{"id":1404,"date":"2009-06-02T06:50:55","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T10:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morningseditionists.com\/msblog\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2009-06-02T09:43:15","modified_gmt":"2009-06-02T13:43:15","slug":"1404","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/2009\/06\/02\/1404\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpe Carmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holy shit, while I wasn’t looking, it turned into June. That means we only have another three weeks or so ’til we start losing daylight. That sucks. Before you know it, it’ll be the fourth of July, and this year, President Obama is inviting the Iranians to the party<\/a>. Maybe grill ’em up some Hebrew National franks, and toss back a few Genesis Ales (or maybe a couple Messiah Bolds)<\/a>. I hope they explain to them about the fireworks (they might be a little jumpy over there when things start exploding in the sky).<\/p>\n

Now that we own 60% of GM, I really wish we’d force them to get the Chevy Volt<\/a> into mass production as soon as possible, and perhaps encourage consumers to buy them by offering a tax credit or something. A fully electric car (as opposed to a plug-in hybrid) that goes 40 miles on a charge (and then a gasoline powered generator kicks in if you need it) would be perfect for my situation. I could go about a typical day just by plugging the thing in over night. Unfortunately, the Japanese or Koreans will probably do it better (and sooner). <\/p>\n

Oh well, maybe Obama and GM will take Michael Moore’s advice<\/a>, and retool their factories to produce “light rail and bullet trains and cleaner buses.” You betcha. I think we’ll go with a super-sized Hummer instead, Mike.<\/p>\n

In an interview at this year’s World Economic Forum<\/a>, Burger King CEO John Chidsey said that climate change is “an overriding issue of importance for the global community, business community and people in general.” Somebody forgot to pass the sentiments along to BK’s Tennessee franchises<\/a>, who posted “Global Warming is Baloney” on their signs (once again, Al Gore fails to carry his home state). Maybe they should switch to “Meat is Murder” or something.<\/p>\n

I don’t know who Miranda Kerr is, but she’s a fan of the environment and Koalas<\/a>, and, damnit, I respect the hell out of her for that.<\/p>\n

Oh well, time to get ready to seize the day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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