day of his inauguration. It is indeed a momentous event and I wish him the best as he begins his Presidency.

No on the auto bailout

jakesavage — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:26:21 +0000

The auto bailout seems like a staggeringly bad idea to me. Sure, compared to the size of the bank bailout it’s not that large, but $14 billion still amounts to a lot of money (enough to buy a $30,000 car for every member of the United Auto Workers union, for example) and of course it is only the beginning.

The fact that Congress seems to want to use this opportunity to force car companies to adopt high fuel efficiency standards and impose a political agenda on the manufacturers via a “car czar” makes the idea even worse, since we are likely to get car companies that continue to limp along making cars that no one wants and that take actions not to improve their market viability but to please political considerations in Washington.

A much better idea, as painful as it may be, would be to let the car companies fail and see what replaces them. Many of the workers may be hired by foreign auto makers with plants in the United States. New car companies may even spring up with new blood and new ideas. The auto bailout merely preserves an unworkable status quo while adding layers of bureaucracy that will confuse the purpose of any auto maker: to make cars that people will buy.

Blagojevich

jakesavage — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:00:13 +0000

It would not surprise me at all if our governor is a crook, as has been alleged, but I sincerely hope that President-Elect Obama has not been involved in any of this. Our nation does not need this type of corruption scandal right now at the Presidential level. That said, of course there should be an investigation and justice should win out, because if there is one thing we need less right now than the perception of corruption it would be actual corruption in an administration that is poised to make sweeping policy changes in response to an economic crisis.

Election

jakesavage — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:25:36 +0000

Congratulations to President-Elect Barack Obama and his supporters on his victory.

I tried to vote

jakesavage — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:23:52 +0000

I just went to my polling place and found that I could not cast a normal ballot because the system had me listed as having early voted. Since I know I didn’t vote yet, I find this somewhat disconcerting.

Government

jakesavage — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:14:04 +0000

Heh:

Fundraising sources for Obama

jakesavage — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:05:06 +0000

Unlike John McCain and others, I am not all that interested in limiting the amount of money that individuals may contribute to political campaigns and the ways in which they may demonstrate their support. However, I am in favor of transparency in political donations, which makes this story about the Obama campaign’s lack of disclosure somewhat disappointing. I understand that Obama has attracted so much money from so many sources that it would be an almost impossible task to monitor them all, but the least the campaign could do is release the complete donor list so that contributions like those of Mr. Good Will and Mr. Doodad Pro can be identified and returned if appropriate.

CNN’s problem with counting

jakesavage — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:02:05 +0000

This is some strange definition of “overwhelming” with which I am not familiar (via Instapundit).

What Just Happened?

jakesavage — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:46:31 +0000

We’ve seen some very cool advertising this political season. Here’s a stylish one from the Republicans on the financial mess: What Just Happened?

Ad in an elevator

jakesavage — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:32:23 +0000

Text apparently reads: “Take action. Love your heart.”

Posted by directdaily (via Neatorama).